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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. | This Act permits the Superior Court to consider petitions out of sequence where the Attorney General consents and the Court determines consideration to be in the interest of justice. To ensure this exceptional sequencing provision is employed judiciously, the Court will only consider the consent of the Attorney General authorized by Delaware Department of Justice leadership (Attorney General, Chief Deputy Attorney General, State Prosecutor, or Chief County Prosecutors) in response to requests of Office of Defense Services leadership (Chief Defender, Chief Deputy Defender, Chief Conflicts Counsel) where a petitioner is represented by the Office of Defense Services, and in all other circumstances in response to privately retained counsel. This special authorization ensures individual petitioners do not unwittingly forego or disrupt their single opportunity for sentence review and further ensures consistency in modifications to sequencing. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 149 | HB 397 | Delaware HB 397 (149) |
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Delaware HB 397 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.
This Act permits the Superior Court to consider petitions out of sequence where the Attorney General consents and the Court determines consideration to be in the interest of justice. To ensure this exceptional sequencing provision is employed judiciously, the Court will only consider the consent of the Attorney General authorized by Delaware Department of Justice leadership (Attorney General, Chief Deputy Attorney General, State Prosecutor, or Chief County Prosecutors) in response to requests of Office of Defense Services leadership (Chief Defender, Chief Deputy Defender, Chief Conflicts Counsel) where a petitioner is represented by the Office of Defense Services, and in all other circumstances in response to privately retained counsel. This special authorization ensures individual petitioners do not unwittingly forego or disrupt their single opportunity for sentence review and further ensures consistency in modifications to sequencing.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
- SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- James Johnson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-05-02 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2018-06-06 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 7 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2018-06-21 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
passage - 2018-06-21 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2018-06-27 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2018-06-28 Rules Suspended in Senate
- 2018-06-28 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage - 2018-07-11 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cee3cd4c-f785-41d3-b79d-35342fd35b85. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).