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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR UNLAWFULLY PARKING IN AN AREA DESIGNATED FOR OR USING THE PRIVILEGES OF AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY."
description: "This Act increases the penalties for parking in an area designated for a vehicle being used by an individual with a disability. For a first offense this Act increases the monetary penalty from $100 to $200. For a subsequent offense, this Act increases the monetary penalty from $200 to $300. The offenses subject to these increased penalties are included without change in lines 4 through 27 to add context."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 28"
citation: "Delaware SB 28 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andria L. Bennett", "Anthony Delcollo", "Gerald L. Brady", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "John J. Viola", "John L. Mitchell", "Kimberly Williams", "Michael F. Smith", "Nicole Poore"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6c6fcc2-d92a-459b-9968-e97486b7455d"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47160"
source_hash: "b4a435be0751f9d95f07eca42da58ae846e6f4168caa933fe6e9a98a98f182b3"
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 28 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR UNLAWFULLY PARKING IN AN AREA DESIGNATED FOR OR USING THE PRIVILEGES OF AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY.
This Act increases the penalties for parking in an area designated for a vehicle being used by an individual with a disability. For a first offense this Act increases the monetary penalty from $100 to $200. For a subsequent offense, this Act increases the monetary penalty from $200 to $300. The offenses subject to these increased penalties are included without change in lines 4 through 27 to add context.
## 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=47160&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB28)
## Votes
- SM — **400** (pass) · lower
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
- Anthony Delcollo — primary (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- John J. Viola — primary (person)
- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Jesse R. Vanderwende — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-06** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-07** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-06-05** 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/e6c6fcc2-d92a-459b-9968-e97486b7455d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).