Delaware · House Bill 247 · 152nd General Assembly

Everyone Gets Home Act/DelDOT

HB 247 Sponsored by Edward S. Osienski Withdrawn

  1. Introduced Jun 22, 2023
  2. In committee Jun 22, 2023
  3. Withdrawn  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

There were 139 traffic fatalities in Delaware in 2021, the highest number of traffic fatalities since 2006. Senate Concurrent Resolution 94 of the 151st Delaware General Assembly set a goal of no more than 100 traffic fatalities per year and tasked state agencies to meet that goal by 2025. Instead of moving towards meeting the General Assembly’s goal, however, traffic fatalities increased to 165 in 2022, deepening…

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There were 139 traffic fatalities in Delaware in 2021, the highest number of traffic fatalities since 2006. Senate Concurrent Resolution 94 of the 151st Delaware General Assembly set a goal of no more than 100 traffic fatalities per year and tasked state agencies to meet that goal by 2025. Instead of moving towards meeting the General Assembly’s goal, however, traffic fatalities increased to 165 in 2022, deepening the crisis on Delaware’s roads. To reverse this situation, the “Everyone Gets Home Act” makes changes to the Delaware Code to sharpen the Department of Transportation’s focus on the three most common types of fatal crashes: intersection (including driveway); roadway departure; and mid-block pedestrian. This Act clarifies the Department’s authority to designate controlled-access facilities as a safety countermeasure for both intersection and midblock pedestrian crashes and, when the facility designation has received the consent of county government, requires counties to use their own authority to assist the Department in consolidating vehicle entrances and exits to and from the facility. In addition, this Act authorizes the Department to designate roadways as low-speed streets and low-speed local roads in order to address fatal roadway departure crashes related to vehicle speed, and permits counties to request such designations to meet their own traffic safety goals. Finally, this Act expands the Department’s discretion to deploy new traffic-control devices in order to reduce fatal crashes.

Every action

11 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in House · House Transportation
  2. CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Transportation) in House with 5 On Its Merits · House Transportation
  3. HouseSubstituted in House by HS 1 for HB 247
  4. HouseHS 1 for HB 247 - Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
  5. SenateHS 1 for HB 247 - Assigned to Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee in Senate
  6. SenateHS 1 for HB 247 - Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
  7. HouseSubstituted in House by HS 1 for HB 247
  8. SenateHS 1 for HB 247 - - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
  9. SenateHS 1 for HB 247 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
  10. HouseHS 1 for HB 247 - Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT
  11. HS 1 for HB 247 - Signed by Governor

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 16 cosponsors: 14 Democrats, 2 Republicans.

All 16 cosponsors

From Delaware's official records (legis.delaware.gov), checked Nov 1, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.