---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OCCUPANT PROTECTIONS."
description: "This Act revises Delaware’s child safety seat requirements which currently requires an “appropriate” car seat or booster. Under this Act, children under 2 years and under 30 pounds must be seated in a rear-facing seat with a 5-point harness. Children under 4 years and under 40 pounds must be seated in either a forward facing or rear-facing seat with a 5-point harness. Children between the ages of 4 and 16, must be seated in a booster based upon the manufacturer’s guidelines or a seatbelt."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 68"
citation: "Delaware SB 68 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Kendra Johnson", "Kyle Evans Gay", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Ronald E. Gray", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Timothy D. Dukes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-19"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef66451b-f670-44b5-8e0a-56dc88d248a6"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130212"
source_hash: "737380c5c91e5e5b5a7d2f4416e0d7fa920cb8c654bc7cc56504a9fc47839344"
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 SB 68 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OCCUPANT PROTECTIONS.

This Act revises Delaware’s child safety seat requirements which currently requires an “appropriate” car seat or booster. Under this Act, children under 2 years and under 30 pounds must be seated in a rear-facing seat with a 5-point harness. Children under 4 years and under 40 pounds must be seated in either a forward facing or rear-facing seat with a 5-point harness. Children between the ages of 4 and 16, must be seated in a booster based upon the manufacturer’s guidelines or a seatbelt.

## 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=130212&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB68)

## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19** Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-11** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-06** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-30** 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/ef66451b-f670-44b5-8e0a-56dc88d248a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).