republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-109.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE RULES OF THE ROAD.	Frequently, driver license applicants over the age of 18 require more than six (6) months practice time behind the wheel and to prepare for the skills exam. By providing the permit for a total of one (1) year, it will eliminate the need to request the extension and decreases the risk of them having to retake the knowledge exam if they do not request the extension prior to the six (6) months expiration of their permit, thus eliminating the need to start the process over. The limited window of one extension after the 6-month period is a frequent complaint from customers.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 109	Delaware HB 109 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Daniel B. Short David L. Wilson Kerri Evelyn Harris Michael Ramone Nicole Poore Ronald E. Gray Russell Huxtable Sean Matthews Valerie Longhurst	2	9	2	2023-04-05	2023-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/fe6e2b37-f5f0-4db4-8537-a9741112c9d3	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130167	6a6c21dfaf0d3e8badaafd5de2c2a0ded17532d8a2cc9fc3677224ed47594305	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 109 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE RULES OF THE ROAD.

Frequently, driver license applicants over the age of 18 require more than six (6) months practice time behind the wheel and to prepare for the skills exam. By providing the permit for a total of one (1) year, it will eliminate the need to request the extension and decreases the risk of them having to retake the knowledge exam if they do not request the extension prior to the six (6) months expiration of their permit, thus eliminating the need to start the process over. The limited window of one extension after the 6-month period is a frequent complaint from customers.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 109 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 36–0 (pass) · lower
• 3/5 — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Michael Ramone — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-05 Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-04-25 Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in House with 8 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-04-27 Amendment HA 1 to HB 109 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-04-27 Amendment HA 1 to HB 109 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2023-04-27 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT passage
• 2023-04-27 Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-05-10 Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-20 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe6e2b37-f5f0-4db4-8537-a9741112c9d3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).