republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-23.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.	This Act creates a special license plate for those citizens who wish to support pollinator habitat creation and conservation. This Act requires a greater-than-majority vote for passage because Article VIII, § 11 of the Delaware Constitution requires the affirmative vote of 3/5 of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly when a new tax or license fee is imposed.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 23	Delaware SB 23 (151)	bill		enacted	David P. Sokola Debra Heffernan Stephanie L. Hansen	1	9	2	2021-01-12	2021-06-03	openstates	ocd-bill/647743b6-965d-4628-9fe3-f746f5682038	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48262	153dd93b3638e0679bd67702c77808f586d7e5059e9b8425ac24c55528dce3ef	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 23 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.

This Act creates a special license plate for those citizens who wish to support pollinator habitat creation and conservation. This Act requires a greater-than-majority vote for passage because Article VIII, § 11 of the Delaware Constitution requires the affirmative vote of 3/5 of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly when a new tax or license fee is imposed.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3/5 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• 3/5 — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-01-21 Re-Assigned to Environmental & Energy Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-01-27 Reported Out of Committee (Environment & Energy) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-01-28 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-02-19 Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-23 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2021-04-29 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2021-06-03 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/647743b6-965d-4628-9fe3-f746f5682038. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).