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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MANDATORY SENTENCES FOR JUVENILES. This bill clarifies House Bill 307 from 2018 by making it clear that a 6-month or 12-month mandatory commitment to Level 5 incarceration or institutional confinement for a juvenile only applies to adjudications of delinquency for the charge of Robbery First Degree or Possession of a Firearm during the Commission of a Felony if the offense was committed after the childs 16th birthday. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 151 HB 314 Delaware HB 314 (151)
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Sherry Dorsey Walker
Valerie Longhurst
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Delaware HB 314 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MANDATORY SENTENCES FOR JUVENILES.

This bill clarifies House Bill 307 from 2018 by making it clear that a 6-month or 12-month mandatory commitment to Level 5 incarceration or institutional confinement for a juvenile only applies to adjudications of delinquency for the charge of Robbery First Degree or Possession of a Firearm during the Commission of a Felony if the offense was committed after the childs 16th birthday.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 380 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 210 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
  • Sarah McBride — primary (person)
  • Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
  • Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
  • Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-03-03 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2022-03-23 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-05-05 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
  • 2022-05-05 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2022-06-08 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2022-06-29 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
  • 2022-10-26 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3a88f8b5-fb89-4096-b91b-b2eb431f3c50. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).