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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OPERATION OF VEHICLES ON APPROACH OF AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 126"
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citation: "Delaware SB 126 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David L. Wilson", "William J. Carson"]
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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: "2021-05-05"
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last_action: "2022-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5680499-b724-46bf-b61a-4b4bd1c1e873"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68657"
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source_hash: "5ec9139bfa8421b2b0df4d9bc360e12d165fc3e4d7a0922c48c16b9a204bd1a6"
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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 SB 126 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OPERATION OF VEHICLES ON APPROACH OF AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
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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.
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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=68657&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB126)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-05-05** Introduced and Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-20** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2021-06-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-06-09** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2022-03-15** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-04-13** 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/c5680499-b724-46bf-b61a-4b4bd1c1e873`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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