republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-19.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTRIC BICYCLES.	This bill defines and regulates electric bicycles. Section 1 adds electric bicycles to the definitions contained in Title 21. Section 2 includes electric bicycle operators and passengers as vulnerable users when on a highway, crosswalk, road shoulder or sidewalk and prescribes rights and responsibilities attendant to the operation of electric bicycles. Section 3 adds electric bicycles to the definition of vehicle.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 19	Delaware HB 19 (151)	bill		enacted	David P. Sokola Valerie Longhurst	4	16	3	2020-12-04	2022-10-26	openstates	ocd-bill/1a06913a-477d-4d29-9753-0a554efef63d	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48201	ed7b91a8db4cbba94e0e03b82e9633ad887441c0013c4356dba573e519415e47	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 19 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTRIC BICYCLES.

This bill defines and regulates electric bicycles. Section 1 adds electric bicycles to the definitions contained in Title 21. Section 2 includes electric bicycle operators and passengers as vulnerable users when on a highway, crosswalk, road shoulder or sidewalk and prescribes rights and responsibilities attendant to the operation of electric bicycles. Section 3 adds electric bicycles to the definition of vehicle.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 2 to HB 19 (committee substitute) — source
3. SA 1 to HB 19 (committee substitute) — source
4. SA 2 to HB 19 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-12-04 Introduced and Assigned to Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-09 Amendment HA 1 to HB 19 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-09 Amendment HA 1 to HB 19 - Stricken
• 2021-03-09 Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 7 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-29 Amendment HA 2 to HB 19 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-04-01 Amendment HA 2 to HB 19 - Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES amendment-passage
• 2021-04-01 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2021-04-01 Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-05-18 Amendment SA 1 to HB 19 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-30 Amendment SA 2 to HB 19 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-30 Amendment SA 1 to HB 19 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2022-06-30 Amendment SA 2 to HB 19 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2022-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2022-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2022-10-26 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1a06913a-477d-4d29-9753-0a554efef63d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).