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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 REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES."
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description: "This legislation removes the automatic suspension of a driver’s license for failure to provide proof of insurance. The Division of Motor vehicles will continue to suspend the registration of the uninsured vehicle. The removal of the automatic license suspension will allow the vehicle owner to get to work, keep a job, so that the driver will be able to obtain vehicle insurance."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "HB 88"
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citation: "Delaware HB 88 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "William J. Carson"]
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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: "2019-03-14"
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last_action: "2019-05-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1c8636b-4c0d-4173-bafd-388029809167"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47215"
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source_hash: "3ffc6d75065aecb0ca46e5ee660a40bf26876fa651e371cf881422b96536b875"
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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 88 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES.
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This legislation removes the automatic suspension of a driver’s license for failure to provide proof of insurance. The Division of Motor vehicles will continue to suspend the registration of the uninsured vehicle. The removal of the automatic license suspension will allow the vehicle owner to get to work, keep a job, so that the driver will be able to obtain vehicle insurance.
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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=47215&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB88)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **36–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
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- Shannon Morris — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-03-14** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-20** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 3 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-21** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-03-26** Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-10** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-04-18** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2019-05-15** 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/e1c8636b-4c0d-4173-bafd-388029809167`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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