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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CIVIL JURISDICTION."
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description: "This Act increases the civil jurisdictional limit for the Court of Common Pleas from $50,000 to $75,000, as recommended by the Jurisdiction Improvement Committee established by the Delaware Supreme Court Order of November 7, 2017."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "HB 191"
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citation: "Delaware HB 191 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Krista Griffith", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
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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: "2019-06-07"
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last_action: "2019-07-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fb957e1-c74b-42c2-8a9e-121f321c990a"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47623"
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source_hash: "346c1594c62058b350b2a323c088ecbdddfa9129cf62565eb5e99b03ff14685f"
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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 191 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CIVIL JURISDICTION.
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This Act increases the civil jurisdictional limit for the Court of Common Pleas from $50,000 to $75,000, as recommended by the Jurisdiction Improvement Committee established by the Delaware Supreme Court Order of November 7, 2017.
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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=47623&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB191)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-06-07** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-18** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-06-18** Assigned to Judicial Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-30** Suspension of Rules in Senate
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- **2019-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2019-07-23** 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/3fb957e1-c74b-42c2-8a9e-121f321c990a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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