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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NONDRIVER IDENTIFICATION CARDS."
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description: "This bill extends the amount of years an identification card is valid from four (4) to eight (8) years. This bill is necessary for the Division of Motor Vehicles to maintain consistent business processes. The driver license is currently valid for eight (8) years, and this change would maintain consistency with the driver license requirement."
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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 78"
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citation: "Delaware HB 78 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Edward S. Osienski", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
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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: "2021-01-19"
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last_action: "2021-06-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce61c233-265f-4781-9a90-6b0e604770b0"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48307"
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source_hash: "018b138acbea4567abe5c8d1033ace5985154e3759cf9674478da94b515fb911"
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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 78 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NONDRIVER IDENTIFICATION CARDS.
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This bill extends the amount of years an identification card is valid from four (4) to eight (8) years. This bill is necessary for the Division of Motor Vehicles to maintain consistent business processes. The driver license is currently valid for eight (8) years, and this change would maintain consistency with the driver license requirement.
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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=48307&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB78)
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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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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-19** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-21** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-01-27** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-01-28** Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-10** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-24** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-03** 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/ce61c233-265f-4781-9a90-6b0e604770b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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