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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO JUVENILE DELINQUENCY."
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description: "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)."
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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 41"
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citation: "Delaware SB 41 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "David B. McBride", "Gerald L. Brady", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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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: "2019-05-07"
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last_action: "2019-07-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88f34dc5-a4e1-4e53-9b03-09c58f5995e5"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47409"
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source_hash: "4087c0373a0854d3aecd0b34ae9e9a1a0c7a207f82d947752b311c3de29d233e"
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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 41 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.
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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).
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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=47409&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB41)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David B. McBride — primary (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris B. McDowell — 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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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — 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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- **2019-05-07** Introduced and Assigned to Judicial Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-18** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-06-19** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 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/88f34dc5-a4e1-4e53-9b03-09c58f5995e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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