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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES."
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "SB 31"
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citation: "Delaware SB 31 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Daniel B. Short", "David L. Wilson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-03-06"
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last_action: "2019-06-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d20286ec-cb63-4330-a912-56c4e454dab1"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47174"
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source_hash: "930b24f0c9ed98338ad0d939df2251837c872a89bc21063217ca42c7938e565d"
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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 31 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.
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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.
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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=47174&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB31)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
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- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-03-06** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-13** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-03-22** Assigned to Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2019-05-16** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2019-06-05** 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/d20286ec-cb63-4330-a912-56c4e454dab1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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