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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INDICATING THE HOLDER IS A VETERAN ON DRIVER LICENSES AND NONDRIVER IDENTIFICATION CARDS."
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description: "This Act would add designation that the holder is a veteran to the Delaware Driver License or Identification Card upon request. Adding designation that the holder is a veteran to a Driver License or Identification Card would eliminate the need for a veteran to carry a separate card or official discharge forms in order to prove their service."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 408"
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citation: "Delaware HB 408 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
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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: "2022-05-09"
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last_action: "2022-10-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b91d8e5-c54d-493b-903d-cc33638a200a"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109454"
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source_hash: "d06e9ec98079204e5e02411fadaf6a355773eabe0485b4ab76e31704db9e7499"
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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 HB 408 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INDICATING THE HOLDER IS A VETERAN ON DRIVER LICENSES AND NONDRIVER IDENTIFICATION CARDS.
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This Act would add designation that the holder is a veteran to the Delaware Driver License or Identification Card upon request. Adding designation that the holder is a veteran to a Driver License or Identification Card would eliminate the need for a veteran to carry a separate card or official discharge forms in order to prove their service.
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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=109454&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB408)
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## Votes
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- 3/5 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3/5 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-05-09** Introduced and Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in House with 16 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-09** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-06-09** Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2022-10-21** 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/7b91d8e5-c54d-493b-903d-cc33638a200a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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