republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-470.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RELEASE OF PERSONS ACCUSED OF CRIMES.	This Act would permit the Superior Court to conduct an evidentiary hearing, upon motion from the Department of Services for Children, Youth & Their Families, before placing a child 16 years of age or older, in a secure detention facility pending trial. The purpose of the hearing is for the Court to determine whether the child should be placed in a facility not operated by the Department because either the Department’s facilities are at or beyond capacity or the child is deemed to be a risk to self or to other children held in secure detention facilities operated by the Department. If the Court orders the child transferred solely because the Department’s facilities are at or beyond capacity, the Court shall require the Department to transfer the child as soon as the capacity level is below capacity and to provide at least weekly updates on the capacity to the Court and no child may be held in a facility for adults for longer than 60 days. A child may also be transferred if the Court finds clear and convincing evidence that the child is a danger to self or other youth and the child’s needs would be better served at a facility not operated by the Department. This bill contains a sunset provision that is 2 years from the effective date.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 470	Delaware HB 470 (149)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend James Johnson	1	7	2	2018-06-19	2018-07-11	openstates	ocd-bill/f19cb7a7-b994-4538-be46-769c31497d50	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26894	c922590afc4c0ec89f892c279f529a9cec7d444ad8dd8d1aaffd7d000d3e8d85	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 470 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RELEASE OF PERSONS ACCUSED OF CRIMES.

This Act would permit the Superior Court to conduct an evidentiary hearing, upon motion from the Department of Services for Children, Youth & Their Families, before placing a child 16 years of age or older, in a secure detention facility pending trial. The purpose of the hearing is for the Court to determine whether the child should be placed in a facility not operated by the Department because either the Department’s facilities are at or beyond capacity or the child is deemed to be a risk to self or to other children held in secure detention facilities operated by the Department. If the Court orders the child transferred solely because the Department’s facilities are at or beyond capacity, the Court shall require the Department to transfer the child as soon as the capacity level is below capacity and to provide at least weekly updates on the capacity to the Court and no child may be held in a facility for adults for longer than 60 days. A child may also be transferred if the Court finds clear and convincing evidence that the child is a danger to self or other youth and the child’s needs would be better served at a facility not operated by the Department. This bill contains a sunset provision that is 2 years from the effective date.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• James Johnson — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2018-06-19 Introduced and Assigned to Corrections Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Corrections) in House with 5 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 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/f19cb7a7-b994-4538-be46-769c31497d50. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).