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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RULES OF THE ROAD."
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description: "This Act requires drivers to change lanes or reduce their speed while approaching a stationary vehicle displaying warning signals, including vehicle hazard warning lights, road flares, traffic cones, cautions signs, or any non-vehicular warning signs."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "HB 92"
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citation: "Delaware HB 92 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Daniel B. Short", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Ronald E. Gray", "Russell Huxtable", "Ruth Briggs King", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sean Matthews", "Shannon Morris", "Stell Parker Selby", "Valerie Longhurst", "William Bush", "William J. Carson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-24"
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last_action: "2023-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/deee7cd6-8693-4fe5-b08a-efa2ff7bb4eb"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130115"
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source_hash: "2bf83cc6122a44fbc241417352ed965023504163468e33c260ba5d6ee8540a10"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 92 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RULES OF THE ROAD.
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This Act requires drivers to change lanes or reduce their speed while approaching a stationary vehicle displaying warning signals, including vehicle hazard warning lights, road flares, traffic cones, cautions signs, or any non-vehicular warning signs.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=130115&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB92)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **33–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Shannon Morris — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-24** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-04** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-06** Passed By House. Votes: 33 YES 1 NO 1 NOT VOTING 6 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-04-06** Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-11** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/deee7cd6-8693-4fe5-b08a-efa2ff7bb4eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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