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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN THE CITY OF NEWARK."
+description: "This Act allows criminal charges of using, consuming, or possessing other than a personal use quantity of a marijuana or other substance containing tetrahydrocannabinols and charges of public consumption of the same, where the offense is committed in the City of Newark by a person over 18 years of age, to be heard initially at either the Alderman’s Court or in the Court of Common Pleas. This Act likewise allows a civil violation for a person under the age of 21 using, consuming, or possessing a personal use quantity of a marijuana or other substance containing tetrahydrocannabinols to be heard initially at the Alderman’s Court where the violation is committed in the City of Newark by a person over 18 years of age."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "153"
+identifier: "HB 33"
+citation: "Delaware HB 33 (153)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "David P. Sokola", "Mara Gorman", "Melanie Ross Levin"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-09"
+last_action: "2025-04-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7768ba40-1cd2-4b27-b786-bd8972fc71eb"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141758"
+source_hash: "face11e202cee5ccb22126ba660c16b17d453db6270b1fb2034b62a383d257c3"
+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 33 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN THE CITY OF NEWARK.
+
+This Act allows criminal charges of using, consuming, or possessing other than a personal use quantity of a marijuana or other substance containing tetrahydrocannabinols and charges of public consumption of the same, where the offense is committed in the City of Newark by a person over 18 years of age, to be heard initially at either the Alderman’s Court or in the Court of Common Pleas. This Act likewise allows a civil violation for a person under the age of 21 using, consuming, or possessing a personal use quantity of a marijuana or other substance containing tetrahydrocannabinols to be heard initially at the Alderman’s Court where the violation is committed in the City of Newark by a person over 18 years of age.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HA 1 to HB 33** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141837&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 2/3 — **37–0** (pass) · lower
+- 2/3 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
+- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
+- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
+- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
+- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-09** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-22** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-29** Amendment HA 1 to HB 33 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-01-30** Amendment HA 1 to HB 33 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-01-30** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2025-01-30** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-12** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-18** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2025-04-14** 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/7768ba40-1cd2-4b27-b786-bd8972fc71eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+