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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 AND 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO JUVENILES."
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description: "United States Supreme Court case law and scientific research has changed how we think about juvenile delinquency. We know now that an adolescent’s brain is not fully developed until his/her mid-twenties which makes juveniles especially prone to making poor choices. In the landmark case of Miller v. Alabama, wherein the United States Supreme Court prohibited mandatory life sentences without parole for juveniles, the Court wrote: “Children are constitutionally different from adults for sentencing purposes.”"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 307"
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citation: "Delaware HB 307 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Charles Potter Jr.", "Debra Heffernan", "Harris B. McDowell", "James Johnson", "Margaret Rose Henry", "Sean M. Lynn", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-01-23"
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last_action: "2018-05-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c29c6464-c5cf-453e-8094-cfc00ddc9d8d"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26279"
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source_hash: "46c03ce79d5cb689147fd651729710ca24d2ab95598722f0f3b2e9c955f4a325"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 307 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 AND 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO JUVENILES.
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United States Supreme Court case law and scientific research has changed how we think about juvenile delinquency. We know now that an adolescent’s brain is not fully developed until his/her mid-twenties which makes juveniles especially prone to making poor choices. In the landmark case of Miller v. Alabama, wherein the United States Supreme Court prohibited mandatory life sentences without parole for juveniles, the Court wrote: “Children are constitutionally different from adults for sentencing purposes.”
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26279&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB307)
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## Votes
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Charles Potter Jr. — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
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- James Johnson — primary (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-23** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-28** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-04-19** Amendment HA 1 to HB 307 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-04-19** Amendment HA 1 to HB 307 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-04-19** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-04-25** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-25** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-03** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO `passage`
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- **2018-05-24** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c29c6464-c5cf-453e-8094-cfc00ddc9d8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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