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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ARREST AND DETENTION."
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description: "This Act prohibits arrest or detention by any person who does not have explicit statutory authority to carry out an arrest or detention. The intent of this provision is to eliminate any doubt that a “citizen’s arrest” is not permitted in Delaware. Peace officers have statutory authority to make arrests, as do federal law enforcement agents and out-of-state police under some circumstances. There is also limited authority to detain a person suspected of shoplifting provided to a merchant, store supervisor, agent or employee of a merchant in § 840 of Title 11; to detain a person suspected of unlawful recording by a motion picture theater owner, supervisor, agent or employee under § 858 of Title 11; and to detain a person suspected of unlawful acts with a video lottery machine by a video lottery agent or any of its officers, employees or agents under § 1474 of Title 11."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "HB 153"
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citation: "Delaware HB 153 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "Dave G. Lawson", "David L. Wilson", "Eric Morrison", "Josue O Ortega", "Mara Gorman", "Marie Pinkney", "Sarah McBride", "Sean M. Lynn", "Spiros Mantzavinos"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-05-01"
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last_action: "2025-07-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaa435ce-fc65-431c-982a-44e349a1b334"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142166"
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source_hash: "99d6a904b2d3cf25e64524079415eee7918b6a4b48a18fcaa015fb74a1837c68"
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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 HB 153 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ARREST AND DETENTION.
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This Act prohibits arrest or detention by any person who does not have explicit statutory authority to carry out an arrest or detention. The intent of this provision is to eliminate any doubt that a “citizen’s arrest” is not permitted in Delaware. Peace officers have statutory authority to make arrests, as do federal law enforcement agents and out-of-state police under some circumstances. There is also limited authority to detain a person suspected of shoplifting provided to a merchant, store supervisor, agent or employee of a merchant in § 840 of Title 11; to detain a person suspected of unlawful recording by a motion picture theater owner, supervisor, agent or employee under § 858 of Title 11; and to detain a person suspected of unlawful acts with a video lottery machine by a video lottery agent or any of its officers, employees or agents under § 1474 of Title 11.
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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. **HA 1 to HB 153** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142561&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **24–12** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **17–4** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
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- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-01** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-21** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-17** Amendment HA 1 to HB 153 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-17** Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 12 NO 5 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-06-17** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-30** Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2025-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 NO `passage`
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- **2025-07-14** 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/aaa435ce-fc65-431c-982a-44e349a1b334`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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