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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 11 AND 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRANSFER OF CASES BETWEEN ALDERMAN'S OR MAYOR'S COURTS AND THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURT."
+description: "This bill permits the administrative transfer of cases from an alderman’s court or mayor’s court to the Justice of the Peace Court when such a transfer is in the interests of justice. This transferability may be used in cases where an alderman must recuse themselves pursuant to the Code of Judicial Conduct or where it is impracticable for the case to be heard in alderman’s court. A transfer to the Justice of the Peace Court ensures that the receiving court is well prepared to handle the case due to the similarities in jurisdiction."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "150"
+identifier: "SB 85"
+citation: "Delaware SB 85 (150)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Timothy D. Dukes"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-05-07"
+last_action: "2020-02-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e87ab2c-5a52-4fc6-92d4-9f4f8cedc117"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47434"
+source_hash: "971b5a8f61bf1d2bb07e6b1b24e0148075b2d70bcc794fda79b6207ea497d4d1"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
+---
+
+# Delaware SB 85 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 11 AND 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRANSFER OF CASES BETWEEN ALDERMAN'S OR MAYOR'S COURTS AND THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURT.
+
+This bill permits the administrative transfer of cases from an alderman’s court or mayor’s court to the Justice of the Peace Court when such a transfer is in the interests of justice. This transferability may be used in cases where an alderman must recuse themselves pursuant to the Code of Judicial Conduct or where it is impracticable for the case to be heard in alderman’s court. A transfer to the Justice of the Peace Court ensures that the receiving court is well prepared to handle the case due to the similarities in jurisdiction.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47434&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB85)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
+- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
+- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
+- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-05-07** Introduced and Assigned to Judicial Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2019-06-21** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-21** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
+- **2020-02-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e87ab2c-5a52-4fc6-92d4-9f4f8cedc117`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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