---
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).