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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OVERWEIGHT FARM EQUIPMENT."
description: "This bill makes clear that farm equipment and implements of husbandry, including when being temporarily moved or transported by a manufacturer, dealer, business, or commercial transport company, shall not be subject to the weight requirements of Section 4502 and therefore not subject to overweight fees by the Secretary under Section 4504."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 129"
citation: "Delaware SB 129 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "John L. Mitchell", "Quinton Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-22"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4336ca39-be6b-47da-abdf-0ba52b8a62be"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26058"
source_hash: "5f28a471fc589b2c8e4512159dd2175dbd8aebf82d4b5a941ac45210b5cc2f2a"
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 SB 129 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OVERWEIGHT FARM EQUIPMENT.
This bill makes clear that farm equipment and implements of husbandry, including when being temporarily moved or transported by a manufacturer, dealer, business, or commercial transport company, shall not be subject to the weight requirements of Section 4502 and therefore not subject to overweight fees by the Secretary under Section 4504.
## 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=26058&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB129)
## Votes
- SM — **400** (pass) · lower
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Quinton Johnson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-06-22** Introduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-30** Amendment SA 1 to SB 129 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2017-07-02** Assigned to Agriculture Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 5 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-20** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-04-17** 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/4336ca39-be6b-47da-abdf-0ba52b8a62be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).