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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. Section 1 of this Act transfers from the Department of Safety and Homeland Security to the Department of Health and Social Services the responsibility for establishing, administering, adopting rules and regulations, and setting fees for courses of instruction and programs of rehabilitation for those whose licenses have been revoked for driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or any drug, or both. The Department of Health and Social Services Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health is better positioned to establish and operate programs aimed at treating substance abuse issues. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 149 HB 294 Delaware HB 294 (149)
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Helene M. Keeley
Ruth Briggs King
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Delaware HB 294 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE.

Section 1 of this Act transfers from the Department of Safety and Homeland Security to the Department of Health and Social Services the responsibility for establishing, administering, adopting rules and regulations, and setting fees for courses of instruction and programs of rehabilitation for those whose licenses have been revoked for driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or any drug, or both. The Department of Health and Social Services Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health is better positioned to establish and operate programs aimed at treating substance abuse issues.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 400 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 183 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
  • Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
  • Helene M. Keeley — primary (person)
  • Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
  • Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
  • Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
  • David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
  • Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
  • Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
  • William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-01-09 Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2018-03-28 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 9 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2018-06-26 Amendment HA 1 to HB 294 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
  • 2018-06-27 Amendment HA 2 to HB 294 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
  • 2018-06-27 Amendment HA 1 to HB 294 - Stricken in House
  • 2018-06-27 Amendment HA 2 to HB 294 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
  • 2018-06-27 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2018-07-01 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 NO passage
  • 2018-07-17 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0cbe0513-c0d1-4d86-b814-70cc65c3c43d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).