Delaware Senate Bill 235

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)
Status: Passed on June 30 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-06-30 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act brings the State in compliance with the federal regulation published by FMCSA on October 7, 2021, to establish a national drug and alcohol clearinghouse as mandated by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). This act established requirements for Division access to and use of driver-specific drug and alcohol program violation information contained in the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. The Act prohibits the Division from issuing, renewing, upgrading, or transferring a commercial driver license (CDL) or commercial learners permit (CLP), as applicable, for any individual prohibited under FMCSA regulations from driving a commercial motor vehicle (CMV), due to one or more drug and alcohol program violations. In addition, the Division must, upon notification that a driver is prohibited from operating a CMV due to a drug and alcohol program violation, initiate the downgrade process to remove the CLP or CDL privilege from the drivers license within 60 days. This Federal requirement must be enacted by states by November 18, 2024.

An Act To Amend Chapter 26, Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Uniform Commercial Drivers License Act.

Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Rep. Sean Matthews [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]
Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]
Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Stell Parker Selby [D]

2024-06-18 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-21 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-06-30		Signed by Governor
2024-06-18		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2024-04-16		Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
2024-03-26		Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House
2024-03-21		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2024-03-13		Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
2024-03-06		Introduced and Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate

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Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140959&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB235
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#55356
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#55959