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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 AND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONSTABLES."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "HB 22"
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citation: "Delaware HB 22 (153)"
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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 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"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-12-19"
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last_action: "2025-04-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f207599b-03a2-4575-b713-a77b2e77f616"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141726"
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source_hash: "2958fdad5ed999032c651eba474b1b675841b9c68e288bce0d403d0ff3105a78"
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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 HB 22 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 AND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONSTABLES.
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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.
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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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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **36–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
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- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- William Bush — 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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- **2024-12-19** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-22** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 14 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-01-28** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-01-28** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-19** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-04-14** 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/f207599b-03a2-4575-b713-a77b2e77f616`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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