republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/sb-10.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MODIFICATION OF SENTENCES OF INCARCERATION."
description: "Currently, the Department of Correction (“Department”) biennially reviews individuals sentenced to more than 1 year of incarceration to determine if there is good cause to recommend a sentence modification to the Board of Parole for an individual who is not a substantial risk to the community or the individual’s self. Good cause includes the individual’s rehabilitation, serious medical illness or infirmity, and prison overcrowding. While any individual is eligible for consideration due to a serious medical illness or infirmity, only those who have served at least ½ of their sentence for a violent felony or all of the statutorily mandated term of incarceration are eligible for consideration for rehabilitation, prison overcrowding, or another reason. If the Department recommends an individual for sentence modification, the Board of Parole considers the application and, if the Board approves, the sentencing court then makes a final determination on the sentence modification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "SB 10"
citation: "Delaware SB 10 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "Darius J. Brown", "Dave G. Lawson", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Eric Morrison", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Josue O Ortega", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Mara Gorman", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Ray Seigfried", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Trey Paradee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-20"
last_action: "2025-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ead6a2f-a4b7-4659-957e-96f045796db6"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142344"
source_hash: "745b81f7999369cf186c5324a1bc2be61e98e6f09e71339b8e0566a42c0200cd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---

# Delaware SB 10 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MODIFICATION OF SENTENCES OF INCARCERATION.

Currently, the Department of Correction (“Department”) biennially reviews individuals sentenced to more than 1 year of incarceration to determine if there is good cause to recommend a sentence modification to the Board of Parole for an individual who is not a substantial risk to the community or the individual’s self. Good cause includes the individual’s rehabilitation, serious medical illness or infirmity, and prison overcrowding. While any individual is eligible for consideration due to a serious medical illness or infirmity, only those who have served at least ½ of their sentence for a violent felony or all of the statutorily mandated term of incarceration are eligible for consideration for rehabilitation, prison overcrowding, or another reason. If the Department recommends an individual for sentence modification, the Board of Parole considers the application and, if the Board approves, the sentencing court then makes a final determination on the sentence modification.

## Version chain

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

1. **HA 3 to SS 1 for SB 10** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142650&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **15–5** (pass) · upper
- SM — **28–12** (pass) · lower
- SM — **19–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryan Townsend — 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)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-20** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 10 `introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 5 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-06-05** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-20** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-26** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Stricken in House
- **2025-06-26** Amendment HA 2 to SS 1 - Stricken in House
- **2025-06-26** Amendment HA 3 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 28 YES 12 NO 1 VACANT `passage`
- **2025-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 NO `passage`
- **2025-07-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ead6a2f-a4b7-4659-957e-96f045796db6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).