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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE RULES OF THE ROAD."
description: "Currently, every adult operating or riding as a passenger on a motorcycle is required to have a helmet in their possession and wear eye protection while operating or riding a motorcycle and every person up to 19 years of age must wear a helmet and eye protection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 86"
citation: "Delaware SB 86 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Daniel B. Short", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Kendra Johnson", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Ronald E. Gray", "Ruth Briggs King", "Sean M. Lynn", "Timothy D. Dukes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-19"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f34f9acd-bd15-4256-896a-fa6eef44e6a5"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130207"
source_hash: "942372b420cecb264ebd39db51c63bf449d0c6335b4b366562b954a65dee074b"
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 86 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE RULES OF THE ROAD.
Currently, every adult operating or riding as a passenger on a motorcycle is required to have a helmet in their possession and wear eye protection while operating or riding a motorcycle and every person up to 19 years of age must wear a helmet and eye protection.
## 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=130207&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB86)
## Votes
- SM — **200** (pass) · upper
- SM — **390** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-04-19** Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-11** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-06** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-30** 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/f34f9acd-bd15-4256-896a-fa6eef44e6a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).