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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MOTORCYCLE SAFETY."
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description: "This bill would create a pilot program whereby motorcyclists are permitted to use flashing headlights as a way to alert other drivers of their presence, without allowing the use of flashing lights that would otherwise be used on emergency vehicles. The bill aims to protect motorcyclists on Delaware’s roads and has a sunsetting provision that will allow time for further traffic studies to determine the effectiveness of this pilot program."
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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 288"
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citation: "Delaware SB 288 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Daniel B. Short"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-05-06"
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last_action: "2022-07-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8009ab36-816b-41f1-8707-cc15a30ce681"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109460"
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source_hash: "96d8c4f0bd2832de488d1d0674dba7562c89dfe9864994465e92645fb741660c"
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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 288 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MOTORCYCLE SAFETY.
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This bill would create a pilot program whereby motorcyclists are permitted to use flashing headlights as a way to alert other drivers of their presence, without allowing the use of flashing lights that would otherwise be used on emergency vehicles. The bill aims to protect motorcyclists on Delaware’s roads and has a sunsetting provision that will allow time for further traffic studies to determine the effectiveness of this pilot program.
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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=109460&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB288)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 288** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=119644&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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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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- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-05-06** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-08** Laid On Table in Senate
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- **2022-06-08** Amendment SA 1 to SB 288 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-06-09** Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2022-06-09** Amendment SA 1 to SB 288 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-06-09** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-06-10** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-07-27** 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/8009ab36-816b-41f1-8707-cc15a30ce681`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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