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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 37"
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citation: "Delaware SB 37 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Delcollo", "Bryan Townsend", "Darius J. Brown", "David B. McBride", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Sean M. Lynn", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-04-15"
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last_action: "2019-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a146a5eb-98ac-475a-830a-e6a7cb90beeb"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47355"
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source_hash: "718a0ce24775f99f1cdc64888a08675dfebf03bd4d72164db920aaf8a9cb764b"
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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 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.
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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.
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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=47355&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1)
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2. **SA 1 to SS 1 for SB 37** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47372&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **35–5** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Anthony Delcollo — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David B. McBride — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — 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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- **2019-04-15** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 37 `introduction`
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- **2019-04-17** Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-04-17** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2019-04-18** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-08** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-05-16** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 5 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-06-30** 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/a146a5eb-98ac-475a-830a-e6a7cb90beeb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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