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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE OR REGISTRATION PLATES."
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description: "This bill creates a special license plate for honorably discharged veterans of the United States military."
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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 298"
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citation: "Delaware HB 298 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Charles S Postles Jr.", "David L. Wilson", "Gerald L. Brady", "Gregory F. Lavelle"]
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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: "2018-01-19"
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last_action: "2018-08-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a70139f8-5dae-42a7-885b-a69d974862ed"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26255"
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source_hash: "b3556ee0a162384c00a538cb5a50239cb22403d6195685718795f901abb18028"
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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 298 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE OR REGISTRATION PLATES.
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This bill creates a special license plate for honorably discharged veterans of the United States military.
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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=26255&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB298)
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## Votes
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- 3/5 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3/5 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Charles S Postles Jr. — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — primary (person)
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- Gregory F. Lavelle — primary (person)
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- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
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- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-19** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-25** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-06-26** Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-08-28** 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/a70139f8-5dae-42a7-885b-a69d974862ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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