republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-118.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION OF SMOKING IN VEHICLES WHEN A MINOR IS IN THE VEHICLE."
description: "Due to continuing concerns over the negative health effects secondhand smoke will have on the youth of Delaware, this bill adds Smoking Restrictions within vehicles if a person under the age of eighteen (18) is in the vehicle. Also, it makes clear that a police officer will not stop or detain a car solely on suspicion of having violated this Statute."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 118"
citation: "Delaware HB 118 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Charles S Postles Jr.", "Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Kevin S Hensley", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Michael F. Smith", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Ronald E. Gray", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sean M. Lynn", "Sean Matthews", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "Timothy D. Dukes", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-06"
last_action: "2023-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ebc9a64-24b9-4f25-a5b1-3242dbb72e97"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130176"
source_hash: "b837cbaf1d543abb2de8d888c56ae7a909a18494e49c612f0ae4c5eb28d925bd"
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 HB 118 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION OF SMOKING IN VEHICLES WHEN A MINOR IS IN THE VEHICLE.

Due to continuing concerns over the negative health effects secondhand smoke will have on the youth of Delaware, this bill adds Smoking Restrictions within vehicles if a person under the age of eighteen (18) is in the vehicle. Also, it makes clear that a police officer will not stop or detain a car solely on suspicion of having violated this Statute.

## 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=130176&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB118)
2. **HA 1 to HB 118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=130365&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
3. **HA 2 to HB 118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=130375&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
4. **SA 1 to HB 118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140694&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **35–5** (pass) · lower
- SM — **32–5** (pass) · lower
- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Charles S Postles Jr. — primary (person)
- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-04-06** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 4 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Amendment HA 1 to HB 118 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-11** Amendment HA 2 to HB 118 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-11** Amendment HA 1 to HB 118 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-11** Amendment HA 2 to HB 118 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-11** Passed By House. Votes: 32 YES 5 NO 4 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21** Amendment SA 1 to HB 118 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-06-28** Amendment SA 1 to HB 118 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 5 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-09-20** 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/0ebc9a64-24b9-4f25-a5b1-3242dbb72e97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).