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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT OF INSURANCE FOR ALL MOTOR VEHICLES."
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description: "This bill allows the Court to suspend an amount of the fine for uninsured driving if the defendant provides evidence that they have now secured insurance, demonstrating compliance with the law."
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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 40"
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citation: "Delaware SB 40 (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", "Kyle Evans Gay", "Larry Lambert", "Sean M. Lynn", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-09"
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last_action: "2021-07-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea72a5fd-c580-49bc-915e-fed191f2fa6f"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48433"
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source_hash: "812a13044ba7e77ece3aae098502ce306e863bd3ef47314a834ee4d26a582eef"
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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 40 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT OF INSURANCE FOR ALL MOTOR VEHICLES.
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This bill allows the Court to suspend an amount of the fine for uninsured driving if the defendant provides evidence that they have now secured insurance, demonstrating compliance with the law.
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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=48433&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB40)
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## Votes
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- SM — **16–5** (pass) · upper
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- 2/3 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
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- Larry Lambert — primary (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-09** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-24** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 NO `passage`
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- **2021-03-31** Assigned to Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-21** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-07** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2021-05-13** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-07-30** 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/ea72a5fd-c580-49bc-915e-fed191f2fa6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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