republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-146.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO JUVENILE EXPUNGMENTS	The continued existence and dissemination of a juvenile criminal record hampers an individual’s ability to become a successful and productive member of society. These criminal records are a hindrance to employment, education, housing, credit, and military service. This Act streamlines Delaware’s juvenile expungement code by providing the Delaware Family Court the option to immediately order an expungement in the event that a felony case was terminated in favor of the juvenile (i.e. a juvenile was found not guilty, or the charges were dropped). Delaware law currently allows the Court to do this for misdemeanor and violation cases.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 146	Delaware SB 146 (149)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Dave G. Lawson Deborah Hudson James Johnson Lyndon D. Yearick Margaret Rose Henry	1	9	2	2018-01-23	2018-10-15	openstates	ocd-bill/8e6abb2b-6d96-44fd-b3af-8c7a6a08a8ad	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26270	b5113598fc767e3ce55d4c404011b2d9ddf24b4e8d5e944ae997cc4a39fb80b4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 146 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO JUVENILE EXPUNGMENTS

The continued existence and dissemination of a juvenile criminal record hampers an individual’s ability to become a successful and productive member of society. These criminal records are a hindrance to employment, education, housing, credit, and military service. This Act streamlines Delaware’s juvenile expungement code by providing the Delaware Family Court the option to immediately order an expungement in the event that a felony case was terminated in favor of the juvenile (i.e. a juvenile was found not guilty, or the charges were dropped). Delaware law currently allows the Court to do this for misdemeanor and violation cases.

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 — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
• Deborah Hudson — primary (person)
• James Johnson — primary (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
• Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
• Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-23 Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-01-24 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-05-02 Amendment SA 1 to SB 146 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2018-05-02 Amendment SA 2 to SB 146 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2018-05-02 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2018-05-03 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-05-09 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 7 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2018-10-15 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8e6abb2b-6d96-44fd-b3af-8c7a6a08a8ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).