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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RULES OF THE ROAD"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 185"
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citation: "Delaware HB 185 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David P. Sokola", "James Johnson", "John L. Mitchell"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-05-18"
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last_action: "2017-10-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a947f6ee-5617-4668-8d56-151571bc694e"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25819"
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source_hash: "1db92766f1c3dab57eebf4538f03e7f745758d6aff82320e7ec53c805279d567"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 185 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RULES OF THE ROAD
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25819&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB185)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–1** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- James Johnson — primary (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-05-18** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2017-06-20** Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO `passage`
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- **2017-10-05** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a947f6ee-5617-4668-8d56-151571bc694e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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