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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES."
description: "This act creates a special license plate for veterans of Operation Desert Storm."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 26"
citation: "Delaware HB 26 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Earl G. Jaques Jr."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2873945f-3393-4fa6-bae8-caf1de99cb03"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25351"
source_hash: "509af79e9503594da4d875e89f2a21f0c613398f650cdd7f74f686be9305a16d"
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 26 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES.
This act creates a special license plate for veterans of Operation Desert Storm.
## 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=25351&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB26)
## Votes
- 3/5 — **210** (pass) · upper
- 3/5 — **400** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — primary (person)
- Bethany A. Hall-Long — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-05** Introduced and Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-12** Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in House with 17 Favorable `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-12** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-01-19** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in Senate with 5 Favorable `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2017-04-04** 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/2873945f-3393-4fa6-bae8-caf1de99cb03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).