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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 AND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JUVENILE CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM."
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description: "This Act requires a peace officer to consider issuing a juvenile civil citation to a qualified juvenile offender who would otherwise be charged only with specified offenses, and requires that if the peace officer decides not to issue a civil citation and instead charges the juvenile with a crime, the peace officer must document the reason in DELJIS. This Act also requires each law enforcement agency to submit an annual report to the Police Officer Standards and Training Commission about its use of juvenile civil citations. Finally, this Act requires that training on the Juvenile Civil Citation Program be included as part of a police officer’s mandatory training every 2 years."
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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 220"
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citation: "Delaware HB 220 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Debra Heffernan", "Eric Morrison", "Josue O Ortega", "Mara Gorman", "Nicole Poore", "Sarah McBride", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-06-10"
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last_action: "2025-08-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7002525-0e3d-469f-9cfa-51fceac8788b"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142478"
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source_hash: "7e3777bce8a6aa6d4516ae95fa7e460b9f9f1a315b459cd7ab0b0d37fe2e3316"
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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 220 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 AND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JUVENILE CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM.
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This Act requires a peace officer to consider issuing a juvenile civil citation to a qualified juvenile offender who would otherwise be charged only with specified offenses, and requires that if the peace officer decides not to issue a civil citation and instead charges the juvenile with a crime, the peace officer must document the reason in DELJIS. This Act also requires each law enforcement agency to submit an annual report to the Police Officer Standards and Training Commission about its use of juvenile civil citations. Finally, this Act requires that training on the Juvenile Civil Citation Program be included as part of a police officer’s mandatory training every 2 years.
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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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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Debra Heffernan — 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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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-06-10** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-20** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT `passage`
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- **2025-06-26** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-30** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-30** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-30** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-08-20** 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/b7002525-0e3d-469f-9cfa-51fceac8788b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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