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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WRONGFUL CONVICTION COMPENSATION AND SERVICES."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 282"
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citation: "Delaware SB 282 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Kyra L. Hoffner", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 6
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-04-22"
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last_action: "2026-05-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75de4529-a86f-4652-9a71-4d604f1a8189"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=143160"
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source_hash: "674074e5d1c8a39f2bb26253d2d5815b9aa43bc15ecd464a62fbafdcaecaa245"
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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 SB 282 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WRONGFUL CONVICTION COMPENSATION AND SERVICES.
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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.
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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 — **19–1** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **31–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Kyra L. Hoffner — 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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- **2026-04-22** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 282 `introduction`
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- **2026-04-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2026-04-30** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-05-13** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2026-05-19** Passed By House. Votes: 31 YES 10 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2026-05-21** 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/75de4529-a86f-4652-9a71-4d604f1a8189`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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