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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 412, VOLUME 80 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO THE JUVENILE OFFENDER CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM."
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description: "This Act removes the sunset provision contained in Volume 80, Chapter 412 of the Laws of Delaware (formerly House Bill No. 405, as amended, of the 148th General Assembly) that is set to expire the law on September 8, 2018. The purpose of Volume 80, Chapter 412 of the Laws of Delaware is to prevent first-time juvenile offenders charged with certain minor misdemeanors from entering into the juvenile criminal justice system by providing law enforcement with a civil citation procedure as an alternative to arrest."
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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 308"
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citation: "Delaware HB 308 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Charles Potter Jr.", "Debra Heffernan", "Harris B. McDowell", "James Johnson"]
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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: "2018-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25e6300d-f9f7-452c-b132-2b9630859d87"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26269"
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source_hash: "edf10b8c64f205dd234f85c4fcd9f5e6da88886a2db5baf1b0435de2e4a7adbd"
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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 308 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 412, VOLUME 80 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO THE JUVENILE OFFENDER CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM.
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This Act removes the sunset provision contained in Volume 80, Chapter 412 of the Laws of Delaware (formerly House Bill No. 405, as amended, of the 148th General Assembly) that is set to expire the law on September 8, 2018. The purpose of Volume 80, Chapter 412 of the Laws of Delaware is to prevent first-time juvenile offenders charged with certain minor misdemeanors from entering into the juvenile criminal justice system by providing law enforcement with a civil citation procedure as an alternative to arrest.
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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=26269&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB308)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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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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- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — 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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- **2018-01-24** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2018-01-25** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-03-19** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-28** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-04-17** Laid On Table in Senate
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- **2018-04-17** Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2018-04-17** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-05-01** 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/25e6300d-f9f7-452c-b132-2b9630859d87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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