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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 17 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HIGHWAYS."
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description: "The “Advanced Wireless Infrastructure Investment Act” creates a new Chapter 16 of Title 17 that will accelerate investment in mobile broadband infrastructure and ready the State for the next wave of economic development in the digital economy. In recognition of the shift from landline to wireless communications, the Act authorizes wireless providers access to the State’s rights of way and establishes a Statewide policy for deployment of small wireless cells to meet the growing demand for wireless services which provide Delaware citizens with access to advanced technology, information and 911 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 189"
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citation: "Delaware HB 189 (149)"
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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", "Harris B. McDowell", "John L. Mitchell", "Nicole Poore"]
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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: "2017-05-18"
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last_action: "2017-08-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cb6a123-7df6-4b7e-b52d-01cf1700c71d"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25823"
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source_hash: "585592d541da6a2107a9d6bb2082ab9be778f47c2aced38c8d8c1dce3782e715"
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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 189 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 17 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HIGHWAYS.
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The “Advanced Wireless Infrastructure Investment Act” creates a new Chapter 16 of Title 17 that will accelerate investment in mobile broadband infrastructure and ready the State for the next wave of economic development in the digital economy. In recognition of the shift from landline to wireless communications, the Act authorizes wireless providers access to the State’s rights of way and establishes a Statewide policy for deployment of small wireless cells to meet the growing demand for wireless services which provide Delaware citizens with access to advanced technology, information and 911 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=25823&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB189)
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## Votes
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- 3/5 — **36–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3/5 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
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- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
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- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-05-18** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 5 Favorable `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-08** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 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 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-08-31** 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/4cb6a123-7df6-4b7e-b52d-01cf1700c71d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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