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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 17 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ACCESS TO STATE-MAINTAINED HIGHWAYS."
description: "Affordable housing is key to building strong communities and neighborhoods. This act provides that the developer of a residential subdivision is provided a percentage credit towards the expense of offsite improvements to state-maintained highways consistent with the percentage of units set aside for affordable housing in a residential subdivision project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 274"
citation: "Delaware SB 274 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Daniel B. Short", "David L. Wilson", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-23"
last_action: "2024-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/718065e7-6d94-4042-b59f-f6a9be2e6498"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141254"
source_hash: "3fbce6c27543d62beec37ab647e0d469c4645b848d87f7ccd103e6d4862ed548"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware SB 274 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 17 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ACCESS TO STATE-MAINTAINED HIGHWAYS.
Affordable housing is key to building strong communities and neighborhoods. This act provides that the developer of a residential subdivision is provided a percentage credit towards the expense of offsite improvements to state-maintained highways consistent with the percentage of units set aside for affordable housing in a residential subdivision project.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141254&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB274)
## Votes
- SM — **200** (pass) · upper
- SM — **400** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-04-23** Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-18** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-06-20** Assigned to Transportation Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-09-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/718065e7-6d94-4042-b59f-f6a9be2e6498`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).