republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-405.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JUVENILE OFFENDER CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM.	This Act removes the requirement that a juvenile can only be referred to the the Juvenile Offender Civil Citation Program a second or subsequent time if the juvenile’s prior referral was for a different offense than the second referral, allowing a juvenile to be referred for the same offense if the juvenile is otherwise qualified.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 405	Delaware HB 405 (152)	bill		enacted	Cyndie Romer David P. Sokola Debra Heffernan Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke Laura V. Sturgeon Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf S. Elizabeth Lockman Sean M. Lynn Sherry Dorsey Walker	1	7	2	2024-05-14	2024-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/1f0cec12-a8ed-4f80-b136-05e062411ac5	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141374	17859392579bb051992745f18438bf2e88ccdc03f335f0c8d04edaf61c6a1609	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 405 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JUVENILE OFFENDER CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM.

This Act removes the requirement that a juvenile can only be referred to the the Juvenile Offender Civil Citation Program a second or subsequent time if the juvenile’s prior referral was for a different offense than the second referral, allowing a juvenile to be referred for the same offense if the juvenile is otherwise qualified.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-14 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-13 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-06-13 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-25 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-08-02 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f0cec12-a8ed-4f80-b136-05e062411ac5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).