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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTING INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS FOR REDISTRICTING PURPOSES."
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description: "This Act provides additional procedures necessary to ensure that incarcerated individuals who were residents of Delaware immediately before their date of incarceration are counted for reapportionment and redistricting purposes at their last known residence as required by law. Specifically, this Act does the following:"
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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 171"
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citation: "Delaware SB 171 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "David P. Sokola", "Gerald W. Hocker", "John L. Mitchell", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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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: "2021-06-04"
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last_action: "2021-09-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d99bfef-708e-4c71-bf31-2188b266ab7a"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78828"
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source_hash: "9cde034691a0dc3f6310daea7670446bf0b240d1e60337c06d0210da395a40e0"
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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 171 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTING INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS FOR REDISTRICTING PURPOSES.
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This Act provides additional procedures necessary to ensure that incarcerated individuals who were residents of Delaware immediately before their date of incarceration are counted for reapportionment and redistricting purposes at their last known residence as required by law. Specifically, this Act does the following:
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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=78828&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB171)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — primary (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-06-04** Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-09** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2021-06-10** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-11** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-24** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-09-08** 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/2d99bfef-708e-4c71-bf31-2188b266ab7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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