republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/sb-96.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.	In January of 2015, the Office of Civil Rights & Public Trust was created by the Attorney General to establish a centralized office within the Department of Justice for the investigation of matters concerning civil rights enforcement and the prosecution of matters concerning violations of the public trust. This office must remain an independent entity within the Department of Justice to avoid conflicts with other Department of Justice duties and thus effectively enforce laws protecting the public trust and civil rights.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	SB 96	Delaware SB 96 (150)	bill		enacted	Harris B. McDowell Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha S. Elizabeth Lockman	1	8	2	2019-05-14	2020-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/bb480d4c-5427-4a7a-8758-e55c5dec8b17	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47471	b9893f8cb25c2f983ba9e720e501ebf3a5a797b2995fd11822b808dd4ad94e84	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 96 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

In January of 2015, the Office of Civil Rights & Public Trust was created by the Attorney General to establish a centralized office within the Department of Justice for the investigation of matters concerning civil rights enforcement and the prosecution of matters concerning violations of the public trust. This office must remain an independent entity within the Department of Justice to avoid conflicts with other Department of Justice duties and thus effectively enforce laws protecting the public trust and civil rights.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
• Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
• Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
• David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
• William Bush — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-05-14 Introduced and Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-06 Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2020-01-22 Amendment SA 1 to SB 96 - Stricken in Senate
• 2020-01-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2020-01-23 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-01-29 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2020-01-30 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2020-04-08 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bb480d4c-5427-4a7a-8758-e55c5dec8b17. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).