republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-22.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 20 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE NATIONAL GUARD.	This Act updates the requirements for Courts-Martial to ensure that all members of the Delaware National Guard receive due process through the military justice system. This legislation amends Title 20 to correct a constitutional defect in the current statute, which fails to provide sufficient appellate process. It further codifies longstanding tradition of giving the Attorney General right of first refusal on all prosecutions to avoid double jeopardy. Provides for misdemeanor courts-martial jurisdiction in any military prosecution with appeal rights to the Superior Court of Delaware. Further, the act reconciles Title 20 with applicable federal law.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 22	Delaware HB 22 (149)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Earl G. Jaques Jr.	1	9	2	2017-05-04	2017-06-13	openstates	ocd-bill/2938e66a-b19e-4b19-8793-5e27af3c4c28	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25725	40f2416fe34f1b7dfe68468bf694ff8cd1a41cc31b0714d126080443cc4ca9ce	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 22 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 20 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE NATIONAL GUARD.

This Act updates the requirements for Courts-Martial to ensure that all members of the Delaware National Guard receive due process through the military justice system. This legislation amends Title 20 to correct a constitutional defect in the current statute, which fails to provide sufficient appellate process. It further codifies longstanding tradition of giving the Attorney General right of first refusal on all prosecutions to avoid double jeopardy. Provides for misdemeanor courts-martial jurisdiction in any military prosecution with appeal rights to the Superior Court of Delaware. Further, the act reconciles Title 20 with applicable federal law.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 39–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Earl G. Jaques Jr. — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
• William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-05-04 Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 22, and Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-05-10 Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in House with 2 Favorable, 15 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-18 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-18 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-05-18 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2017-05-22 Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-07 Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-06-08 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-06-13 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2938e66a-b19e-4b19-8793-5e27af3c4c28. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).