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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXPULSION OF STUDENTS. Previously, a school superintendent was required to notify the DMV any time a student was expelled from a public school, at which time the DMV was permitted to suspend or refuse to issue or renew the expelled student a drivers license. This bill eliminates the ability for the DMV to suspend a students drivers license who has been expelled from a public school. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 149 HB 402 Delaware HB 402 (149)
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Delaware HB 402 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXPULSION OF STUDENTS.

Previously, a school superintendent was required to notify the DMV any time a student was expelled from a public school, at which time the DMV was permitted to suspend or refuse to issue or renew the expelled student a drivers license. This bill eliminates the ability for the DMV to suspend a students drivers license who has been expelled from a public school.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 180 (pass) · upper
  • SM — 2812 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
  • Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
  • Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
  • Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
  • Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-05-03 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2018-06-06 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 11 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2018-06-26 Passed By House. Votes: 28 YES 12 NO 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2018-06-26 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2018-06-27 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2018-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT passage
  • 2018-09-13 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7253e35e-0a9e-4425-9685-ce532e82df96. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).