republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-26.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NUMBER PLATES.	This Act makes it unlawful to possess, operate any motor vehicle with, purchase, install, manufacture, sell, offer to sell, or otherwise distribute a number plate flipping device. A “number plate flipping device” means a manual, electric, or mechanical device designed or adapted to be installed on a motor vehicle that does either of the following: a. Switch between two or more number plates for the purpose of allowing a motor vehicle operator to change the number plate displayed on the operator's vehicle; or b. Hide a number plate from view by turning the number plate so that the number plate registration number is not visible. The penalty for violation of this statute is for the first offense, a fine not less than $50 nor more than $200, imprisonment not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days, or both. For each subsequent like offense, such person shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $300, be imprisoned not less than 90 days nor more than 6 months, or both.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 26	Delaware HB 26 (153)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Daniel B. Short Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Josue O Ortega Kimberly Williams Laura V. Sturgeon Lyndon D. Yearick Mara Gorman Melanie Ross Levin Michael F. Smith Russell Huxtable Stell Parker Selby William J. Carson	0	7	2	2024-12-19	2025-08-21	openstates	ocd-bill/e61d12d4-32af-4d99-9add-1dfc434a6223	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141729	100aa55166316ecc1a40729a247a1981c68485d87b1caec308b5ee70a204de45	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 26 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NUMBER PLATES.

This Act makes it unlawful to possess, operate any motor vehicle with, purchase, install, manufacture, sell, offer to sell, or otherwise distribute a number plate flipping device. A “number plate flipping device” means a manual, electric, or mechanical device designed or adapted to be installed on a motor vehicle that does either of the following: a. Switch between two or more number plates for the purpose of allowing a motor vehicle operator to change the number plate displayed on the operator's vehicle; or b. Hide a number plate from view by turning the number plate so that the number plate registration number is not visible. The penalty for violation of this statute is for the first offense, a fine not less than $50 nor more than $200, imprisonment not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days, or both. For each subsequent like offense, such person shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $300, be imprisoned not less than 90 days nor more than 6 months, or both.

Version chain

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

Votes

• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 39–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
• Mara Gorman — primary (person)
• Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
• Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-19 Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-03-18 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 4 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-25 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2025-03-25 Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-04-17 Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 7 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-26 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2025-08-21 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e61d12d4-32af-4d99-9add-1dfc434a6223. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).