Fabio
4.9 KiB
type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
| type | title | description | jurisdiction | legislature | session | identifier | citation | classification | subjects | status | primary_sponsors | version_count | action_count | vote_count | first_action | last_action | source | source_identifier | source_url | source_hash | vintage | source_snapshot | retrieved_at | confidence | tags | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RELEASE OF PERSONS ACCUSED OF CRIMES. | This Act makes a number of changes to Chapter 21, Title 11 of the Delaware Code, with the goal of modernizing the pretrial process, reducing reliance on monetary conditions, improving the efficiency and outcomes for the criminal justice system, and ensuring the safety of the community. An analysis of data for pretrial detention and bail shows that Delaware’s bail system is failing in two ways: we unnecessarily detain individuals who lack funds for their release, and on the other end of the spectrum, we release defendants who fail to appear or remain law abiding during their period of pretrial release. The Courts, the Department of Correction, the Office of Defense Services, the Attorney General’s Offices, members of law enforcement and the private defense bar, and the Delaware Center for Justice have worked collaboratively to propose the changes embodied in this bill, and will continue to work on further revisions. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 149 | HB 204 | Delaware HB 204 (149) |
|
enacted |
|
1 | 10 | 2 | 2017-06-01 | 2018-01-25 | openstates | ocd-bill/475a438f-6613-48b8-ad38-99563506bfc9 | https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25863 | 0d2ebfa13ef8d37287301c16c96d492fdb953678d06fe287da553fae88d1ab9f | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
|
Delaware HB 204 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RELEASE OF PERSONS ACCUSED OF CRIMES.
This Act makes a number of changes to Chapter 21, Title 11 of the Delaware Code, with the goal of modernizing the pretrial process, reducing reliance on monetary conditions, improving the efficiency and outcomes for the criminal justice system, and ensuring the safety of the community. An analysis of data for pretrial detention and bail shows that Delaware’s bail system is failing in two ways: we unnecessarily detain individuals who lack funds for their release, and on the other end of the spectrum, we release defendants who fail to appear or remain law abiding during their period of pretrial release. The Courts, the Department of Correction, the Office of Defense Services, the Attorney General’s Offices, members of law enforcement and the private defense bar, and the Delaware Center for Justice have worked collaboratively to propose the changes embodied in this bill, and will continue to work on further revisions.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 15–5 (pass) · upper
- SM — 38–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Charles Potter Jr. — primary (person)
- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
- James Johnson — primary (person)
- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-06-01 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2017-06-07 Tabled in Committee
- 2017-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable - 2017-06-22 Amendment HA 1 to HB 204 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction - 2017-06-27 Amendment HA 1 to HB 204 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2017-06-27 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 NO
passage - 2017-06-27 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2017-06-29 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2018-01-16 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 5 NO 1 NOT VOTING
passage - 2018-01-25 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/475a438f-6613-48b8-ad38-99563506bfc9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).