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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LEARNER PERMITS."
description: "This Act brings the Division of Motor Vehicles into compliance with federal law by allowing a commercial learner permit to be issued for a period of up to 1 year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 227"
citation: "Delaware SB 227 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Catherine Cloutier", "Edward S. Osienski", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-06-10"
last_action: "2020-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/203dc63a-eeb8-4c4d-b46e-172228a27e75"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48072"
source_hash: "402e3af47515c3121d46464767517315361a1742a09cb6eba81f128187918cfb"
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 227 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LEARNER PERMITS.
This Act brings the Division of Motor Vehicles into compliance with federal law by allowing a commercial learner permit to be issued for a period of up to 1 year.
## 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=48072&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB227)
## Votes
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
- SM — **410** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Catherine Cloutier — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-06-10** Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-06-16** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2020-06-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2020-06-16** Assigned to Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-24** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2020-06-24** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2020-07-16** 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/203dc63a-eeb8-4c4d-b46e-172228a27e75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).