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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES."
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description: "In 2017, HB 114 raised the minimum bodily injury and property damage liability limits set forth at 21 Del. C. § 2902(b)(2) from $15,000/$30,000/$5,000 to $25,000/$50,000/$10,000. However, HB 114 did not address the issue of combined single limits, and did not change the definition of “proof of financial responsibility” in the definitions section of Title 21. The purpose of this bill is to resolve the statutory conflict that was created when HB 114 was passed in 2017."
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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 333"
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citation: "Delaware HB 333 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryon H. Short", "David P. Sokola"]
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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: "2018-03-08"
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last_action: "2018-07-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90ceaa5d-8539-44ad-96aa-40c897b7b8c9"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26348"
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source_hash: "ab3a0e739d94d0dba4f8aea29715c8a3fb43e03b1a0d01d946ebba5921e01624"
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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 333 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.
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In 2017, HB 114 raised the minimum bodily injury and property damage liability limits set forth at 21 Del. C. § 2902(b)(2) from $15,000/$30,000/$5,000 to $25,000/$50,000/$10,000. However, HB 114 did not address the issue of combined single limits, and did not change the definition of “proof of financial responsibility” in the definitions section of Title 21. The purpose of this bill is to resolve the statutory conflict that was created when HB 114 was passed in 2017.
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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=26348&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB333)
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## Votes
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- SM — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-03-08** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-14** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 11 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-03-22** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-03-28** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-19** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-07-11** 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/90ceaa5d-8539-44ad-96aa-40c897b7b8c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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