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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES."
description: "This Act creates a special license plate for members of the nonprofit organization, atTAcK addiction. 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 45"
citation: "Delaware SB 45 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David Bentz", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Michael F. Smith", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6070e4b9-9f21-4dc1-bd28-d949ff9b2555"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48321"
source_hash: "64bd5cfac7903837dc5859f610b24405b2f51e83ac1d3e4e86f3930cd9567ea7"
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 45 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.
This Act creates a special license plate for members of the nonprofit organization, atTAcK addiction. 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](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48321&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB45)
## Votes
- 3/5 — **210** (pass) · upper
- 3/5 — **410** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- David Bentz — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-21** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-03-24** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6070e4b9-9f21-4dc1-bd28-d949ff9b2555`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).