Shown verbatim: the complete text as captured from the official PDF posted by the Delaware General Assembly, fetched 2026-09-25. Page and line markers are part of the official record; nothing is edited or removed. This is the current version. The official bill page.
SPONSOR: Rep. Berry & Sen. Huxtable
Rep. Ortega; Sen. Seigfried
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HOUSE BILL NO. 363
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL SPEED LIMITS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:
1 Section 1. Amend § 4169, Title 21 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and
2 insertions as shown by underline as follows:
3 § 4169. Specific speed limits; penalty.
4 (a) Where no special hazard exists, the following speeds shall be lawful, but any speed in excess of such limits
5 shall be absolute evidence that the speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful [for] all types of vehicles:
6 (1) 25 miles per hour in any business district;
7 (2) 25 20 miles per hour in any residential district;
8 Section 2. Amend § 4170, Title 21 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and
9 insertions as shown by underline as follows:
10 § 4170. Speed limits set by local authorities.
11 (a) Whenever local authorities within their respective jurisdictions determine upon the basis of an engineering and
12 or traffic investigation that the absolute speed permitted under this chapter is greater than is reasonable or safe under the
13 conditions found to exist, such local authority, subject to subsection (c) of this section, shall determine and declare a
14 reasonable and safe absolute speed limit, which shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected.
15 Section 3. This Act is effective immediately, but the lower speed limit on residential roadways may not be enforced
16 until the earlier of the following:
17 (1) When the agency or entity with responsibility for the roadway has posted new signage with the updated
18 speed limit on the roadway.
19 (2) Five years from the effective date of this Act.
SYNOPSIS
This Act changes the statutory speed limit for residential districts to 20 miles per hour. This Act provides a 5-year
window for signage to be updated.
HD : KRW : SCD Page 1 of 1 Released: 04/15/2026 11:30 AM
0841530034Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.