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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 AND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AUTOMATIC EXPUNGEMENT."
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description: "This Act creates an automatic expungement process for adult and juvenile charges that are eligible for mandatory expungement because under the petition-based system, only a small fraction of people eligible for expungement ever obtain this important relief. Under this Act, the State Bureau of Identification must identify and expunge cases eligible for automatic mandatory expungement on a monthly basis."
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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: "SB 111"
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citation: "Delaware SB 111 (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", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Kendra Johnson", "Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-04-14"
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last_action: "2021-11-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51a3a795-888d-49e2-92c6-4756a41520d8"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=58578"
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source_hash: "0a607f621e4758020c7e874348fca28c43e8ca5b56271a4f6c3f761b2adbd27e"
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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 SB 111 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 AND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AUTOMATIC EXPUNGEMENT.
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This Act creates an automatic expungement process for adult and juvenile charges that are eligible for mandatory expungement because under the petition-based system, only a small fraction of people eligible for expungement ever obtain this important relief. Under this Act, the State Bureau of Identification must identify and expunge cases eligible for automatic mandatory expungement on a monthly basis.
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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=58578&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB111)
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## Votes
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- SM — **36–5** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherae'a Moore — 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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- **2021-04-14** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-21** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-21** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-27** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-29** Laid On Table in Senate
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- **2021-04-29** Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2021-04-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-05-06** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-19** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2021-05-20** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 NO `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/51a3a795-888d-49e2-92c6-4756a41520d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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