Delaware transportation laws

What Delaware has enacted on transportation, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. Delaware is one of 41 states that enacted a transportation law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

Bills in scope
5bills in scope
Past committee
5past committee
Most recent action
24 June 2026most recent action

Transportation laws enacted in Delaware

One transportation law enacted in the Delaware Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.

  • HB 362AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRUCK PARKING.Enacted 24 June 2026

    What it requires: The Department of Transportation may place signs prohibiting or restricting stopping, standing, or parking of truck tractors with or without trailers, trailers, semitrailers, or recreational trailers on highways where such parking is dangerous or interferes with traffic flow. The Department shall provide lists of affected roadways to the Division of Safety and Homeland Security and law-enforcement agencies.

    Truck size, weight and road use

Transportation in Delaware, by topic

Transportation bills in Delaware

The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.

1Enacted

4Past committee

5 bills in scope

Past committee

4

SB 194AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WAREHOUSE WORKER PROTECTIONS.Passed committeeSCR 69MAKING AMENDMENTS TO THE PORT OF WILMINGTON EXPANSION TASK FORCE ENABLING RESOLUTION.Passed chamber
SB 46AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES.Passed chamber

What it would do: Requires autonomous vehicles that need a Class A commercial driver license without an O restriction to have a human safety operator physically present when operating on Delaware highways for testing, transporting goods, or passengers, with fines of $1,000-$3,000 for violations and $3,000-$7,500 for repeat offenses within 3 years.

SCR 47REESTABLISHING A PORT OF WILMINGTON EXPANSION TASK FORCE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PORT DEVELOPMENT PLANS.Passed chamber

What it would do: Reestablishes the Port of Wilmington Expansion Task Force to monitor port expansion efforts, provide monthly progress updates to legislative leaders, and make recommendations to the General Assembly on accomplishing port expansion and maritime sector growth.

Bill titles link to the Delaware Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as transportation legislation

In scope: Motor carriers and commercial drivers; truck size, weight and road use; truck and fleet emissions; hazardous materials transport; freight rail; ports, maritime and freight corridors; warehouses and delivery; and autonomous trucks and delivery devices.

Questions

Does Delaware have a transportation law?

Yes. Delaware enacted 1 transportation law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them HB 362. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.

Which transportation bills are moving in Delaware?

4 bills not yet law have passed a committee or a chamber, the furthest along SB 194 (passed committee), SCR 69 (passed chamber) and SB 46 (passed chamber).

What does Delaware legislate on most in transportation?

Ports, maritime and freight corridors (2 bills), Truck size, weight and road use (1 bill) and Motor carriers and commercial drivers (1 bill).

Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?

No. Which bills count as Transportation bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

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