---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LOW-SPEED VEHICLES."
description: "This Act raises the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of a low-speed vehicle from less than 2,500 pounds to 3,000 pounds or less."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 416"
citation: "Delaware HB 416 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Daniel B. Short", "David L. Wilson", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Stell Parker Selby", "Timothy D. Dukes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-05-22"
last_action: "2024-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63f855c1-d7ae-4410-b60c-cca068d65088"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141462"
source_hash: "3cc0a66ea86b9a790c360ec50b7640bfab2f0d195e85c3de88a5d086bcbd3f05"
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 416 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LOW-SPEED VEHICLES.

This Act raises the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of a low-speed vehicle from less than 2,500 pounds to 3,000 pounds or less.

## 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=141462&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB416)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-22** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-18** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-06-18** Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2024-09-19** 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/63f855c1-d7ae-4410-b60c-cca068d65088`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).