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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVING ON A ROADWAY."
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description: "The purpose of this Act is to combat aggressive driving and dangerous speed differentials on targeted roadways. This Act prohibits vehicles from traveling in the left lane on the portions of State Route 1 or Interstate 495 that are an express highway, as defined in § 101 of Title 17, or a controlled access facility, as defined in § 172 of Title 17, except in any of the following circumstances:"
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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 275"
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citation: "Delaware SB 275 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Nicole Poore", "Shannon Morris"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-04-23"
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last_action: "2024-09-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04aa1e5e-1e01-4733-9669-0784d1c355ed"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141255"
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source_hash: "8e734709b8687ebb4ce3e588d9e03dfed0d77e8783ddfb79f96bc9e2f57dbb19"
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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 275 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVING ON A ROADWAY.
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The purpose of this Act is to combat aggressive driving and dangerous speed differentials on targeted roadways. This Act prohibits vehicles from traveling in the left lane on the portions of State Route 1 or Interstate 495 that are an express highway, as defined in § 101 of Title 17, or a controlled access facility, as defined in § 172 of Title 17, except in any of the following circumstances:
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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=141255&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB275)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 275** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141442&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **35–2** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Shannon Morris — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-04-23** Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-20** Amendment SA 1 to SB 275 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-05-21** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-05-23** Amendment SA 1 to SB 275 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-05-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2024-06-06** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 2 NO 4 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-09-30** 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/04aa1e5e-1e01-4733-9669-0784d1c355ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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