---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES."
description: "This Act creates a special license plate for retired state legislators. This Act shall be known as \"The Senator Margaret Rose Henry Act\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 85"
citation: "Delaware HB 85 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Marie Pinkney", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Ruth Briggs King", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Stephanie T. Bolden", "Trey Paradee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2023-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77879078-0f95-4cea-a62e-4f841645a76a"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130039"
source_hash: "3d8609163cdb0ef731e800e8e531521e4f964a360890b5d07e98882bac38f4d1"
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 85 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.

This Act creates a special license plate for retired state legislators. This Act shall be known as "The Senator Margaret Rose Henry Act".

## 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=130039&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB85)
2. **HA 1 to HB 85** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=130119&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
3. **SA 1 to HB 85** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140637&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- 3/5 — **15–6** (pass) · upper
- 3/5 — **36–4** (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-28** Amendment HA 1 to HB 85 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-28** Amendment HA 1 to HB 85 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-28** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 4 NO 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
- **2023-03-28** Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-15** Amendment SA 1 to HB 85 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits, 2 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-06-29** Amendment SA 1 to HB 85 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `passage`
- **2023-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-08-03** 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/77879078-0f95-4cea-a62e-4f841645a76a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).