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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OCCUPANT PROTECTIONS."
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description: "This Act revises Delaware’s child safety seat requirements which currently requires an “appropriate” car seat or booster. Under this Act, children under 2 years and under 30 pounds must be seated in a rear-facing seat with a 5-point harness. Children under 4 years and under 40 pounds must be seated in either a forward facing or rear-facing seat with a 5-point harness. Children between the ages of 4 and 16, must be seated in a booster based upon the manufacturer’s guidelines or a seatbelt."
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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 68"
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citation: "Delaware SB 68 (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", "Bryan Townsend", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Kendra Johnson", "Kyle Evans Gay", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Ronald E. Gray", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Timothy D. Dukes"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-04-19"
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last_action: "2023-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef66451b-f670-44b5-8e0a-56dc88d248a6"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130212"
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source_hash: "737380c5c91e5e5b5a7d2f4416e0d7fa920cb8c654bc7cc56504a9fc47839344"
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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 68 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OCCUPANT PROTECTIONS.
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This Act revises Delaware’s child safety seat requirements which currently requires an “appropriate” car seat or booster. Under this Act, children under 2 years and under 30 pounds must be seated in a rear-facing seat with a 5-point harness. Children under 4 years and under 40 pounds must be seated in either a forward facing or rear-facing seat with a 5-point harness. Children between the ages of 4 and 16, must be seated in a booster based upon the manufacturer’s guidelines or a seatbelt.
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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=130212&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB68)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-04-19** Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-05-11** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2023-05-12** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-16** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-06-06** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-30** 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/ef66451b-f670-44b5-8e0a-56dc88d248a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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