republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-169.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WRONGFUL CONVICTION COMPENSATION AND SERVICES.	This Act creates the Delaware Wrongful Conviction Compensation and Service Act. The Act provides compensation and reintegration services to individuals who have served sentences of incarceration, wrongful incarceration in a psychiatric institution, parole, probation, and sex offender registration in the State for crimes that they did not commit. An individual claiming wrongful conviction or, if deceased, that individual's heirs, may bring a petition for compensation in Delaware Superior Court. A petitioner who makes the required showing is entitled to damages based on the type and period of wrongful incarceration, probation, parole, or registration, and other amounts, such as reasonable attorney fees in obtaining relief, subject to requirements of proof. However, a petitioner is not entitled to such compensation if the Department of Justice establishes that the petitioner was an accomplice in the commission of the crime or that the petitioner intentionally and voluntarily caused the conviction at issue by committing perjury or fabricating evidence at trial in order to prevent the conviction of the true perpetrator. In addition, an individual released from incarceration as the result of the reversal, overturning, or vacation of a conviction is entitled to emergency assistance and services.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 169	Delaware SB 169 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Darius J. Brown David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Kerri Evelyn Harris Kyra L. Hoffner Laura V. Sturgeon Lyndon D. Yearick Marie Pinkney Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Richard G. Collins Russell Huxtable S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Sean Matthews Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee Valerie Longhurst William Bush	2	11	3	2024-05-20	2024-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/fe89c642-be71-42af-adc0-78c887ec536d	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141440	b8a1a8bb652d41fe67d139125ed048207d3bb5e33ba2b2988fbd6c59b3bfb99d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 169 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WRONGFUL CONVICTION COMPENSATION AND SERVICES.

This Act creates the Delaware Wrongful Conviction Compensation and Service Act. The Act provides compensation and reintegration services to individuals who have served sentences of incarceration, wrongful incarceration in a psychiatric institution, parole, probation, and sex offender registration in the State for crimes that they did not commit. An individual claiming wrongful conviction or, if deceased, that individual's heirs, may bring a petition for compensation in Delaware Superior Court. A petitioner who makes the required showing is entitled to damages based on the type and period of wrongful incarceration, probation, parole, or registration, and other amounts, such as reasonable attorney fees in obtaining relief, subject to requirements of proof. However, a petitioner is not entitled to such compensation if the Department of Justice establishes that the petitioner was an accomplice in the commission of the crime or that the petitioner intentionally and voluntarily caused the conviction at issue by committing perjury or fabricating evidence at trial in order to prevent the conviction of the true perpetrator. In addition, an individual released from incarceration as the result of the reversal, overturning, or vacation of a conviction is entitled to emergency assistance and services.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to SS 3 for SB 169 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 39–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Kyra L. Hoffner — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-20 was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 169 introduction
• 2024-05-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-06-06 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-12 Not Worked in Committee
• 2024-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-30 Amendment HA 1 to SS 3 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-06-30 Amendment HA 1 to SS 3 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2024-06-30 Suspension of Rules in Senate
• 2024-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-09-26 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe89c642-be71-42af-adc0-78c887ec536d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).