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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VETERAN DESIGNATION ON DRIVER LICENSES."
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description: "This Act replaces the phrase \"United States Armed Forces or of the National Guard\" with \"uniformed services of the United States,\" and defines \"uniformed services of the United States\" as meaning any of the 8 of the United States service branches and the National Guard. Usage of \"Armed Forces\" or \"military\" is often misunderstood to mean only the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, United States Air Force, United States Space Force, and United States Coast Guard. Using \"uniformed services of the United States\" more accurately includes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corp. This Act makes clear that veterans all 8 services branches are qualified to obtain veteran designation on their driver licenses."
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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: "SB 76"
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citation: "Delaware SB 76 (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", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "David L. Wilson", "Eric Buckson", "Josue O Ortega", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Richard G. Collins", "Russell Huxtable", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-03-20"
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last_action: "2025-06-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8847584f-6b8e-4695-a76f-ddd2ed800ed3"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141971"
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source_hash: "f39fd4a4b003ba240a97c972bdee19ec3074b2a850aca15873c1317bc0b6f768"
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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 SB 76 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VETERAN DESIGNATION ON DRIVER LICENSES.
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This Act replaces the phrase "United States Armed Forces or of the National Guard" with "uniformed services of the United States," and defines "uniformed services of the United States" as meaning any of the 8 of the United States service branches and the National Guard. Usage of "Armed Forces" or "military" is often misunderstood to mean only the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, United States Air Force, United States Space Force, and United States Coast Guard. Using "uniformed services of the United States" more accurately includes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corp. This Act makes clear that veterans all 8 services branches are qualified to obtain veteran designation on their driver licenses.
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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. **SA 1 to SB 76** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142141&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **35–0** (pass) · lower
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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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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- Eric Buckson — primary (person)
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- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
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- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
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- Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-20** Introduced and 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 6 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-17** Amendment SA 1 to SB 76 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-05-07** Amendment SA 1 to SB 76 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-07** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-05-08** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-20** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-05-22** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-06-24** 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/8847584f-6b8e-4695-a76f-ddd2ed800ed3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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