Delaware House Bill 329

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 7 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-08 - Amendment HA 1 to HB 329 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act addresses the growing concern over the safety of emergency responders. It increases the penalties for persons who violate this section, which requires drivers to yield the right of way to an emergency vehicle making use of audible or visual signals, or a police vehicle using an audible signal only. The fines are increased and after two penalties, a person who violates this section will be subject to a 90-day suspension of their drivers license. This change in fines and loss of driving privileges increases the penalty to make this a serious offense. This Act also clarifies that a driver who is unable to safely yield the right of way must slow to at least 20 miles per hour less than the posted speed limit.

An Act To Amend Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Operation Of Vehicles On Approach Of Authorized Emergency Vehicles.

Rep. Jeff Hilovsky [R]	Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. Daniel Short [R]	Sen. David Sokola [D]
Rep. Valerie Jones Giltner [R]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Stell Parker Selby [D]	Rep. Lyndon Yearick [R]
Rep. Franklin Cooke [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-05-08		Amendment HA 1 to HB 329 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2024-03-19		Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 8 On Its Merits
2024-03-07		Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140998
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140998&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB329