republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-201.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.	This Act strengthens essential protections for victims of human trafficking by removing practical barriers that prevent victims from getting convictions or juvenile delinquency adjudications obtained as a result of being a victim of human trafficking vacated and the related criminal or juvenile records expunged.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 201	Delaware HB 201 (153)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Claire Snyder-Hall Cyndie Romer Darius J. Brown Dave G. Lawson David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Josue O Ortega Kerri Evelyn Harris Kimberly Williams Laura V. Sturgeon Lyndon D. Yearick Mara Gorman Marie Pinkney Melanie Ross Levin Michael F. Smith Nicole Poore Ray Seigfried Russell Huxtable Sarah McBride Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee William Bush	0	7	2	2025-06-05	2026-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/f44a8bab-729c-4b88-953a-1670f7b5081e	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142423	61c017446daf207d03ade380f2725bbf2eab5add0344501856be26716a06721b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 201 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

This Act strengthens essential protections for victims of human trafficking by removing practical barriers that prevent victims from getting convictions or juvenile delinquency adjudications obtained as a result of being a victim of human trafficking vacated and the related criminal or juvenile records expunged.

Version chain

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

Votes

• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
• Mara Gorman — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
• Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-06-05 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-01-14 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 10 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-28 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2026-01-28 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-03-25 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-16 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2026-05-14 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f44a8bab-729c-4b88-953a-1670f7b5081e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).