Delaware House Bill 328 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-13)
Status: Passed on April 28 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-28 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This Act makes several adjustments to the law prohibiting drag racing and other speed contests. Many individuals lawfully gather to share their enthusiasm for vehicles and may do so while abiding the rules of the road and without otherwise endangering persons or property. However, others have taken their enthusiasm into dangerous directions that often results in damage to property, injury, or death. For example, Kirkwood Highway has experienced an uptick in large crowds engaged in dangerous driving behavior and as the result of a drag racing event at the Christiana Mall Fashion Center, there was a vehicular fatality. Whether by drag racing, trick or stunt riding, conducting burnouts in intersections, doing donuts in parking lots, or taking over roadways to showboat, these dangers are further amplified by the crowd size that follows and the attempted notoriety sought through social media posts.

An Act To Amend Title 21 And Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Drag Racing And Other Dangerous Operations Of Motorized Vehicles.

Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]
Sen. David Sokola [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]
Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]
Sen. Colin Bonini [R]	Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]
Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. David Lawson [R]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]
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. David Wilson [R]	Rep. David Bentz [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Franklin Cooke [D]
Rep. Ronald Gray [R]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Daniel Short [R]	Rep. Stephen Smyk [R]

2022-04-13 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-03-22 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-28		Signed by Governor
2022-04-13		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2022-04-05		Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2022-03-22		Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate
2022-03-22		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2022-03-22		Amendment HA 1 to HB 328 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
2022-03-22		Vote type changed from Simple Majority (SM) to 2/3 Majority by amendment
2022-03-22		Amendment HA 1 to HB 328 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2022-03-16		Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 5 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
2022-03-08		Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House

Type	Source
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Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=79191&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB328
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocumentEngrossment?engrossmentId=25027&docTypeId=6
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#52943
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53053