republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-97.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE RULES OF THE ROAD.	This bill allows Delaware Department of Transportation authorized vehicles to be able to use the shoulder of the road when responding to emergencies. Department of Transportation staff must respond to emergencies along the road to assist police, fire and paramedics with establishing maintenance of traffic. By allowing the use of the shoulder of the road staff will be able to respond in a timely manner.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 97	Delaware SB 97 (149)	bill		enacted	Edward S. Osienski Stephanie L. Hansen	1	11	2	2017-06-01	2017-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/66a24b43-cf4d-45f8-bd98-ff9150a4555b	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25846	0d90bdd1d4a259f463975060da7cea42403418e3436e1f79a61c39e48c3bcdfb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 97 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE RULES OF THE ROAD.

This bill allows Delaware Department of Transportation authorized vehicles to be able to use the shoulder of the road when responding to emergencies. Department of Transportation staff must respond to emergencies along the road to assist police, fire and paramedics with establishing maintenance of traffic. By allowing the use of the shoulder of the road staff will be able to respond in a timely manner.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 17–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-06-01 Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-07 Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-06-14 Amendment SA 1 to SB 97 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-14 Amendment SA 2 to SB 97 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-15 Amendment SA 1 to SB 97 - Stricken in Senate
• 2017-06-15 Amendment SA 2 to SB 97 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2017-06-15 Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 ABSENT passage
• 2017-06-16 Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 8 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-09-21 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/66a24b43-cf4d-45f8-bd98-ff9150a4555b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).