Senate Bill 173 prohibits the police of towns, cities and other municipalities in Delaware from making arrests for speeding outside their jurisdictions, which is defined as the corporate limits of their town, city or municipality.
The General Assembly previously restricted municipal, town, and city police departments from operating speed enforcement equipment outside of its corporate limits.
This Act requires a greater-than-majority vote for passage because the Delaware Constitution requires the affirmative vote of 2/3 of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly to enact or amend general incorporation laws and special acts of incorporation, including municipal charters.
| Senate Bill 173 – PROHIBITING MUNCIPAL, TOWN OR CITY POLICE DEPARTMENTS FROM MAKING ARRESTS FOR SPEEDING OUTSIDE THEIR CORPORATE LIMITS | Currrent Status – Senate Judiciary 6/12/23 |
| House Sponsors – Bush, Bolden, Morrison, Schwartzkopf | Senate Sponsors – Paradee, Pinkney |
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| House No Votes – | Senate No Votes – |
| House Absents or Not Voting – | Senate Absent or Not Voting – |
I’m trying to figure out Speaker Pete’s angle. He rarely bucks the road pirates.
I wonder what jurisdiction(s) are complaining. Some department out there is stepping on someone else’s revenue.
Because he’s state not county or municipal and this bill protects state trooper jurisdictions