republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/sb-41.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.	This Act establishes that the age of offense and not the age of arrest determines jurisdiction for a person facing charges. Currently, if a person commits a delinquent act before age 18 but is arrested after age 18, the offense is automatically heard before the adult court of jurisdiction. See Howard v. State, 612 A.2d 158 (Del. 1992) (Table).	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	SB 41	Delaware SB 41 (150)	bill		enacted	Darius J. Brown David B. McBride Gerald L. Brady Valerie Longhurst	1	7	2	2019-05-07	2019-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/88f34dc5-a4e1-4e53-9b03-09c58f5995e5	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47409	4087c0373a0854d3aecd0b34ae9e9a1a0c7a207f82d947752b311c3de29d233e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 41 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.

This Act establishes that the age of offense and not the age of arrest determines jurisdiction for a person facing charges. Currently, if a person commits a delinquent act before age 18 but is arrested after age 18, the offense is automatically heard before the adult court of jurisdiction. See Howard v. State, 612 A.2d 158 (Del. 1992) (Table).

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David B. McBride — primary (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-05-07 Introduced and Assigned to Judicial Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-12 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-06-18 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2019-06-19 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-27 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2019-07-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88f34dc5-a4e1-4e53-9b03-09c58f5995e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).