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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTRONIC RECORDATION OF CUSTODIAL INTERROGATIONS."
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description: "Confessions are powerful evidence of guilt. Therefore, this Act adopts the Uniform Law Commission's Uniform Electronic Recordation of Custodial Interrogations Act to promote truth-finding, promote efficiency, and protect constitutional values."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 215"
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citation: "Delaware HB 215 (151)"
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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", "Larry Lambert", "Marie Pinkney", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2021-05-27"
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last_action: "2021-11-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f283549b-8c83-4f77-a0c9-12d934c1b787"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78773"
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source_hash: "3835ba02c56afe9800eb4931925d28821689ab3794ca3597bb216a0996ff9622"
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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 HB 215 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTRONIC RECORDATION OF CUSTODIAL INTERROGATIONS.
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Confessions are powerful evidence of guilt. Therefore, this Act adopts the Uniform Law Commission's Uniform Electronic Recordation of Custodial Interrogations Act to promote truth-finding, promote efficiency, and protect constitutional values.
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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=78773&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB215)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 215** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=78954&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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3. **SA 1 to HB 215** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=79023&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- Larry Lambert — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-05-27** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-09** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-22** Amendment HA 1 to HB 215 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-22** Amendment HA 1 to HB 215 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-06-22** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-22** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2021-06-29** Amendment SA 1 to HB 215 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-29** Amendment SA 1 to HB 215 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-11-08** 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/f283549b-8c83-4f77-a0c9-12d934c1b787`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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