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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RELEASE OF PERSONS ACCUSED OF CRIMES."
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description: "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."
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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 339"
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citation: "Delaware HB 339 (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", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-03-15"
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last_action: "2018-07-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a3e705e-d5a8-468a-9e95-185b07b39073"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26375"
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source_hash: "2a8caeb3249478e97cf7751f5ee0d2d90d103cb033a2349ff4ecdf455dc553ab"
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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 339 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RELEASE OF PERSONS ACCUSED OF CRIMES.
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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.
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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=26375&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB339)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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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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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — 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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- **2018-03-15** Introduced and Assigned to Corrections Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-28** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections) in House with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-03-29** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-04-18** 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 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-07-11** 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/1a3e705e-d5a8-468a-9e95-185b07b39073`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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