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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO IMPRISONMENT."
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description: "The stacking of sentences can, and has, in some cases, result in severe prison sentences without permitting the sentencing judge any discretion as to the offender’s individual circumstances or the facts of the case. In order to provide such judicial discretion, this bill reforms concurrent and consecutive sentencing. This bill provides sentencing judges with the discretion to sentence prison time concurrently when appropriate. However, this bill mandates consecutive sentences when there are multiple victims for the most serious crimes. In addition, this bill requires consecutive sentences for assault in a detention facility. Under this bill, based upon the facts and circumstances of a case, prosecutors are able to recommend and judges have the discretion to order consecutive sentences."
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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 5"
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citation: "Delaware HB 5 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gerald L. Brady", "John A. Kowalko", "Nicole Poore", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Stephanie T. Bolden", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-05-13"
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last_action: "2019-06-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5dcfeb6-ccf0-4c1a-bf21-c58da64b37ef"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47469"
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source_hash: "13562525f2a9d09555f47e00784dbe9c5409eda2d8c10ca9853fe2d552de6354"
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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 5 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO IMPRISONMENT.
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The stacking of sentences can, and has, in some cases, result in severe prison sentences without permitting the sentencing judge any discretion as to the offender’s individual circumstances or the facts of the case. In order to provide such judicial discretion, this bill reforms concurrent and consecutive sentencing. This bill provides sentencing judges with the discretion to sentence prison time concurrently when appropriate. However, this bill mandates consecutive sentences when there are multiple victims for the most serious crimes. In addition, this bill requires consecutive sentences for assault in a detention facility. Under this bill, based upon the facts and circumstances of a case, prosecutors are able to recommend and judges have the discretion to order consecutive sentences.
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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=47469&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB5)
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2. **HA 2 to HB 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47671&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **30–10** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Gerald L. Brady — primary (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey 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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- **2019-05-13** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 8 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-10** Amendment HA 1 to HB 5 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-06-11** Amendment HA 1 to HB 5 - Stricken in House
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- **2019-06-11** Amendment HA 2 to HB 5 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-06-11** Passed By House. Votes: 30 YES 10 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-06-11** Assigned to Judicial Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO `passage`
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- **2019-06-25** 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/a5dcfeb6-ccf0-4c1a-bf21-c58da64b37ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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