republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-490.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC TRAFFIC MONITORING FOR VEHICLE OBSTRUCTIONS SYSTEM.	Delaware’s Motor Vehicle Statutes contemplate for vehicle obstructing traffic enforcement by law enforcement agencies. It is not always possible for law enforcement officers to enforce the right-of-way regulations in areas effectively due to a number of considerations, including officer availability and safety. This bill would enable the state and municipal authorities to enforce right-of-way regulations in identified areas more effectively. This bill only imposes civil penalties for violations and does not impose points on an individual’s driver’s license.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 490	Delaware HB 490 (151)	bill		enacted	Daniel B. Short Ernesto B. Lopez Peter C. Schwartzkopf	2	9	2	2022-06-13	2022-10-21	openstates	ocd-bill/c8cd2418-db3f-40ec-a095-04e460e5ccff	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129687	f60e318aff82710799adbad65a3329dde29223b17fa99f33767f5298cf45bde6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 490 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC TRAFFIC MONITORING FOR VEHICLE OBSTRUCTIONS SYSTEM.

Delaware’s Motor Vehicle Statutes contemplate for vehicle obstructing traffic enforcement by law enforcement agencies. It is not always possible for law enforcement officers to enforce the right-of-way regulations in areas effectively due to a number of considerations, including officer availability and safety. This bill would enable the state and municipal authorities to enforce right-of-way regulations in identified areas more effectively. This bill only imposes civil penalties for violations and does not impose points on an individual’s driver’s license.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 490 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 18–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• Ernesto B. Lopez — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-06-13 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-16 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2022-06-21 Amendment HA 1 to HB 490 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-21 Amendment HA 1 to HB 490 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-06-21 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2022-06-21 Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-28 Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 NO passage
• 2022-10-21 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8cd2418-db3f-40ec-a095-04e460e5ccff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).