Delaware House Bill 224 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: Passed on August 30 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-08-30 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Car theft was the primary impetus behind state codes prohibiting a motor vehicle owner to leave a car unattended with the keys in the ignition; a common habit to warm-up the vehicle during colder months. From 2013 to 2015, a total of 206 cars were stolen in Delaware due to the owner leaving the keys in the car while unattended; of these, 12 went unrecovered. Improved technology, such as remote starters, has instigated changes to these outdated statutes in several states. This Act excludes motor vehicles that are started by a remote starter or other similar device without a key in the ignition and that would be rendered inoperable without the key in the ignition or present within the vehicle.

An Act To Amend Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Unattended Motor Vehicles.

Rep. John Viola [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]
Rep. Andria Bennett [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Richard Collins [R]

2017-07-01 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2017-06-28 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-08-30		Signed by Governor
2017-07-01		Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
2017-06-28		Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
2017-06-14		Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 9 On Its Merits
2017-06-13		Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25955
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25955&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB224
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#18979
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#19126