republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-186.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INDIVIDUALS REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDERS FOR ACTS COMMITTED WHEN THEY WERE CHILDREN."
description: "This Act makes changes to the requirements for placement on the sex offender registry of individuals who are adjudicated delinquent of certain offenses. First, it reduces the number of offenses for which placement on the sex offender registry is mandatory and the Family Court has no discretion to relieve a person adjudicated delinquent from the requirement or to reduce the tier assigned. Mandatory registration is still required for all degrees of rape (first through fourth) and conspiracy or attempt to commit any degree of rape. This Act will also allow an individual placed on the registry to petition the Family Court to be relieved from the registration or placed on a lower tier, either at the conclusion of any required treatment or after the passage of 2 years for most offenses, or after the passage of 5 years for those offenses that still require mandatory registration. The ability to petition for a registry review hearing after the mandated review period will apply to anyone placed on the registry because of a juvenile delinquency adjudication, regardless of the date of that adjudication."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 186"
citation: "Delaware HB 186 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Cyndie Romer", "Darius J. Brown", "Eric Morrison", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-06-02"
last_action: "2023-10-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2322c38-2a41-450e-bdf9-5de03877f687"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140501"
source_hash: "47250eb132028b625481a7db3f2dfe26fbcbb199ba611beab62bb933d403da9e"
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 HB 186 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INDIVIDUALS REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDERS FOR ACTS COMMITTED WHEN THEY WERE CHILDREN.

This Act makes changes to the requirements for placement on the sex offender registry of individuals who are adjudicated delinquent of certain offenses. First, it reduces the number of offenses for which placement on the sex offender registry is mandatory and the Family Court has no discretion to relieve a person adjudicated delinquent from the requirement or to reduce the tier assigned. Mandatory registration is still required for all degrees of rape (first through fourth) and conspiracy or attempt to commit any degree of rape. This Act will also allow an individual placed on the registry to petition the Family Court to be relieved from the registration or placed on a lower tier, either at the conclusion of any required treatment or after the passage of 2 years for most offenses, or after the passage of 5 years for those offenses that still require mandatory registration. The ability to petition for a registry review hearing after the mandated review period will apply to anyone placed on the registry because of a juvenile delinquency adjudication, regardless of the date of that adjudication.

## 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=140501&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB186)
2. **HA 1 to HB 186** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140661&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **27–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-02** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-20** Amendment HA 1 to HB 186 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-06-20** Amendment HA 1 to HB 186 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 27 YES 10 NO 3 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-20** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2023-10-18** 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/a2322c38-2a41-450e-bdf9-5de03877f687`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).