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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 4, 10 AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNDERAGE POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA AND ALCOHOL."
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description: "This Act permits an officer to refer a juvenile who is in possession of alcohol or marijuana to the Juvenile Civil Citation Program rather than issue an assessment for a monetary civil penalty. Pursuant to the Juvenile Civil Citation Program, a juvenile may be referred to counseling, treatment, or other appropriate interventions. The bill also removes a provision requiring monetary marijuana penalties to double if unpaid within 90 days."
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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 241"
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citation: "Delaware HB 241 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Debra Heffernan", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Trey Paradee"]
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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: "2021-06-10"
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last_action: "2021-09-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c40e522-cd88-4050-8266-b07f040bd7cd"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78883"
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source_hash: "99182f1d9721babd74c71615cd604e834384afc532a9031ec6885840523bde8c"
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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 241 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 4, 10 AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNDERAGE POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA AND ALCOHOL.
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This Act permits an officer to refer a juvenile who is in possession of alcohol or marijuana to the Juvenile Civil Citation Program rather than issue an assessment for a monetary civil penalty. Pursuant to the Juvenile Civil Citation Program, a juvenile may be referred to counseling, treatment, or other appropriate interventions. The bill also removes a provision requiring monetary marijuana penalties to double if unpaid within 90 days.
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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=78883&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB241)
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## Votes
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- SM — **18–3** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **37–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-06-10** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2021-06-22** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 NO `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 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2021-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 NO `passage`
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- **2021-09-17** 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/7c40e522-cd88-4050-8266-b07f040bd7cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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