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HA1TOHB250 • 2025

This Amendment provides that the special license plate created to commemorate Delaware’s 250th anniversary of Separation Day and America’s semiquincentennial is available until December 31, 2026, and directs how moneys remaining in the Delaware 250 Fund are to be allocated.

This Amendment provides that the special license plate created to commemorate Delaware’s 250th anniversary of Separation Day and America’s semiquincentennial is available until December 31, 2026, and directs how moneys remaining in the Delaware 250 Fund are to be allocated.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Morrison
Last action
2025-05-22
Official status
Passed 5/22/25
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text specifies that Section 1 expires on December 31, 2026, but does not provide a separate effective date for when this amendment takes effect.

Extension of Delaware's 250th Anniversary License Plate

This amendment extends the availability of a special license plate until December 31, 2026, and sets rules for moving leftover money from its fund.

What This Bill Does

  • Extends the time people can buy the special anniversary license plate to December 31, 2026
  • Sends any unencumbered (unspent) money in the Delaware 250 Fund to the state Transportation Trust Fund after that date
  • Transfers any encumbered (reserved or committed) funds from the Delaware 250 Fund to an organization called Delaware 250

Who It Names or Affects

  • Drivers who want to buy the special anniversary license plate
  • The state Transportation Trust Fund which receives unencumbered money
  • Delaware 250, a group that receives encumbered funds from the program

Terms To Know

Semiquincentennial
A celebration of a 250th anniversary.
Unencumbered money
Money in the fund that has not been promised or set aside for any specific project yet.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The text does not say how much money is currently in the Delaware 250 Fund.
  • The source material does not list a specific effective date when this change begins, only that Section 1 expires on December 31, 2026.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-22 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Placed With Bill

  2. 2025-05-22 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed In House by Voice Vote

Official Summary Text

This Amendment provides that the special license plate created to commemorate Delaware’s 250th anniversary of Separation Day and America’s semiquincentennial is available until December 31, 2026, and directs how moneys remaining in the Delaware 250 Fund are to be allocated.

Current Bill Text

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Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Rep. Morrison

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

HOUSE BILL NO. 250

AMEND House Bill No. 250 by inserting the following after line 61:

“Section 2. Section 1 of this Act expires on December 31, 2026.

Section 3. Moneys in the Delaware 250 Fund established by this Act that are unencumbered on December 31, 2026, revert to this State’s Transportation Trust Fund. Moneys in the Delaware 250 Fund established by this Act that are encumbered on December 31, 2026, are transferred to Delaware 250.”.

SYNOPSIS

This Amendment provides that the special license plate created to commemorate Delaware’s 250th anniversary of Separation Day and America’s semiquincentennial is available until December 31, 2026, and directs how moneys remaining in the Delaware 250 Fund are to be allocated.