republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-328.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 371, VOLUME 83 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO MOTORCYCLE SAFETY.	Senate Bill No. 288 of the 151st General Assembly (Chapter 371 of Volume 83 of the Laws of Delaware) created a pilot program whereby motorcyclists are permitted to use pulsating 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. SB 288 contained a sunset clause providing that the pilot program would expire on January 1, 2025, unless the General Assembly took action to extend or remove the sunset clause. This Act extends the sunset clause until June 30, 2030. The main reason for the extension is that many motorcycle owners have and are continuing to replace their lights with LED technology... up until 2024 the technology of a modulating device was not available for the LED lights only standard lighting had that option. To be able to better see if the pulsating lighting is effective the pilot program should be extended to adequately gauge what the new LED systems effectiveness is.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 328	Delaware HB 328 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Daniel B. Short Darius J. Brown David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Laura V. Sturgeon Marie Pinkney Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Ronald E. Gray Russell Huxtable S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Sean Matthews Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee Valerie Jones Giltner Valerie Longhurst	1	7	2	2024-03-07	2024-10-23	openstates	ocd-bill/123f9026-e482-42a1-a240-c80c0313472d	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140997	9142d046070d96dc0d534c027dc26d546b7eccdf8d8f670c419d7a854e2e3d09	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 328 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 371, VOLUME 83 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO MOTORCYCLE SAFETY.

Senate Bill No. 288 of the 151st General Assembly (Chapter 371 of Volume 83 of the Laws of Delaware) created a pilot program whereby motorcyclists are permitted to use pulsating 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. SB 288 contained a sunset clause providing that the pilot program would expire on January 1, 2025, unless the General Assembly took action to extend or remove the sunset clause. This Act extends the sunset clause until June 30, 2030. The main reason for the extension is that many motorcycle owners have and are continuing to replace their lights with LED technology... up until 2024 the technology of a modulating device was not available for the LED lights only standard lighting had that option. To be able to better see if the pulsating lighting is effective the pilot program should be extended to adequately gauge what the new LED systems effectiveness is.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 32–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• Valerie Jones Giltner — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-07 Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-19 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-21 Passed By House. Votes: 32 YES 9 ABSENT passage
• 2024-03-21 Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-21 Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-26 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-10-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/123f9026-e482-42a1-a240-c80c0313472d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).