---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6 AND 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RENTAL CAR COMPANIES AND PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING."
description: "This Act prohibits rental companies, shared vehicle owners, and peer-to-peer car sharing programs from recovering damages and charging administrative fees relating to the loss of use of a rental vehicle or shared vehicle. This Act abrogates the common law of loss of use to the extent that it applies to shared vehicle owners, peer-to-peer car sharing programs, and rental car companies and supersedes any other statute to the extent of a conflict."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 209"
citation: "Delaware HB 209 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric Morrison", "Larry Lambert", "Nicole Poore", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-06-08"
last_action: "2024-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/007cffa0-0554-4cd7-b2d4-fcddc6981f92"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140539"
source_hash: "7b51d83d1859e43335e71711335fc9d50dc9565e124d14639d652c7ace9b20be"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---

# Delaware HB 209 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6 AND 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RENTAL CAR COMPANIES AND PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING.

This Act prohibits rental companies, shared vehicle owners, and peer-to-peer car sharing programs from recovering damages and charging administrative fees relating to the loss of use of a rental vehicle or shared vehicle. This Act abrogates the common law of loss of use to the extent that it applies to shared vehicle owners, peer-to-peer car sharing programs, and rental car companies and supersedes any other statute to the extent of a conflict.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140539&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB209)
2. **HA 1 to HB 209** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140745&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
3. **SA 3 to HB 209** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141261&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **22–14** (pass) · lower
- SM — **12–8** (pass) · upper
- SM — **27–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Larry Lambert — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-06-08** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits, 2 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-06-27** Amendment HA 1 to HB 209 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 27 YES 11 NO 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-28** Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-23** Amendment SA 1 to HB 209 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-23** Amendment SA 2 to HB 209 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-23** Amendment SA 1 to HB 209 - Stricken in Senate
- **2024-04-23** Amendment SA 3 to HB 209 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-23** Amendment SA 2 to HB 209 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 8 YES 13 NO `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-23** Amendment SA 3 to HB 209 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 12 YES 8 NO 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 12 YES 8 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-05-07** Amendment HA 2 to HB 209 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-07** Amendment HA 2 to HB 209 - Defeated In House by Voice Vote `amendment-failure`
- **2024-05-07** Passed By House. Votes: 22 YES 14 NO 5 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-08-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/007cffa0-0554-4cd7-b2d4-fcddc6981f92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).