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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVER’S LICENSE AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION."
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description: "This bill will remove the requirement for signatures to be in pen and ink when provided for driver license, identification card, or registration application processes. Removing this provision enables the Division of Motor Vehicles to develop more efficient means of serving customers including expanding online services."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 146"
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citation: "Delaware HB 146 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Edward S. Osienski", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-04-25"
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last_action: "2017-09-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e434df6-5178-432a-8f09-f55e8a880ef0"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25663"
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source_hash: "4a26d8b1506bd7c6e630dabe22cd24fcab33c893502becac12458a886a7a2361"
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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 146 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVER’S LICENSE AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION.
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This bill will remove the requirement for signatures to be in pen and ink when provided for driver license, identification card, or registration application processes. Removing this provision enables the Division of Motor Vehicles to develop more efficient means of serving customers including expanding online services.
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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. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25663&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB146)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-04-25** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-10** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-06** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-06-09** Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2017-09-21** 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/3e434df6-5178-432a-8f09-f55e8a880ef0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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