republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-209.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6 AND 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RENTAL CAR COMPANIES AND PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING.	This Act prohibits rental companies, shared vehicle owners, and peer-to-peer car sharing programs from recovering damages and charging administrative fees relating to the loss of use of a rental vehicle or shared vehicle. This Act abrogates the common law of loss of use to the extent that it applies to shared vehicle owners, peer-to-peer car sharing programs, and rental car companies and supersedes any other statute to the extent of a conflict.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 209	Delaware HB 209 (152)	bill		enacted	Eric Morrison Larry Lambert Nicole Poore Sherry Dorsey Walker Valerie Longhurst	3	18	3	2023-06-08	2024-08-12	openstates	ocd-bill/007cffa0-0554-4cd7-b2d4-fcddc6981f92	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140539	7b51d83d1859e43335e71711335fc9d50dc9565e124d14639d652c7ace9b20be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 209 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6 AND 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RENTAL CAR COMPANIES AND PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING.

This Act prohibits rental companies, shared vehicle owners, and peer-to-peer car sharing programs from recovering damages and charging administrative fees relating to the loss of use of a rental vehicle or shared vehicle. This Act abrogates the common law of loss of use to the extent that it applies to shared vehicle owners, peer-to-peer car sharing programs, and rental car companies and supersedes any other statute to the extent of a conflict.

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 209 (committee substitute) — source
3. SA 3 to HB 209 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 22–14 (pass) · lower
• SM — 12–8 (pass) · upper
• SM — 27–11 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Larry Lambert — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-08 Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-08 Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits, 2 Unfavorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2023-06-27 Amendment HA 1 to HB 209 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2023-06-27 Passed By House. Votes: 27 YES 11 NO 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-28 Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-04-17 Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-04-23 Amendment SA 1 to HB 209 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-23 Amendment SA 2 to HB 209 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-23 Amendment SA 1 to HB 209 - Stricken in Senate
• 2024-04-23 Amendment SA 3 to HB 209 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-23 Amendment SA 2 to HB 209 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 8 YES 13 NO amendment-failure
• 2024-04-23 Amendment SA 3 to HB 209 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 12 YES 8 NO 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2024-04-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 12 YES 8 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-05-07 Amendment HA 2 to HB 209 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-07 Amendment HA 2 to HB 209 - Defeated In House by Voice Vote amendment-failure
• 2024-05-07 Passed By House. Votes: 22 YES 14 NO 5 ABSENT passage
• 2024-08-12 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/007cffa0-0554-4cd7-b2d4-fcddc6981f92. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).