AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 REGARDING CIVIL PENALTIES FOR SPEEDING.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Wilson-Anton
Last action: 2025-06-17
Official status: Out of Committee 6/17/25
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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HB202: Changing Speed Camera Fines

This bill allows a $10 fee for speeding caught by cameras anywhere, not just in work zones.

What This Bill Does

Allows an extra $10 assessment for speeding violations proven by electronic speed monitoring systems.
Removes the rule that limited this extra fee to only happen inside work zones.
Requires the money from these fees to go to the Volunteer Ambulance Company Fund.
Makes small technical changes to match state writing rules.

Who It Names or Affects

Vehicle owners or operators who speed and are caught by electronic cameras.
The Volunteer Ambulance Company Fund, which receives the new fees.

Terms To Know

Electronic speed monitoring system: A camera that records how fast a vehicle is going to prove speeding violations.
Civil penalty: A fine or fee paid for breaking the law, which is not a criminal charge.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill text does not state when this change will officially start.
This version of the bill has passed committee but may still need final approval from lawmakers or the governor.

Bill History

2025-06-17 Delaware General Assembly
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
2025-06-05 Delaware General Assembly
Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 REGARDING CIVIL PENALTIES FOR SPEEDING.
This Act allows an additional assessment to be assessed for a speeding violation, proven through information captured on an electronic speed monitoring system, that exists in § 4101(j) of Title 11. This assessment was previously not permitted to be assessed unless the speeding occurred in a work zone. The assessment is $10 and is paid to the Volunteer Ambulance Company Fund.

It also makes technical corrections to conform to the requirements of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

Current Bill Text

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Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Rep. Wilson-Anton & Sen. Townsend

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 202

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 REGARDING CIVIL PENALTIES FOR SPEEDING.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend § 4170A, Title 21 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

§ 4170A. Electronic speed monitoring system [Expires June 30, 2028, pursuant to 84 Del. Laws, c. 74, § 2].

(g)

Civil penalties. —

(1) The owner or operator of a vehicle who has failed to comply with the posted speed limit, as evidenced by information obtained from an electronic speed monitoring system,

shall be

subject to a civil penalty consistent with those established under § 4169(c) of this title. Assessments defined under § 4105 of this title, §§

4101

4101(d), (g), (h),

and 9016 of Title 11 and § 8505 of Title 10,

shall

may

only be assessed for violations occurring in a “work zone” as defined in subsection (b) of this section.

SYNOPSIS

This Act allows an additional assessment to be assessed for a speeding violation, proven through information captured on an electronic speed monitoring system, that exists in § 4101(j) of Title 11. This assessment was previously not permitted to be assessed unless the speeding occurred in a work zone. The assessment is $10 and is paid to the Volunteer Ambulance Company Fund.

It also makes technical corrections to conform to the requirements of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.