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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIGHTING EQUIPMENT ON MOTORCYCLES."
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description: "This Act explicitly allows ground effect lighting equipment on motorcycles. This extra lighting would increase motorcycle safety by enhancing their visibility."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "SB 12"
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citation: "Delaware SB 12 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Daniel B. Short", "F. Gary Simpson", "John L. Mitchell"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-01-12"
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last_action: "2017-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51b86ae4-1acd-40b1-9550-18c7cffb6d2b"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25381"
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source_hash: "d3f32d730e6033f8f388cde10b123b3539e637b5551d9a5538a5d874b0de6dc5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware SB 12 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIGHTING EQUIPMENT ON MOTORCYCLES.
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This Act explicitly allows ground effect lighting equipment on motorcycles. This extra lighting would increase motorcycle safety by enhancing their visibility.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25381&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB12)
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## Votes
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **17–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
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- F. Gary Simpson — primary (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-12** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-17** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-25** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-01-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-03-09** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 9 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2017-03-16** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-04-13** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51b86ae4-1acd-40b1-9550-18c7cffb6d2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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