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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 26, TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSE ACT. This Act brings the State in compliance with the federal regulation published by FMCSA on October 7, 2021, to establish a national drug and alcohol clearinghouse as mandated by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). This act established requirements for Division access to and use of driver-specific drug and alcohol program violation information contained in the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. The Act prohibits the Division from issuing, renewing, upgrading, or transferring a commercial driver license (CDL) or commercial learners permit (CLP), as applicable, for any individual prohibited under FMCSA regulations from driving a commercial motor vehicle (CMV), due to one or more drug and alcohol program violations. In addition, the Division must, upon notification that a driver is prohibited from operating a CMV due to a drug and alcohol program violation, initiate the downgrade process to remove the CLP or CDL privilege from the drivers license within 60 days. This Federal requirement must be enacted by states by November 18, 2024. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 152 SB 235 Delaware SB 235 (152)
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Bryan Townsend
David L. Wilson
David P. Sokola
Edward S. Osienski
John "Jack" Walsh
Peter C. Schwartzkopf
Russell Huxtable
Sean Matthews
Spiros Mantzavinos
Stell Parker Selby
Stephanie L. Hansen
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Delaware SB 235 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 26, TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSE ACT.

This Act brings the State in compliance with the federal regulation published by FMCSA on October 7, 2021, to establish a national drug and alcohol clearinghouse as mandated by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). This act established requirements for Division access to and use of driver-specific drug and alcohol program violation information contained in the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. The Act prohibits the Division from issuing, renewing, upgrading, or transferring a commercial driver license (CDL) or commercial learners permit (CLP), as applicable, for any individual prohibited under FMCSA regulations from driving a commercial motor vehicle (CMV), due to one or more drug and alcohol program violations. In addition, the Division must, upon notification that a driver is prohibited from operating a CMV due to a drug and alcohol program violation, initiate the downgrade process to remove the CLP or CDL privilege from the drivers license within 60 days. This Federal requirement must be enacted by states by November 18, 2024.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 410 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 200 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
  • David L. Wilson — primary (person)
  • David P. Sokola — primary (person)
  • Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
  • John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
  • Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
  • Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
  • Sean Matthews — primary (person)
  • Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
  • Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
  • Stephanie L. Hansen — 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
  • 2024-03-13 Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-21 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2024-03-26 Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2024-04-16 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-06-18 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
  • 2024-06-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f119e1d4-9963-4c37-b2e0-075f9ab17d01. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).