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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND THE ISSUANCE OF ARREST WARRANTS. | The Justice of the Peace Court actively discourages the acceptance of warrants from citizens, yet the statute as it currently stands may be interpreted to allow such warrants. This Act abolishes citizen warrants in the Justice of the Peace Court and creates a requirement that all warrants must issue only by information sworn to by a law-enforcement officer. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 151 | SB 271 | Delaware SB 271 (151) |
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1 | 7 | 2 | 2022-04-28 | 2022-10-21 | openstates | ocd-bill/fb7d930a-771b-4f86-9c6b-78fcf42eef43 | https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109397 | 73742ba337330f498479838d1ae611eb43438ec777f0daf952d5df2a8bff38a1 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Delaware SB 271 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND THE ISSUANCE OF ARREST WARRANTS.
The Justice of the Peace Court actively discourages the acceptance of warrants from citizens, yet the statute as it currently stands may be interpreted to allow such warrants. This Act abolishes citizen warrants in the Justice of the Peace Court and creates a requirement that all warrants must issue only by information sworn to by a law-enforcement officer.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
- SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-04-28 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2022-06-15 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2022-06-16 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage - 2022-06-17 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2022-06-22 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2022-06-29 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
passage - 2022-10-21 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fb7d930a-771b-4f86-9c6b-78fcf42eef43. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).