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HB362 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRUCK PARKING.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRUCK PARKING.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Berry
Last action
2026-05-19
Official status
Senate Corrections & Public Safety 5/19/26
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details about when and how these changes will be enforced.

Truck Parking Rules Update

This bill changes Delaware's truck parking rules to ensure penalties apply equally in residential and non-residential areas and clarifies that truck tractors can be restricted from stopping, standing, or parking on highways like other large vehicles.

What This Bill Does

  • Makes the same fines for breaking parking rules in both residential and non-residential districts.
  • Clarifies that truck tractors (with or without attached trailers) may be prohibited from stopping, standing, or parking on highways in the same manner as trailers and semitrailers.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Drivers of trucks and tractor-trailers in Delaware
  • The Department of Transportation

Terms To Know

Truck Tractor
A truck that is designed to pull a trailer but can also operate without one.
Semitrailer
A large vehicle that attaches to the back of a tractor and carries cargo.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify when or how these changes will be enforced.
  • It is unclear what specific highways will have restrictions based on this act.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-19 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By House. Votes: 31 YES 10 ABSENT

  2. 2026-05-19 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate

  3. 2026-05-05 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 7 On Its Merits

  4. 2026-04-15 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRUCK PARKING.
This Act clarifies that penalties associated with section 4512 of Title 21, relating to truck parking, are applicable to parking violations in both residence and non-residence districts. This Act further clarifies that truck tractors (with and without attached trailers) may be prohibited from stopping, standing, or parking on highways in the same manner as trailers and semitrailers.

Current Bill Text

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Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Rep. Berry & Rep. Cooke & Sen. Poore

Reps. K. Johnson, Morrison, Kamela Smith, Ortega, Osienski, Romer, Bolden, S. Moore, Harris; Sens. Sokola, Hoffner, Richardson, Walsh

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 362

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRUCK PARKING.

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

Section 1. Amend § 4508, Title 21 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

§ 4508. Penalties.

(a) Any person who violates any requirement of this chapter, relating to size or weight of a vehicle or a combination of vehicles or restrictions regarding parking

in residence districts

pursuant to § 4512 of this title, shall be punished as follows:

(1) A first offense shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 or by a term of imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both.

(2) A subsequent like offense shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $400 nor more than $2,000 or by a term of imprisonment of not more than 60 days or both.

Section 2. Amend § 4512, Title 21 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

§ 4512. Oversized motor vehicle and trailer parking.

(e) The Department of Transportation may place signs prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing or parking of any

truck tractor without trailer attached, truck tractor with trailer attached,

trailer, semitrailer, or recreational trailer unattached to a motor vehicle on any highway where, in its opinion, such stopping, standing, or parking is dangerous to those using the highways or where the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles would unduly interfere with the free movement of traffic thereon. Such prohibitions or restrictions may be declared to be effective either part or all of the time, and differing limits may be established for different times of the day, for different types of vehicles, for different weather conditions and when other significant factors differ. One sign located at the beginning of the roadway is sufficient to prohibit or restrict stopping, standing, or parking for the length of the roadway. The Department shall provide a list of roadways or sections of roadways for which it has placed signs prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing, or parking to the Division of Safety and Homeland Security and law-enforcement agencies across the state.

SYNOPSIS

This Act clarifies that penalties associated with section 4512 of Title 21, relating to truck parking, are applicable to parking violations in both residence and non-residence districts. This Act further clarifies that truck tractors (with and without attached trailers) may be prohibited from stopping, standing, or parking on highways in the same manner as trailers and semitrailers.