---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ARRESTS."
description: "This Act eliminates authorization for a warrantless arrest by a private person in the case of an individual accused in the courts of another state of a felony."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 142"
citation: "Delaware HB 142 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "Dave G. Lawson", "Eric Morrison", "Mara Gorman", "Marie Pinkney", "Sean M. Lynn", "Spiros Mantzavinos"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-08"
last_action: "2025-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbf768f6-d21b-48de-8a20-6f848a11d671"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142226"
source_hash: "4277c975bb3395fe955d17ceda8ad8d10c1b7bfcabfcf46397d640086a5861d7"
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 142 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ARRESTS.

This Act eliminates authorization for a warrantless arrest by a private person in the case of an individual accused in the courts of another state of a felony.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- SM — **24–12** (pass) · lower
- SM — **16–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-05-08** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-17** Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 12 NO 5 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-06-17** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 NO `passage`
- **2025-07-14** 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/cbf768f6-d21b-48de-8a20-6f848a11d671`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).