republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-342.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLES.	This Act makes changes and adds clarifying language to the dealership licensing section of Title21. First, it allows for the suspension of a dealership license for violations of either Title 21 or Title 30 rather than the current requirement for violations of both titles. It also adds that a dealer whose license is suspended cannot reapply for a new license until the terms of the suspension have been met. It also ensures the same character and conviction review standards applied during initial application of a dealership license are also applied to the renewal process. Finally, this bill adds a basis for suspension when a dealership is approved in Delaware, but in reality is rarely present or merely has a virtual office.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 342	Delaware HB 342 (149)	bill		enacted	Bruce C. Ennis John L. Mitchell	1	11	2	2018-03-20	2018-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/1f47a3f3-2a4a-4791-a1d5-bba4dea7b380	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26394	a6fdb28327d19fd599c04aaa53ba3528fa636a659ef663a2fab557198af96be3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 342 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

This Act makes changes and adds clarifying language to the dealership licensing section of Title21. First, it allows for the suspension of a dealership license for violations of either Title 21 or Title 30 rather than the current requirement for violations of both titles. It also adds that a dealer whose license is suspended cannot reapply for a new license until the terms of the suspension have been met. It also ensures the same character and conviction review standards applied during initial application of a dealership license are also applied to the renewal process. Finally, this bill adds a basis for suspension when a dealership is approved in Delaware, but in reality is rarely present or merely has a virtual office.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 36–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
• John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-03-20 Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-28 Tabled in Committee
• 2018-04-18 Amendment HA 1 to HB 342 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-25 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-10 Amendment HA 1 to HB 342 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-05-10 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 4 ABSENT passage
• 2018-05-10 Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-28 Rules Suspended in Senate
• 2018-06-28 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-07-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f47a3f3-2a4a-4791-a1d5-bba4dea7b380. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).