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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE SIZE AND WEIGHT OF VEHICLES AND LOADS."
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description: "This Act permits trucks having 5 or more axles that are hauling farm produce grown in this State and traveling from the farm on which the farm produce is grown to a location at which the farm produce is to be processed or stored, or from a location at which the farm produce is processed or stored to an export facility within this State, to weigh up to 90,000 pounds or combined manufacturer’s gross combined weight rating (GCWR), whichever is less, before a penalty is assessed for exceeding weight restrictions."
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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: "SB 262"
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citation: "Delaware SB 262 (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", "David L. Wilson", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Jesse R. Vanderwende", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Russell Huxtable", "Stell Parker Selby"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-04-11"
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last_action: "2024-09-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1be519f4-558d-4b9d-8a91-e76ac4a26c50"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141176"
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source_hash: "ba3d70fbe88196eb6ee008ae05cd014e45bafa367c6efe884271eba63b1f1895"
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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 SB 262 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE SIZE AND WEIGHT OF VEHICLES AND LOADS.
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This Act permits trucks having 5 or more axles that are hauling farm produce grown in this State and traveling from the farm on which the farm produce is grown to a location at which the farm produce is to be processed or stored, or from a location at which the farm produce is processed or stored to an export facility within this State, to weigh up to 90,000 pounds or combined manufacturer’s gross combined weight rating (GCWR), whichever is less, before a penalty is assessed for exceeding weight restrictions.
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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=141176&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB262)
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2. **SA 2 to SB 262** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141659&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- Jesse R. Vanderwende — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-04-11** Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-12** Amendment SA 1 to SB 262 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-06-25** Amendment SA 2 to SB 262 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-06-25** Amendment SA 1 to SB 262 - Stricken in Senate
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- **2024-06-25** Amendment SA 2 to SB 262 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-06-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2024-06-26** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2024-09-19** 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/1be519f4-558d-4b9d-8a91-e76ac4a26c50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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