republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-33.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN THE CITY OF NEWARK.	This Act allows criminal charges of using, consuming, or possessing other than a personal use quantity of a marijuana or other substance containing tetrahydrocannabinols and charges of public consumption of the same, where the offense is committed in the City of Newark by a person over 18 years of age, to be heard initially at either the Alderman’s Court or in the Court of Common Pleas. This Act likewise allows a civil violation for a person under the age of 21 using, consuming, or possessing a personal use quantity of a marijuana or other substance containing tetrahydrocannabinols to be heard initially at the Alderman’s Court where the violation is committed in the City of Newark by a person over 18 years of age.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 33	Delaware HB 33 (153)	bill		enacted	Claire Snyder-Hall Cyndie Romer David P. Sokola Mara Gorman Melanie Ross Levin	1	9	2	2025-01-09	2025-04-14	openstates	ocd-bill/7768ba40-1cd2-4b27-b786-bd8972fc71eb	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141758	face11e202cee5ccb22126ba660c16b17d453db6270b1fb2034b62a383d257c3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 33 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN THE CITY OF NEWARK.

This Act allows criminal charges of using, consuming, or possessing other than a personal use quantity of a marijuana or other substance containing tetrahydrocannabinols and charges of public consumption of the same, where the offense is committed in the City of Newark by a person over 18 years of age, to be heard initially at either the Alderman’s Court or in the Court of Common Pleas. This Act likewise allows a civil violation for a person under the age of 21 using, consuming, or possessing a personal use quantity of a marijuana or other substance containing tetrahydrocannabinols to be heard initially at the Alderman’s Court where the violation is committed in the City of Newark by a person over 18 years of age.

Version chain

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

1. HA 1 to HB 33 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 19–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Mara Gorman — primary (person)
• Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-09 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-01-22 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-01-29 Amendment HA 1 to HB 33 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-01-30 Amendment HA 1 to HB 33 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2025-01-30 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT passage
• 2025-01-30 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-03-12 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-03-18 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2025-04-14 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7768ba40-1cd2-4b27-b786-bd8972fc71eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).