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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVERS LICENSE REVOCATION."
description: "This Act allows the Division of Motor Vehicles to issue a conditional license at the request of the Justice of the Peace for a Driving Under the Influence offender whose charge is still pending, but whose license has been suspended by the Division of Motor Vehicles. The conditional license can only be issued on the condition that the offender submit to continuous sobriety monitoring. This Act ensures that a person can enter a sobriety monitoring program, but not face the loss of full licensure that would negate the benefits of entering and participating in such a program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 206"
citation: "Delaware HB 206 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L. Wilson", "Ernesto B Lopez", "Helene M. Keeley", "John L. Mitchell", "Margaret Rose Henry", "Stephen Smyk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-06-01"
last_action: "2017-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7eab8a96-932e-45ab-8d2a-2106e092e2ec"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25849"
source_hash: "b41c001441789e0c7d4d937d6e0d01d2a5147e2721bbcbf1f17dd75cbdfe44dd"
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 206 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVERS LICENSE REVOCATION.
This Act allows the Division of Motor Vehicles to issue a conditional license at the request of the Justice of the Peace for a Driving Under the Influence offender whose charge is still pending, but whose license has been suspended by the Division of Motor Vehicles. The conditional license can only be issued on the condition that the offender submit to continuous sobriety monitoring. This Act ensures that a person can enter a sobriety monitoring program, but not face the loss of full licensure that would negate the benefits of entering and participating in such a program.
## 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=25849&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB206)
## Votes
- 2/3 — **210** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **350** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **115** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — primary (person)
- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
- Stephen Smyk — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-06-01** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-06-27** Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-29** Defeated By Senate. Votes: 11 YES 5 NO 3 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT `failure`
- **2017-07-01** Reconsidered in Senate
- **2017-07-01** Roll Call Rescinded in Senate
- **2017-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2017-08-30** 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/7eab8a96-932e-45ab-8d2a-2106e092e2ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).