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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 SIZE AND WEIGHT OF VEHICLES AND LOADS."
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description: "Section 4513 of Title 21 authorizes the installation and use of monitoring systems to assist in the enforcement of applicable law regarding motor vehicle use of roadways that the Department of Transportation (“DelDOT”) has determined are not suitable for certain commercial or other truck traffic. DelDOT’s determination of which roadways is based on myriad reasons, including vehicle height, weight, or size."
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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 159"
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citation: "Delaware SB 159 (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", "Franklin D. Cooke"]
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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: "2021-06-03"
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last_action: "2021-09-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/864645cb-c675-47b5-9e37-93404d42d555"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78784"
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source_hash: "8ff553ac7a99a6ca6ffdebc5c3e0548cdadf326d893da7489ed8c8b7242e14b0"
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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 159 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SIZE AND WEIGHT OF VEHICLES AND LOADS.
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Section 4513 of Title 21 authorizes the installation and use of monitoring systems to assist in the enforcement of applicable law regarding motor vehicle use of roadways that the Department of Transportation (“DelDOT”) has determined are not suitable for certain commercial or other truck traffic. DelDOT’s determination of which roadways is based on myriad reasons, including vehicle height, weight, or size.
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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=78784&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB159)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-06-03** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-10** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-10** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-11** 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 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-24** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-09-15** 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/864645cb-c675-47b5-9e37-93404d42d555`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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