Delaware House Bill 328 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-9)
Status: Passed on October 23 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-10-23 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Senate Bill No. 288 of the 151st General Assembly (Chapter 371 of Volume 83 of the Laws of Delaware) created a pilot program whereby motorcyclists are permitted to use pulsating headlights as a way to alert other drivers of their presence, without allowing the use of flashing lights that would otherwise be used on emergency vehicles. SB 288 contained a sunset clause providing that the pilot program would expire on January 1, 2025, unless the General Assembly took action to extend or remove the sunset clause. This Act extends the sunset clause until June 30, 2030. The main reason for the extension is that many motorcycle owners have and are continuing to replace their lights with LED technology... up until 2024 the technology of a modulating device was not available for the LED lights only standard lighting had that option. To be able to better see if the pulsating lighting is effective the pilot program should be extended to adequately gauge what the new LED systems effectiveness is.

An Act To Amend Chapter 371, Volume 83 Of The Laws Of Delaware Relating To Motorcycle Safety.

Rep. Daniel Short [R]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Rep. Ronald Gray [R]	Rep. Valerie Jones Giltner [R]
Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Sen. Eric Buckson [R]
Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]
Sen. Russ Huxtable [D]	Sen. David Lawson [R]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]
Sen. Sarah McBride [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]
Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]
Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]

2024-06-26 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-21 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 32 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-10-23		Signed by Governor
2024-06-26		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2024-05-21		Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits
2024-03-21		Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate
2024-03-21		Passed By House. Votes: 32 YES 9 ABSENT
2024-03-19		Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 1 Favorable, 7 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=140997
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140997&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB328
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#55360
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#56161