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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO APPEALS OF COURT DECISIONS ON MOTIONS TO TRANSFER."
+description: "Currently, if a child’s criminal case is transferred by the Family Court to Superior Court, or if a child files an application in Superior Court to have their criminal case transferred to Family Court and the Superior Court denies the application, there is no recourse for appeal until the child’s criminal case is finally adjudicated in Superior Court. In State v. Roberts, Del.Supr. 282 A.2nd 603 (1971) the Delaware Supreme Court stated its jurisdiction over such appeals by an accused, may only be by operation of law. This Act permits the child to enter a plea of guilty or nolo contendere and appeal an amenability denial to the Delaware Supreme Court within 30 days of being sentenced by the Superior Court. This Act also prohibits any plea being conditioned on waiving this right of appeal. This Act also clarifies that the Superior Court will not retain jurisdiction over the child if the Supreme Court reverses the Superior Court’s Order."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "153"
+identifier: "HB 129"
+citation: "Delaware HB 129 (153)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Mara Gorman", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "Sean M. Lynn", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "William Bush"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-05-01"
+last_action: "2025-08-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c16c95f0-812a-49c1-a9e5-6385bef90316"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142161"
+source_hash: "a2477ce929beb5b5cc31658fad4a7674304f5d68a6d0aa1d208d07bec54f85f7"
+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 HB 129 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO APPEALS OF COURT DECISIONS ON MOTIONS TO TRANSFER.
+
+Currently, if a child’s criminal case is transferred by the Family Court to Superior Court, or if a child files an application in Superior Court to have their criminal case transferred to Family Court and the Superior Court denies the application, there is no recourse for appeal until the child’s criminal case is finally adjudicated in Superior Court. In State v. Roberts, Del.Supr. 282 A.2nd 603 (1971) the Delaware Supreme Court stated its jurisdiction over such appeals by an accused, may only be by operation of law. This Act permits the child to enter a plea of guilty or nolo contendere and appeal an amenability denial to the Delaware Supreme Court within 30 days of being sentenced by the Superior Court. This Act also prohibits any plea being conditioned on waiving this right of appeal. This Act also clarifies that the Superior Court will not retain jurisdiction over the child if the Supreme Court reverses the Superior Court’s Order.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **33–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
+- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
+- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
+- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
+- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
+- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
+- William Bush — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-01** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-14** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2025-05-15** Passed By House. Votes: 33 YES 8 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2025-05-15** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2025-06-24** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2025-08-20** 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/c16c95f0-812a-49c1-a9e5-6385bef90316`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+