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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION'S REGULATORY AUTHORITY RELATED TO MODIFICATION OF SENTENCES OF INCARCERATION."
+description: "Last session, the General Assembly enacted the Richard \"Mouse\" Smith Compassionate Release Act (Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 10), which revised the process for sentence modifications."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "153"
+identifier: "SB 224"
+citation: "Delaware SB 224 (153)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Trey Paradee"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-13"
+last_action: "2026-01-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/348b121c-641e-41ba-ad1c-53f54efe03fa"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142769"
+source_hash: "78704a7ad4d80a990254c86d23e847126b0f24a14ca82c77176475320e2518e0"
+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 224 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION'S REGULATORY AUTHORITY RELATED TO MODIFICATION OF SENTENCES OF INCARCERATION.
+
+Last session, the General Assembly enacted the Richard "Mouse" Smith Compassionate Release Act (Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 10), which revised the process for sentence modifications.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
+- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-13** Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-14** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2026-01-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2026-01-16** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-21** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2026-01-28** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
+- **2026-01-30** 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/348b121c-641e-41ba-ad1c-53f54efe03fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+