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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES."
description: "The Department of Transportation is already authorized to issue multi-trip permits for pole and piling semitrailers and double-bottom vehicles, also known as “twin trailers,” on a monthly basis. This Act authorizes the Department to also issue the permits on an annual basis. The existing law provides that a monthly permit must be issued for a specified period; an annual permit, in contrast, is not limited to a specified period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 31"
citation: "Delaware SB 31 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel B. Short", "David L. Wilson"]
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/d20286ec-cb63-4330-a912-56c4e454dab1"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47174"
source_hash: "930b24f0c9ed98338ad0d939df2251837c872a89bc21063217ca42c7938e565d"
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 31 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.
The Department of Transportation is already authorized to issue multi-trip permits for pole and piling semitrailers and double-bottom vehicles, also known as “twin trailers,” on a monthly basis. This Act authorizes the Department to also issue the permits on an annual basis. The existing law provides that a monthly permit must be issued for a specified period; an annual permit, in contrast, is not limited to a specified period.
## 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=47174&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB31)
## Votes
- SM — **410** (pass) · lower
- SM — **200** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
- Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — 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`
- **2019-03-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-03-22** Assigned to Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `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/d20286ec-cb63-4330-a912-56c4e454dab1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).