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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO JURISDICTION OVER OFFENSES RELATING TO THE STATE GAMBLING EXCLUSION LISTS."
description: "This Act removes the exclusive jurisdiction of the Superior Court for offenses under § 4836 of this Title on the basis of the voluntary and involuntary exclusion lists. This would allow the Court of Common Pleas to hold jurisdiction over these offenses as these are class A misdemeanor offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 67"
citation: "Delaware SB 67 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/951f3843-98db-4495-845c-bd77ad935aaf"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48390"
source_hash: "7c7909c148b1c3f10c2052c4a8a58c731d124814a0320a6e0ee172c04a4d9cd9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware SB 67 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO JURISDICTION OVER OFFENSES RELATING TO THE STATE GAMBLING EXCLUSION LISTS.
This Act removes the exclusive jurisdiction of the Superior Court for offenses under § 4836 of this Title on the basis of the voluntary and involuntary exclusion lists. This would allow the Court of Common Pleas to hold jurisdiction over these offenses as these are class A misdemeanor offenses.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48390&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB67)
2. **SA 1 to SB 67** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=48436&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
## Votes
- 2/3 — **383** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-26** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Amendment SA 1 to SB 67 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-10** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Amendment SA 1 to SB 67 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-03-24** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 3 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-14** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2021-05-20** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 NO `passage`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/951f3843-98db-4495-845c-bd77ad935aaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).