---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL OF ABANDONED VEHICLES."
description: "This Act gives county code enforcement constables the authority to tow abandoned vehicles on private property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 352"
citation: "Delaware HB 352 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L. Wilson", "Edward S. Osienski", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Nicole Poore"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-20"
last_action: "2024-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06df99b3-d08b-4678-ba43-deb90c9f17bb"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141095"
source_hash: "4b4e8be75329e3d8096627ffe725798c9262fb3271573db902168f86d718baf5"
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 352 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL OF ABANDONED VEHICLES.

This Act gives county code enforcement constables the authority to tow abandoned vehicles on private property.

## 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=141095&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB352)
2. **SA 1 to HB 352** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141469&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **36–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-20** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-18** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-04-18** Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-22** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-23** Amendment SA 1 to HB 352 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-06-20** Amendment SA 1 to HB 352 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-06-25** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-10-23** 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/06df99b3-d08b-4678-ba43-deb90c9f17bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).