republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-8.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JUVENILE OFFENDER CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM.	This bill seeks to expand the eligibility criteria for the Juvenile Offender Civil Citation Program by including the offense of possession of drug paraphernalia and permitting a second referral to the Juvenile Offender Civil Citation Program where the first referral occurred more than 18 months ago and was not a referral for the same offense.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 8	Delaware HB 8 (149)	bill		enacted	Debra Heffernan Harris B. McDowell James Johnson	1	7	2	2017-05-10	2017-10-12	openstates	ocd-bill/d44d85c1-7588-4ef4-b7ab-a1a4f9f1747b	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25761	8a49d0c361f990a6e753ebf94bf2bbe2118ba0ce367e1fbcf81c23d2a8f2c914	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 8 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JUVENILE OFFENDER CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM.

This bill seeks to expand the eligibility criteria for the Juvenile Offender Civil Citation Program by including the offense of possession of drug paraphernalia and permitting a second referral to the Juvenile Offender Civil Citation Program where the first referral occurred more than 18 months ago and was not a referral for the same offense.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
• James Johnson — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Charles Potter Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-05-10 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-05-17 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-06-20 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2017-06-20 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-28 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-06-28 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-10-12 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d44d85c1-7588-4ef4-b7ab-a1a4f9f1747b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).