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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NUMBER PLATES."
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description: "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."
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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 26"
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citation: "Delaware HB 26 (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", "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"]
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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: "2025-08-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e61d12d4-32af-4d99-9add-1dfc434a6223"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141729"
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source_hash: "100aa55166316ecc1a40729a247a1981c68485d87b1caec308b5ee70a204de45"
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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 26 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NUMBER PLATES.
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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.
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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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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- 2/3 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — 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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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
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- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
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- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — 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 Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2025-03-25** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-03-25** Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 7 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-08-21** 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/e61d12d4-32af-4d99-9add-1dfc434a6223`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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