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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES."
description: "This bill creates a special license plate for Autism Awareness and Acceptance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 153"
citation: "Delaware HB 153 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ernesto B. Lopez", "Stephen Smyk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-15"
last_action: "2021-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c912fa34-083d-4cb3-b659-f654a6ebfb66"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=58572"
source_hash: "19bfc88304f3b943c24ccdfa79bbaa94450ea7418f80e63746ac9c2e591b6af1"
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 HB 153 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.
This bill creates a special license plate for Autism Awareness and Acceptance.
## 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=58572&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB153)
## Votes
- 3/5 — **210** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **410** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ernesto B. Lopez — primary (person)
- Stephen Smyk — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — 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.
- **2021-04-15** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-25** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2021-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2021-06-29** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-09-17** 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/c912fa34-083d-4cb3-b659-f654a6ebfb66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).