---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 17 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VACATION OF PUBLIC ROADS BY ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION."
description: "This Act amends §1311, Title 17 of the Delaware Code to allow for the Delaware Department of Transportation to vacate an old right of way of a newly realigned section of road by resolution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 76"
citation: "Delaware SB 76 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "David L. Wilson", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Ronald E. Gray", "Sean Matthews", "Stell Parker Selby", "Stephanie L. Hansen", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-04"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab0cddb8-43e5-411a-b587-1e7d6293c70d"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130157"
source_hash: "bb99d5b62854a02c87e4a29fdd873c0f9d7db7e3ae2f549acf842cc4097274ee"
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 76 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 17 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VACATION OF PUBLIC ROADS BY ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION.

This Act amends §1311, Title 17 of the Delaware Code to allow for the Delaware Department of Transportation to vacate an old right of way of a newly realigned section of road by resolution.

## 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=130157&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB76)

## Votes

- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- 3/4 — **39–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-04** Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Assigned to Transportation Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 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/ab0cddb8-43e5-411a-b587-1e7d6293c70d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).