republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-209.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 2 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION AND INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THE DELAWARE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, PUBLIC CARRIERS, AND TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES."
description: "In 2016, Title 2, Chapter 19 was enacted to address the growing use of ride share applications also known as a Transportation Network Companies (“TNC”), which transport passengers for compensation. In 2016, the General Assembly acknowledged the importance of protecting TNC passengers as well as other drivers on Delaware roads by requiring that a TNC possess $1,000,000.00 in death, bodily injury and property damage insurance coverage when transporting passengers. Because many Delaware citizens do not use a TNC for transportation but use other forms of transportation, such as buses, taxicabs or limousines, this Act increases the death, bodily injury and property damage insurance coverage required for the Delaware Transportation Authority (i.e. DART buses) and public carriers as defined by Chapter 18, Title2 to that which is already required by a TNC. The Act also requires that public carriers, TNCs and Delaware Transportation Authority possess uninsured and underinsured insurance coverage to protect their passengers. The Act will take effect on July 1, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 209"
citation: "Delaware SB 209 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krista Griffith", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Trey Paradee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/841cbac8-4278-4d28-82ec-8d8d35a251e9"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79062"
source_hash: "73d1a7fedd38e57cdc61337c99169c07d3dd1cd31a996542f72dfd986d0231dc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---

# Delaware SB 209 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 2 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION AND INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THE DELAWARE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, PUBLIC CARRIERS, AND TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES.

In 2016, Title 2, Chapter 19 was enacted to address the growing use of ride share applications also known as a Transportation Network Companies (“TNC”), which transport passengers for compensation. In 2016, the General Assembly acknowledged the importance of protecting TNC passengers as well as other drivers on Delaware roads by requiring that a TNC possess $1,000,000.00 in death, bodily injury and property damage insurance coverage when transporting passengers. Because many Delaware citizens do not use a TNC for transportation but use other forms of transportation, such as buses, taxicabs or limousines, this Act increases the death, bodily injury and property damage insurance coverage required for the Delaware Transportation Authority (i.e. DART buses) and public carriers as defined by Chapter 18, Title2 to that which is already required by a TNC. The Act also requires that public carriers, TNCs and Delaware Transportation Authority possess uninsured and underinsured insurance coverage to protect their passengers. The Act will take effect on July 1, 2022.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=79062&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB209)
2. **HA 1 to SB 209** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129821&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
- William Bush — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-22** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-04-28** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-07** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-23** Amendment HA 1 to SB 209 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-28** Amendment HA 1 to SB 209 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-28** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2022-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-10-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/841cbac8-4278-4d28-82ec-8d8d35a251e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).