republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/sb-282.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WRONGFUL CONVICTION COMPENSATION AND SERVICES.	This Act amends the Delaware Wrongful Conviction Compensation and Services Act (DWCCSA) in several ways. First, in order to make a prima facie showing of entitlement to compensation, under the Act, a petitioner must show that the petitioner did not commit a felony arising from the same transaction as the crime for which the petitioner was originally convicted.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	SB 282	Delaware SB 282 (153)	bill		enacted	Kerri Evelyn Harris Kyra L. Hoffner William Bush	0	6	2	2026-04-22	2026-05-21	openstates	ocd-bill/75de4529-a86f-4652-9a71-4d604f1a8189	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=143160	674074e5d1c8a39f2bb26253d2d5815b9aa43bc15ecd464a62fbafdcaecaa245	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 282 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WRONGFUL CONVICTION COMPENSATION AND SERVICES.

This Act amends the Delaware Wrongful Conviction Compensation and Services Act (DWCCSA) in several ways. First, in order to make a prima facie showing of entitlement to compensation, under the Act, a petitioner must show that the petitioner did not commit a felony arising from the same transaction as the crime for which the petitioner was originally convicted.

Version chain

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

Votes

• SM — 19–1 (pass) · upper
• SM — 31–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Kyra L. Hoffner — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-04-22 was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 282 introduction
• 2026-04-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2026-04-30 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-05-13 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 9 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2026-05-19 Passed By House. Votes: 31 YES 10 ABSENT passage
• 2026-05-21 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/75de4529-a86f-4652-9a71-4d604f1a8189. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).