republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-185.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RULES OF THE ROAD	The “Bicycle Friendly Delaware Act” would update Delaware code in conformance with recommended changes to the Uniform Vehicle Code from both the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (Rules of the Road Committee) and the League of American Bicyclists (Legal Affairs Committee). Without changing the legal meaning of existing law, these updates would clarify sections of the Delaware Rules of the Road that are frequently misunderstood by the police, by bicycle operators and by vehicle drivers. In addition, the Act would enable the Department of Transportation to deploy bicycle traffic signals as a safety countermeasure at intersections where most fatal bicycle crashes occur; require vehicles to change lanes when passing bicycles (and farm equipment and animal-drawn vehicles) when lanes are too narrow; permit safe yielding by bicycle operators at stop sign-controlled intersections with minor roads; and prohibit the use of horns when passing animal-drawn vehicles and bicycles.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 185	Delaware HB 185 (149)	bill		enacted	David P. Sokola James Johnson John L. Mitchell	1	7	2	2017-05-18	2017-10-05	openstates	ocd-bill/a947f6ee-5617-4668-8d56-151571bc694e	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25819	1db92766f1c3dab57eebf4538f03e7f745758d6aff82320e7ec53c805279d567	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 185 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RULES OF THE ROAD

The “Bicycle Friendly Delaware Act” would update Delaware code in conformance with recommended changes to the Uniform Vehicle Code from both the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (Rules of the Road Committee) and the League of American Bicyclists (Legal Affairs Committee). Without changing the legal meaning of existing law, these updates would clarify sections of the Delaware Rules of the Road that are frequently misunderstood by the police, by bicycle operators and by vehicle drivers. In addition, the Act would enable the Department of Transportation to deploy bicycle traffic signals as a safety countermeasure at intersections where most fatal bicycle crashes occur; require vehicles to change lanes when passing bicycles (and farm equipment and animal-drawn vehicles) when lanes are too narrow; permit safe yielding by bicycle operators at stop sign-controlled intersections with minor roads; and prohibit the use of horns when passing animal-drawn vehicles and bicycles.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 20–1 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• James Johnson — primary (person)
• John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
• Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-05-18 Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-07 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 7 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-20 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2017-06-20 Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO passage
• 2017-10-05 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a947f6ee-5617-4668-8d56-151571bc694e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).