republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-51.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVING A VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE.	This Act clarifies Delaware’s driving under the influence (“DUI”) law related to intensive inpatient or outpatient drug and alcohol treatment for felony DUI offenders. The current law has resulted in differing interpretations regarding treatment; specifically, whether treatment must be completed while incarcerated (Level V) or at home confinement (Level IV), rather than at community supervision (Level III or Level II). This has resulted in extending incarceration for some offenders or requiring out-of-state offenders to reside in Delaware to complete the mandated drug and alcohol abstinence program and drug and alcohol treatment program under § 4177(d)(9) of Title 21.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 51	Delaware HB 51 (151)	bill		enacted	John L. Mitchell Sean M. Lynn Stephanie L. Hansen	1	8	2	2021-01-07	2021-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/0b768921-7699-49b4-a71d-49cb514b5e4d	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48251	e413004744efbea8b86ee27f96faeeaafff29fc6af2f58bd3f1e6fa432de439a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 51 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVING A VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE.

This Act clarifies Delaware’s driving under the influence (“DUI”) law related to intensive inpatient or outpatient drug and alcohol treatment for felony DUI offenders. The current law has resulted in differing interpretations regarding treatment; specifically, whether treatment must be completed while incarcerated (Level V) or at home confinement (Level IV), rather than at community supervision (Level III or Level II). This has resulted in extending incarceration for some offenders or requiring out-of-state offenders to reside in Delaware to complete the mandated drug and alcohol abstinence program and drug and alcohol treatment program under § 4177(d)(9) of Title 21.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• 3/5 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-07 Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-01-21 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 6 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-01-26 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2021-01-27 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2021-01-27 Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-01-27 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-01-28 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-04-13 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b768921-7699-49b4-a71d-49cb514b5e4d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).