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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REMOVAL OF MOTOR"
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description: "This Act creates a new chapter in Title 21 pertaining to the towing of vehicles without the consent of the owner or operator. It makes violations of the chapter an unlawful practice enforceable by the Consumer Protection Unit of the Department of Justice. The Act creates the following requirements for the towing and storage of vehicles without the consent of the owner or operator:"
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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 67"
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citation: "Delaware HB 67 (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", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Cyndie Romer", "Dave G. Lawson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Josue O Ortega", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Ray Seigfried", "Spiros Mantzavinos"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-03-11"
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last_action: "2025-09-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d24df497-5ee9-42a7-b855-51c909d5381b"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141918"
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source_hash: "9bed129e6d8545818e818ebedc952d3cbc7e8132721a799504b8263ae85660b4"
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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 67 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REMOVAL OF MOTOR
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This Act creates a new chapter in Title 21 pertaining to the towing of vehicles without the consent of the owner or operator. It makes violations of the chapter an unlawful practice enforceable by the Consumer Protection Unit of the Department of Justice. The Act creates the following requirements for the towing and storage of vehicles without the consent of the owner or operator:
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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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1. **HA 2 to HB 67** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142028&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **23–14** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
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- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-11** 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 5 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-26** Amendment HA 1 to HB 67 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-03-27** Amendment HA 1 to HB 67 - Stricken in House
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- **2025-03-27** Amendment HA 2 to HB 67 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-03-27** Passed By House. Votes: 23 YES 14 NO 1 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-03-27** Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-14** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-09-25** 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/d24df497-5ee9-42a7-b855-51c909d5381b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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