republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-285.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURT CONSTABLES.	This bill eliminates the requirement that Justice of the Peace Court constables reside within the State of Delaware. The residency requirement was established when Constables were independent officers, and had their own bonding requirements and penalties for failure to do the business of the Court. Constables are now employees of the Justice of the Peace Court and the residency requirement is no longer needed. The removal of the requirement will allow the Justice of the Peace Court to recruit from a larger pool of candidates and to retain existing trained and skilled employees.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 285	Delaware SB 285 (152)	bill		enacted	Darius J. Brown David L. Wilson John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Lyndon D. Yearick Marie Pinkney Peter C. Schwartzkopf Spiros Mantzavinos Timothy D. Dukes	1	7	2	2024-05-07	2024-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/efb3ab0d-7e32-46c1-8b24-390910e88836	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141300	50c130fb22cef17814650dbb722fcdc6d9cdb11921bc5618a8d6e71b0f1da2fe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 285 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURT CONSTABLES.

This bill eliminates the requirement that Justice of the Peace Court constables reside within the State of Delaware. The residency requirement was established when Constables were independent officers, and had their own bonding requirements and penalties for failure to do the business of the Court. Constables are now employees of the Justice of the Peace Court and the residency requirement is no longer needed. The removal of the requirement will allow the Justice of the Peace Court to recruit from a larger pool of candidates and to retain existing trained and skilled employees.

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

• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Timothy D. Dukes — 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 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 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 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-18 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2024-06-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/efb3ab0d-7e32-46c1-8b24-390910e88836. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).