republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-306.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CERTAIN CRIMES.	This bill permits judges to utilize their discretion in determining whether a juvenile charged with possession of a firearm during commission of a felony should be transferred back to Family Court or remain in Superior Court. Prior to 2017, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony was only one of five criminal charges where judges had no discretion in determining whether a juvenile should be treated as a juvenile or an adult because the statute required a juvenile charged with these offenses to be prosecuted as an adult. House Bill 9, which was enacted last year, provided judges the discretion to determine how a juvenile should be treated for four other offenses. This is a continuation of that effort.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 306	Delaware HB 306 (149)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Charles Potter Jr. Debra Heffernan Harris B. McDowell James Johnson Margaret Rose Henry Sean M. Lynn Valerie Longhurst	1	10	2	2018-01-23	2018-05-24	openstates	ocd-bill/542ec22e-07d8-4e79-b14c-9ddec9763f58	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26278	73b653eed84d167c68f0e54aa351f9b08f0c2a08e4d741db7b862ecff12a9b19	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 306 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CERTAIN CRIMES.

This bill permits judges to utilize their discretion in determining whether a juvenile charged with possession of a firearm during commission of a felony should be transferred back to Family Court or remain in Superior Court. Prior to 2017, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony was only one of five criminal charges where judges had no discretion in determining whether a juvenile should be treated as a juvenile or an adult because the statute required a juvenile charged with these offenses to be prosecuted as an adult. House Bill 9, which was enacted last year, provided judges the discretion to determine how a juvenile should be treated for four other offenses. This is a continuation of that effort.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Charles Potter Jr. — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
• James Johnson — primary (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-23 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-28 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 7 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-04-17 Amendment HA 1 to HB 306 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-17 Amendment HA 1 to HB 306 - Stricken in House
• 2018-04-17 Amendment HA 2 to HB 306 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-04-17 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2018-04-18 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-04-25 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-05-03 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO passage
• 2018-05-24 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/542ec22e-07d8-4e79-b14c-9ddec9763f58. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).