republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-277.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SAFETY DURING TRAFFIC STOPS.	This Act codifies the Delaware State Police program that makes available a “blue envelope” for use by a person with a disability. The intent of this program is to increase safety for both officers and persons with a disability during a traffic stop. The envelope contains written information for officers regarding interacting with a person with a disability, as well as guidance for the person with a disability on safe interactions with law-enforcement during a traffic stop. The envelope is sized to be able to contain a driver’s license, motor vehicle registration card, and insurance identification card and other related documents.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 277	Delaware HB 277 (153)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Claire Snyder-Hall Cyndie Romer Darius J. Brown Dave G. Lawson David L. Wilson David P. Sokola DeShanna U Neal Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Josue O Ortega Laura V. Sturgeon Mara Gorman Marie Pinkney Melanie Ross Levin Nicole Poore Ray Seigfried Ronald E. Gray Russell Huxtable Sarah McBride Shannon Morris Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee	0	7	2	2026-01-22	2026-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/f36ea42f-4961-4d01-a86e-a4f863906d76	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142803	90ca013c82230c800cf642d0e9d080cfe52948f1040b4df39ab5e623d732b4f1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 277 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SAFETY DURING TRAFFIC STOPS.

This Act codifies the Delaware State Police program that makes available a “blue envelope” for use by a person with a disability. The intent of this program is to increase safety for both officers and persons with a disability during a traffic stop. The envelope contains written information for officers regarding interacting with a person with a disability, as well as guidance for the person with a disability on safe interactions with law-enforcement during a traffic stop. The envelope is sized to be able to contain a driver’s license, motor vehicle registration card, and insurance identification card and other related documents.

Version chain

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

Votes

• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• DeShanna U Neal — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Mara Gorman — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Shannon Morris — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-22 Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-03-10 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 7 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2026-03-17 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2026-03-17 Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-03-25 Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 4 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-26 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2026-04-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f36ea42f-4961-4d01-a86e-a4f863906d76. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).