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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 17 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VACATION OF PUBLIC ROADS BY ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION."
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description: "This Act amends §1311, Title 17 of the Delaware Code to allow for the Delaware Department of Transportation to vacate an old right of way of a newly realigned section of road by resolution."
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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 76"
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citation: "Delaware SB 76 (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", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Ronald E. Gray", "Sean Matthews", "Stell Parker Selby", "Stephanie L. Hansen", "William J. Carson"]
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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: "2023-04-04"
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last_action: "2023-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab0cddb8-43e5-411a-b587-1e7d6293c70d"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130157"
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source_hash: "bb99d5b62854a02c87e4a29fdd873c0f9d7db7e3ae2f549acf842cc4097274ee"
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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 76 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 17 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VACATION OF PUBLIC ROADS BY ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION.
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This Act amends §1311, Title 17 of the Delaware Code to allow for the Delaware Department of Transportation to vacate an old right of way of a newly realigned section of road by resolution.
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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=130157&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB76)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3/4 — **39–0** (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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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-04-04** Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-26** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-04** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-05-05** Assigned to Transportation Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-06** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 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/ab0cddb8-43e5-411a-b587-1e7d6293c70d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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