republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/sb-37.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4, TITLE 10, TITLE 11, AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING EXPUNGEMENT OF RECORDS OF ADULT ARREST AND CONVICTION.	In our modern society, a criminal record can limit a person’s opportunities and the quality of life they can achieve for themselves and their families for years, and even decades, after that person has completed the terms of the criminal sentence imposed. Even the existence of an arrest record with no conviction can limit job opportunities, housing, access to higher education, credit, and access to jobs that require professional licensing.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	SB 37	Delaware SB 37 (150)	bill		enacted	Anthony Delcollo Bryan Townsend Darius J. Brown David B. McBride Franklin D. Cooke Sean M. Lynn Sherry Dorsey Walker Valerie Longhurst	2	9	2	2019-04-15	2019-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/a146a5eb-98ac-475a-830a-e6a7cb90beeb	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47355	718a0ce24775f99f1cdc64888a08675dfebf03bd4d72164db920aaf8a9cb764b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 37 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4, TITLE 10, TITLE 11, AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING EXPUNGEMENT OF RECORDS OF ADULT ARREST AND CONVICTION.

In our modern society, a criminal record can limit a person’s opportunities and the quality of life they can achieve for themselves and their families for years, and even decades, after that person has completed the terms of the criminal sentence imposed. Even the existence of an arrest record with no conviction can limit job opportunities, housing, access to higher education, credit, and access to jobs that require professional licensing.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 1 to SS 1 for SB 37 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 35–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Anthony Delcollo — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David B. McBride — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-04-15 was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 37 introduction
• 2019-04-17 Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2019-04-17 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2019-04-18 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-05-08 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-05-16 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-06-26 Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 5 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2019-06-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a146a5eb-98ac-475a-830a-e6a7cb90beeb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).