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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE AND CHAPTER 72, VOLUME 83 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO PRETRIAL RELEASE AND DETENTION."
+description: "This Act amends Delaware’s laws regarding release of persons accused of crimes (Chapter 21 of Title 11 of the Delaware Code) as required in conjunction with the enactment of an amendment to § 12 of Article I of the Delaware Constitution permitting preventive detention, as proposed by Senate Bill No. 11 of the 152nd General Assembly."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "SB 12"
+citation: "Delaware SB 12 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David P. Sokola", "Nicole Poore", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-05-02"
+last_action: "2024-09-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20879851-b472-4832-83a1-6604822042b4"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141291"
+source_hash: "5fbe1e7e0f33c8c93dea99ff2ac02debde07d0fb320bf609877df28caa7242fd"
+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 12 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE AND CHAPTER 72, VOLUME 83 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO PRETRIAL RELEASE AND DETENTION.
+
+This Act amends Delaware’s laws regarding release of persons accused of crimes (Chapter 21 of Title 11 of the Delaware Code) as required in conjunction with the enactment of an amendment to § 12 of Article I of the Delaware Constitution permitting preventive detention, as proposed by Senate Bill No. 11 of the 152nd General Assembly.
+
+## 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=141291&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB12)
+2. **SA 1 to SB 12** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141453&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2/3 — **32–7** (pass) · lower
+- 2/3 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
+- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-05-02** Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-14** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits, 2 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-05-15** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-21** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2024-05-21** Amendment SA 1 to SB 12 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2024-05-22** Amendment SA 1 to SB 12 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-05-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2024-05-23** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 On Its Merits, 2 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-06-13** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2024-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 32 YES 7 NO 2 NOT VOTING `passage`
+- **2024-09-30** 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/20879851-b472-4832-83a1-6604822042b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+