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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16, TITLE 21, AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FREE IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS BEING RELEASED FROM PRISON."
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description: "Individuals who are released from prison face many hurdles as they re-enter the community, including difficulty obtaining identification documents. Lacking identification imposes additional hurdles as these individuals attempt to find housing and employment. This Act requires the Department of Correction to provide individuals who are being released from the custody of the Department of Correction (\"DOC\"), after 6 months of incarceration following conviction, with a Delaware Personal Credential Card (\"Personal Credential\"). An individual may present the Personal Credential to receive one free certified copy of the individual's birth certificate and one identification card or driver's license, if otherwise eligible to receive those documents."
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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: "SB 171"
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citation: "Delaware SB 171 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dave G. Lawson", "James Johnson", "Margaret Rose Henry", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Ruth Briggs King"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-04-18"
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last_action: "2018-10-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4eaf844-2051-4596-9005-c3c53d94c4ae"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26466"
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source_hash: "d5a59126eaf1b8580e068b7213d255307d62680a49bef1eb78aec47cd09b43aa"
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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 SB 171 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16, TITLE 21, AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FREE IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS BEING RELEASED FROM PRISON.
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Individuals who are released from prison face many hurdles as they re-enter the community, including difficulty obtaining identification documents. Lacking identification imposes additional hurdles as these individuals attempt to find housing and employment. This Act requires the Department of Correction to provide individuals who are being released from the custody of the Department of Correction ("DOC"), after 6 months of incarceration following conviction, with a Delaware Personal Credential Card ("Personal Credential"). An individual may present the Personal Credential to receive one free certified copy of the individual's birth certificate and one identification card or driver's license, if otherwise eligible to receive those documents.
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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=26466&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB171)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- James Johnson — primary (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
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- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
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- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- F. Gary Simpson — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-04-18** Introduced and Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-25** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-03** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2018-05-08** Assigned to Corrections Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-08** Re-Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-09** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-10-01** 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/c4eaf844-2051-4596-9005-c3c53d94c4ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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