republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-126.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OPERATION OF VEHICLES ON APPROACH OF AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES.	This Act prescribes specific fines for violating § 4134 of Title 21. Previously, a violation of § 4134 would have been subject to the penalties outlined in § 4205 of Title 21. The amount of the penalties in § 4205 are as follows: for a first offense, a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $75. For each subsequent like offense, a fine of not less than $57.50 nor more than $95. Section 4205 is a general penalty provision that establishes penalties for violations of Chapter 41 of Title 21 or Chapter 42 of Title 21 in the event that the penalties are not otherwise prescribed.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 126	Delaware SB 126 (151)	bill		enacted	David L. Wilson William J. Carson	1	7	2	2021-05-05	2022-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/c5680499-b724-46bf-b61a-4b4bd1c1e873	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68657	5ec9139bfa8421b2b0df4d9bc360e12d165fc3e4d7a0922c48c16b9a204bd1a6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 126 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OPERATION OF VEHICLES ON APPROACH OF AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES.

This Act prescribes specific fines for violating § 4134 of Title 21. Previously, a violation of § 4134 would have been subject to the penalties outlined in § 4205 of Title 21. The amount of the penalties in § 4205 are as follows: for a first offense, a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $75. For each subsequent like offense, a fine of not less than $57.50 nor more than $95. Section 4205 is a general penalty provision that establishes penalties for violations of Chapter 41 of Title 21 or Chapter 42 of Title 21 in the event that the penalties are not otherwise prescribed.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-05 Introduced and Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2021-06-08 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2021-06-09 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 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-15 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2022-04-13 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c5680499-b724-46bf-b61a-4b4bd1c1e873. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).