---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LICENSED TRANSPORTERS."
description: "This Act establishes an application process, policies, procedures, operational instructions, and requirements for licensed transporters to obtain and use transporter license plates when transporting vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 407"
citation: "Delaware HB 407 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sean Matthews"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-05-16"
last_action: "2024-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a2974b3-9892-4b51-a2ba-fd78ac529833"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141408"
source_hash: "1992cb199810392788d042ef97348e8ea51def9cff327c42fb27832f6f2ae174"
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 407 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LICENSED TRANSPORTERS.

This Act establishes an application process, policies, procedures, operational instructions, and requirements for licensed transporters to obtain and use transporter license plates when transporting vehicles.

## 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=141408&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB407)

## Votes

- 3/5 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sean Matthews — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-16** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-21** Not Worked in Committee
- **2024-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-13** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2024-06-13** Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2024-07-17** 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/4a2974b3-9892-4b51-a2ba-fd78ac529833`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).