republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-231.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 453, VOLUME 83 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE, AND TITLE 18 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROVIDING FOR DRIVER EDUCATION TRAINING, A DRIVER'S LICENSE, OR MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS IN OR HAS EXPERIENCED FOSTER CARE IN DELAWARE.	This Act removes the sunset provision in Chapter 453, Volume 83 of the Laws of Delaware relating to the program established under §9011A of Title 29 to assist individuals who are in or have experienced foster care in Delaware with driver education, driver licensing, and motor vehicle insurance and associated barriers and costs. The Act also amends §9011A of Title 29 to clarify the scope and administration of the program, and amends the definition of “youth in foster care” under §3921 of Title 18 to maintain consistency with 29 Del. C. §9011A(g)(1).	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 231	Delaware SB 231 (152)	bill		enacted	Eric Morrison John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Laura V. Sturgeon Marie Pinkney Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Russell Huxtable Sarah McBride Sean Matthews Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Valerie Longhurst	1	8	2	2024-03-06	2024-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/cbfbf576-72f4-4593-aeac-706b61ffa093	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140988	198391a28f188ce6caf59f54316a3d9fd900ff1fc852240f88e4c09898090a8c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 231 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 453, VOLUME 83 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE, AND TITLE 18 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROVIDING FOR DRIVER EDUCATION TRAINING, A DRIVER'S LICENSE, OR MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS IN OR HAS EXPERIENCED FOSTER CARE IN DELAWARE.

This Act removes the sunset provision in Chapter 453, Volume 83 of the Laws of Delaware relating to the program established under §9011A of Title 29 to assist individuals who are in or have experienced foster care in Delaware with driver education, driver licensing, and motor vehicle insurance and associated barriers and costs. The Act also amends §9011A of Title 29 to clarify the scope and administration of the program, and amends the definition of “youth in foster care” under §3921 of Title 18 to maintain consistency with 29 Del. C. §9011A(g)(1).

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Eric Morrison — 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)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-06 Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-04-16 Re-Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-04-24 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-14 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-05-15 Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-11 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 2 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-13 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-08-02 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cbfbf576-72f4-4593-aeac-706b61ffa093. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).