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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXPUNGEMENT."
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description: "This Act implements some of the recommendations of the African American Task Force's Safety and Justice Subcommittee. Specifically, it requires that cases or charges that are more than 7 years old be treated as “resolved in favor of” a child or adult if there is no disposition available for the case and no outstanding warrants. This clarification will prevent errors in record-keeping in the criminal justice system from stopping an otherwise qualified petitioner from obtaining an expungement that may otherwise be available. It will also require old cases for which no outcome is listed to be removed from a person's record if they are more than 7 years old."
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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 447"
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citation: "Delaware HB 447 (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", "Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha", "Sean M. Lynn", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-06-02"
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last_action: "2022-08-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24cba4fd-fe06-4034-aef3-dee4018824f3"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109589"
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source_hash: "21ebe92f4f954cd7f9e88a3f016d310453d6c871884eebad1a842e881f2a442e"
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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 447 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXPUNGEMENT.
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This Act implements some of the recommendations of the African American Task Force's Safety and Justice Subcommittee. Specifically, it requires that cases or charges that are more than 7 years old be treated as “resolved in favor of” a child or adult if there is no disposition available for the case and no outstanding warrants. This clarification will prevent errors in record-keeping in the criminal justice system from stopping an otherwise qualified petitioner from obtaining an expungement that may otherwise be available. It will also require old cases for which no outcome is listed to be removed from a person's record if they are more than 7 years old.
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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=109589&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB447)
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2. **HA 2 to HB 447** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129801&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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## Sponsors
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-06-02** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-21** Amendment HA 1 to HB 447 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-06-21** Amendment HA 1 to HB 447 - Stricken in House
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- **2022-06-21** Amendment HA 2 to HB 447 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-06-21** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2022-06-21** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2022-06-29** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-30** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2022-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2022-08-30** 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/24cba4fd-fe06-4034-aef3-dee4018824f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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