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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE RULES OF THE ROAD."
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description: "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."
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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 97"
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citation: "Delaware SB 97 (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", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-06-01"
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last_action: "2017-09-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66a24b43-cf4d-45f8-bd98-ff9150a4555b"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25846"
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source_hash: "0d90bdd1d4a259f463975060da7cea42403418e3436e1f79a61c39e48c3bcdfb"
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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 97 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE RULES OF THE ROAD.
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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.
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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=25846&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB97)
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## Votes
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- SM — **17–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-06-01** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-14** Amendment SA 1 to SB 97 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-06-14** Amendment SA 2 to SB 97 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-06-15** Amendment SA 1 to SB 97 - Stricken in Senate
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- **2017-06-15** Amendment SA 2 to SB 97 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-06-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-06-16** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-09-21** 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/66a24b43-cf4d-45f8-bd98-ff9150a4555b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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