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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14, TITLE 18, AND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVER EDUCATION ON TRAFFIC STOP PROCEDURES."
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description: "According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, an estimated 42% of all face-to-face contact between individuals and law-enforcement officers occurred during a traffic stop."
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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 168"
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citation: "Delaware SB 168 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Charles Potter Jr.", "Debra Heffernan", "Margaret Rose Henry"]
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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: "2018-03-28"
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last_action: "2018-07-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0abd737f-130a-46e0-b902-c82dfcdfe133"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26440"
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source_hash: "2f34cec80eb5d7c6f518073d6613dbe97e992a4e5c441dcc7fe2ef3b4daba68c"
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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 168 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14, TITLE 18, AND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVER EDUCATION ON TRAFFIC STOP PROCEDURES.
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, an estimated 42% of all face-to-face contact between individuals and law-enforcement officers occurred during a traffic stop.
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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=26440&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB168)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Charles Potter Jr. — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-03-28** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-26** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-05** Amendment SA 1 to SB 168 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-06-05** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2018-06-06** Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 13 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-07-23** 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/0abd737f-130a-46e0-b902-c82dfcdfe133`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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