republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-85.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.	This Act creates a special license plate for retired state legislators. This Act shall be known as "The Senator Margaret Rose Henry Act".	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 85	Delaware HB 85 (152)	bill		enacted	Darius J. Brown Kendra Johnson Kerri Evelyn Harris Marie Pinkney Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Ruth Briggs King S. Elizabeth Lockman Stephanie T. Bolden Trey Paradee	3	12	3	2023-03-02	2023-08-03	openstates	ocd-bill/77879078-0f95-4cea-a62e-4f841645a76a	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130039	3d8609163cdb0ef731e800e8e531521e4f964a360890b5d07e98882bac38f4d1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 85 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.

This Act creates a special license plate for retired state legislators. This Act shall be known as "The Senator Margaret Rose Henry Act".

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 85 (committee substitute) — source
3. SA 1 to HB 85 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3/5 — 15–6 (pass) · upper
• 3/5 — 36–4 (pass) · lower
• 3/5 — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-02 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-03-15 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-03-28 Amendment HA 1 to HB 85 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-28 Amendment HA 1 to HB 85 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2023-03-28 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 4 NO 1 NOT VOTING passage
• 2023-03-28 Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-15 Amendment SA 1 to HB 85 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits, 2 Unfavorable committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2023-06-29 Amendment SA 1 to HB 85 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2023-06-29 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO passage
• 2023-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-08-03 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77879078-0f95-4cea-a62e-4f841645a76a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).