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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURT CONSTABLES."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "SB 285"
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citation: "Delaware SB 285 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Marie Pinkney", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Timothy D. Dukes"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-05-07"
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last_action: "2024-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efb3ab0d-7e32-46c1-8b24-390910e88836"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141300"
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source_hash: "50c130fb22cef17814650dbb722fcdc6d9cdb11921bc5618a8d6e71b0f1da2fe"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# 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.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141300&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB285)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-05-07** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-05-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2024-05-22** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-18** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2024-06-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efb3ab0d-7e32-46c1-8b24-390910e88836`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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