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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RELEASE OF PERSONS ACCUSED OF CRIMES. | This bill allows children under the age of 18 to be transferred to the Department of Corrections only after adjudication and an imposition of a sentence of incarceration. Currently, Delaware permits juveniles charged with adult offenses to be held in default of bail in the custody of the Department of Corrections. The trend nationwide is to hold juveniles charged with adult offenses in juvenile facilities pretrial as these facilities provide educational and rehabilitative programs. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 149 | HB 339 | Delaware HB 339 (149) |
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Delaware HB 339 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RELEASE OF PERSONS ACCUSED OF CRIMES.
This bill allows children under the age of 18 to be transferred to the Department of Corrections only after adjudication and an imposition of a sentence of incarceration. Currently, Delaware permits juveniles charged with adult offenses to be held in default of bail in the custody of the Department of Corrections. The trend nationwide is to hold juveniles charged with adult offenses in juvenile facilities pretrial as these facilities provide educational and rehabilitative programs.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
- SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Charles Potter Jr. — primary (person)
- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
- James Johnson — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-03-15 Introduced and Assigned to Corrections Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2018-03-28 Reported Out of Committee (Corrections) in House with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage - 2018-03-29 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT
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 ABSENT
passage - 2018-07-11 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1a3e705e-d5a8-468a-9e95-185b07b39073. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).