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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A JUVENILE'S RIGHT TO COUNSEL IN FAMILY COURT AND THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURT."
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description: "This Act codifies a juvenile's right to counsel in Family Court delinquency proceedings. The bill outlines certain circumstances where a juvenile may not waive the right to counsel: where the juvenile is accused of a felony, where the juvenile is in the custody of the Division of Family Services, where the juvenile is under the age of 16, or where the victim of the alleged delinquent act is a family member or guardian or where the family member or guardian has an interest adverse to the juvenile."
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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 6"
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citation: "Delaware HB 6 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David Bentz", "Margaret Rose Henry"]
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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: "2017-05-10"
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last_action: "2017-10-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cd34933-6e41-4caf-8dec-74725252ac24"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25765"
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source_hash: "39372080aff7b177c7c131167590818890c0d0aba138fca13d42d6414936ba33"
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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 6 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A JUVENILE'S RIGHT TO COUNSEL IN FAMILY COURT AND THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURT.
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This Act codifies a juvenile's right to counsel in Family Court delinquency proceedings. The bill outlines certain circumstances where a juvenile may not waive the right to counsel: where the juvenile is accused of a felony, where the juvenile is in the custody of the Division of Family Services, where the juvenile is under the age of 16, or where the victim of the alleged delinquent act is a family member or guardian or where the family member or guardian has an interest adverse to the juvenile.
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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=25765&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB6)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David Bentz — primary (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Charles Potter Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — 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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- 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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- **2017-05-10** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-06-20** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2017-10-12** 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/3cd34933-6e41-4caf-8dec-74725252ac24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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