republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-283.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELJIS FUND.	This Act repeals the DELJIS Fund fee imposed on criminal defendants. The elimination of this fee was recommended by the Criminal Legal System Imposed Debt Study Group created by House Bill 244, as amended by House Amendment No 2, of the 151st General Assembly, in its December 7, 2023 report. Any outstanding balances owed for this fee shall be discharged upon the Act’s effective date. Per the Study Group’s recommendation, the Act will become effective upon the specific appropriation of General Fund monies to replace DELJIS’s full spending authority of the repealed fee.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 283	Delaware SB 283 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Cyndie Romer Darius J. Brown David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Laura V. Sturgeon Madinah Wilson-Anton Marie Pinkney Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Sean M. Lynn Sean Matthews Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee Valerie Longhurst William Bush	1	11	2	2024-05-07	2024-08-12	openstates	ocd-bill/aa06dd93-c40d-4f11-b78f-4d5da2aa9fc6	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141295	d7600a56883e4588c9aaabb774e170ca45f8755531cc3c0d9620c23f8ebe6c39	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 283 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELJIS FUND.

This Act repeals the DELJIS Fund fee imposed on criminal defendants. The elimination of this fee was recommended by the Criminal Legal System Imposed Debt Study Group created by House Bill 244, as amended by House Amendment No 2, of the 151st General Assembly, in its December 7, 2023 report. Any outstanding balances owed for this fee shall be discharged upon the Act’s effective date. Per the Study Group’s recommendation, the Act will become effective upon the specific appropriation of General Fund monies to replace DELJIS’s full spending authority of the repealed fee.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — 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)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — 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)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — 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.

• 2024-05-07 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-15 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-15 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-21 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-21 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-05-22 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-12 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-13 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2024-08-12 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aa06dd93-c40d-4f11-b78f-4d5da2aa9fc6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).