Fabio
96 lines
5.3 KiB
Markdown
96 lines
5.3 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "Bill"
|
||
title: "DIRECTING THE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO OPT INTO A FEDERAL EXEMPTION TO DEVELOP A \"SCHOOL BUS ONLY - COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE\"."
|
||
description: "This Joint Resolution directs the Division of Motor Vehicles to opt into the FMCSA’s federal exemption that allows for first time CDL applicants seeking a school bus only endorsement on their driver’s license. An applicant’s school bus only endorsement would only apply to intrastate operation of a school bus. The Division of Motor Vehicles is directed to implement this policy by May 1, 2024."
|
||
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
|
||
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
|
||
session: "152"
|
||
identifier: "SJR 4"
|
||
citation: "Delaware SJR 4 (152)"
|
||
classification: ["joint resolution"]
|
||
subjects: []
|
||
status: "enacted"
|
||
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Kyra L. Hoffner", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst", "William Bush"]
|
||
version_count: 2
|
||
action_count: 11
|
||
vote_count: 3
|
||
first_action: "2024-01-18"
|
||
last_action: "2024-10-01"
|
||
source: "openstates"
|
||
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2c1d1c0-3efb-450e-8c4e-53dc4664e06e"
|
||
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140864"
|
||
source_hash: "31bb866f603bbf063d0887ed2896c7c8cee075131dbebd9c86fe87be7c98658d"
|
||
vintage: "2026-07-01"
|
||
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
|
||
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
|
||
confidence: "reported"
|
||
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
# Delaware SJR 4 (152) — DIRECTING THE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO OPT INTO A FEDERAL EXEMPTION TO DEVELOP A "SCHOOL BUS ONLY - COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE".
|
||
|
||
This Joint Resolution directs the Division of Motor Vehicles to opt into the FMCSA’s federal exemption that allows for first time CDL applicants seeking a school bus only endorsement on their driver’s license. An applicant’s school bus only endorsement would only apply to intrastate operation of a school bus. The Division of Motor Vehicles is directed to implement this policy by May 1, 2024.
|
||
|
||
## Version chain
|
||
|
||
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
|
||
|
||
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140864&legislationTypeId=4&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SJR4)
|
||
2. **HA 2 to SJR 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141696&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
|
||
|
||
## Votes
|
||
|
||
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
|
||
- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
|
||
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
|
||
|
||
## Sponsors
|
||
|
||
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
|
||
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
|
||
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
|
||
- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
|
||
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
|
||
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
|
||
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
|
||
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
|
||
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
|
||
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
|
||
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
|
||
- Kyra L. Hoffner — primary (person)
|
||
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
|
||
- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
|
||
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
|
||
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
|
||
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
|
||
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
|
||
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
|
||
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
|
||
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
|
||
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
|
||
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
|
||
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
|
||
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
|
||
- William Bush — primary (person)
|
||
|
||
## Timeline
|
||
|
||
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
|
||
|
||
- **2024-01-18** Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
|
||
- **2024-03-06** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
|
||
- **2024-03-12** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
|
||
- **2024-03-13** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
|
||
- **2024-03-26** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
|
||
- **2024-06-27** Amendment HA 1 to SJR 4 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
|
||
- **2024-06-27** Amendment HA 1 to SJR 4 - Stricken in House
|
||
- **2024-06-27** Amendment HA 2 to SJR 4 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
|
||
- **2024-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
|
||
- **2024-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
|
||
- **2024-10-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
|
||
|
||
## Source
|
||
|
||
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2c1d1c0-3efb-450e-8c4e-53dc4664e06e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
|
||
|