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type: "Bill"
title: "RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR CONSISTENT AND PREVENTATIVE SUBDIVISION ROADWAY MAINTENANCE BY THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION."
description: "The Delaware Department of Transportation currently uses a system to repair subdivision roadways in which a unit is dispatched only when a complaint is lodged with the Transportation Management Center. In order to avoid piecemeal repairs that waste valuable resources, the Delaware Department of Transportation will be directed by the Secretary of Transportation to review each subdivision roadway on a consistent basis that is in any subdivision that is at least 10 years old."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HJR 12"
citation: "Delaware HJR 12 (149)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Catherine Cloutier", "Deborah Hudson", "Gregory F. Lavelle", "John Walsh", "Sean Matthews"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-30"
last_action: "2018-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/884adca0-ee5f-4def-a74c-687d03855b09"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26720"
source_hash: "af6292daae9e6f63193f056ec05067d384f0998d4f2d3c700f17f9c5eb2a60b7"
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 HJR 12 (149) — RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR CONSISTENT AND PREVENTATIVE SUBDIVISION ROADWAY MAINTENANCE BY THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
The Delaware Department of Transportation currently uses a system to repair subdivision roadways in which a unit is dispatched only when a complaint is lodged with the Transportation Management Center. In order to avoid piecemeal repairs that waste valuable resources, the Delaware Department of Transportation will be directed by the Secretary of Transportation to review each subdivision roadway on a consistent basis that is in any subdivision that is at least 10 years old.
## 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=26720&legislationTypeId=4&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HJR12)
## Votes
- SM — **380** (pass) · lower
- SM — **190** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Catherine Cloutier — primary (person)
- Deborah Hudson — primary (person)
- Gregory F. Lavelle — primary (person)
- John Walsh — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-05-30** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-06-14** Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-07-23** 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/884adca0-ee5f-4def-a74c-687d03855b09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).