republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-409.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNIQUE VEHICLES.	This Act defines a Unique vehicle as one not manufactured to meet all Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) in effect for the model year in which it was manufactured or which does not meet the requirements of the Division of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) emissions inspection program. It identifies the requirements for those vehicles to be titled, registered, and branded for operation within this State.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 409	Delaware HB 409 (152)	bill		enacted	Sean Matthews	1	7	2	2024-05-21	2024-07-17	openstates	ocd-bill/278af029-69c2-4e80-b2a1-6eec8e185a09	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141434	402c9addbf515cc64c593c1715387aea387489e7148cccd11127c071ed5e2f87	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 409 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNIQUE VEHICLES.

This Act defines a Unique vehicle as one not manufactured to meet all Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) in effect for the model year in which it was manufactured or which does not meet the requirements of the Division of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) emissions inspection program. It identifies the requirements for those vehicles to be titled, registered, and branded for operation within this State.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• 3/5 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Sean Matthews — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-21 Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-11 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-13 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2024-06-13 Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-07-17 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/278af029-69c2-4e80-b2a1-6eec8e185a09. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).