republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-22.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 AND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONSTABLES.	This Act provides that commissioned constables have the authority to direct traffic, if they are doing so while in the performance of the lawful duties of employment. In addition to explicitly granting constables this power under § 5609 of Title 24, the Act adds constables to the list in § 4103 of Title 21 of persons invested by law with the authority to direct, control, or regulate vehicle and pedestrian traffic. These changes will enable constables to provide additional public safety support to employers such as schools, which may benefit from assistance with directing traffic during busy times of day such as pickup and drop off.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 22	Delaware HB 22 (153)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan W. Shupe Bryant L. Richardson Claire Snyder-Hall Cyndie Romer Daniel B. Short Dave G. Lawson David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Josue O Ortega Kimberly Williams Lyndon D. Yearick Mara Gorman Marie Pinkney Melanie Ross Levin Michael F. Smith Ronald E. Gray Russell Huxtable Sarah McBride Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby William Bush William J. Carson	0	7	2	2024-12-19	2025-04-14	openstates	ocd-bill/f207599b-03a2-4575-b713-a77b2e77f616	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141726	2958fdad5ed999032c651eba474b1b675841b9c68e288bce0d403d0ff3105a78	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 22 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 AND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONSTABLES.

This Act provides that commissioned constables have the authority to direct traffic, if they are doing so while in the performance of the lawful duties of employment. In addition to explicitly granting constables this power under § 5609 of Title 24, the Act adds constables to the list in § 4103 of Title 21 of persons invested by law with the authority to direct, control, or regulate vehicle and pedestrian traffic. These changes will enable constables to provide additional public safety support to employers such as schools, which may benefit from assistance with directing traffic during busy times of day such as pickup and drop off.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 36–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
• Mara Gorman — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
• Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-12-19 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-01-22 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 14 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-01-28 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT passage
• 2025-01-28 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-03-19 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-03-26 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2025-04-14 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f207599b-03a2-4575-b713-a77b2e77f616. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).