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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RULES OF THE ROAD."
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description: "Speeding is a contributing factor in many serious injury motor vehicle crashes and roadway fatalities. This Act adds operating a motor vehicle at a speed of 90 miles an hour or more to the definition of reckless driving."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "HB 120"
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citation: "Delaware HB 120 (152)"
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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", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Daniel B. Short", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "Ruth Briggs King", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sean Matthews", "Stell Parker Selby", "Timothy D. Dukes", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-04-20"
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last_action: "2023-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29e11b8d-af48-4ea1-90d8-403a6e9396b8"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130206"
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source_hash: "b7fa2d70c3726851be764c9bfd79f2fac08d4480460f4e3da15d53fb2ab033d0"
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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 120 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RULES OF THE ROAD.
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Speeding is a contributing factor in many serious injury motor vehicle crashes and roadway fatalities. This Act adds operating a motor vehicle at a speed of 90 miles an hour or more to the definition of reckless driving.
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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=130206&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB120)
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2. **SA 2 to HB 120** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140707&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **25–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-04-20** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-26** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 7 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-02** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-05-02** Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-10** Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-20** Amendment SA 1 to HB 120 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-06-22** Amendment SA 2 to HB 120 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-06-22** Amendment SA 1 to HB 120 - Stricken in Senate
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- **2023-06-22** Amendment SA 2 to HB 120 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-06-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 16 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-30** 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/29e11b8d-af48-4ea1-90d8-403a6e9396b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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