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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES, OPERATIONS AND EQUIPMENT, RULES OF THE ROAD, MISCELLANEOUS RULES."
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description: "This legislation creates a fine for “Coal Rolling”, a practice that is often undetectable at the time of vehicle inspection due to the ability of an operator to change functions and increase emissions after passing inspection."
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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 149"
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citation: "Delaware SB 149 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Edward S. Osienski", "Gregory F. Lavelle", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-01-24"
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last_action: "2018-09-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8c23f5e-192b-4bdc-9125-155455320b11"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26292"
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source_hash: "22c64f666000b4a8f09a7dc266a726255d5ced0173e1cfb8d97e78ed2ca6bec6"
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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 149 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES, OPERATIONS AND EQUIPMENT, RULES OF THE ROAD, MISCELLANEOUS RULES.
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This legislation creates a fine for “Coal Rolling”, a practice that is often undetectable at the time of vehicle inspection due to the ability of an operator to change functions and increase emissions after passing inspection.
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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=26292&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB149)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Gregory F. Lavelle — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — 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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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-24** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-03-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-03-22** Assigned to Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-18** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-07-01** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2018-09-04** 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/b8c23f5e-192b-4bdc-9125-155455320b11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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