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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 20 AND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVING RESTRICTIONS DURING A STATE OF EMERGENCY. | In a state of emergency, getting information to the public as quickly as possible is vital to the safety of the community. This Act provides protections to those who provide these essential communication and broadcasting services by deeming them "first informers." Under this Act, first informers are exempt from driving restrictions that the Governor may impose during a state of emergency. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 153 | SB 49 | Delaware SB 49 (153) |
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1 | 9 | 3 | 2025-01-23 | 2025-05-22 | openstates | ocd-bill/0ed6f82f-0a5f-4402-b99e-2961f526b926 | https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141817 | 7d07f2738b217e115bc69ec0e1abcd1862b294c6c2a438afcca0ab7d4a2a661e | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Delaware SB 49 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 20 AND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVING RESTRICTIONS DURING A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
In a state of emergency, getting information to the public as quickly as possible is vital to the safety of the community. This Act provides protections to those who provide these essential communication and broadcasting services by deeming them "first informers." Under this Act, first informers are exempt from driving restrictions that the Governor may impose during a state of emergency.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- HA 1 to SB 49 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
- SM — 33–0 (pass) · lower
- SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
- Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- Valerie Jones Giltner — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-23 Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2025-03-26 Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2025-04-10 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage - 2025-04-15 Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2025-05-06 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2025-05-08 Amendment HA 1 to SB 49 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2025-05-08 Passed By House. Votes: 33 YES 8 ABSENT
passage - 2025-05-15 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage - 2025-05-22 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0ed6f82f-0a5f-4402-b99e-2961f526b926. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).