republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/sjr-13.md

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Bill	DIRECTING THE DELAWARE JUDICIARY TO ESTABLISH A PILOT COURT DATE REMINDER PROGRAM AND TO STUDY AND REPORT ON THE FEASIBILITY OF EXPANDING THE PROGRAM STATEWIDE.	This Senate Joint Resolution recognizes that missed court appearances create costs for the justice system and negative consequences for individuals, and that reminder notifications can reduce failure-to-appear rates. It directs the Delaware Judiciary to report on the cost, timeline, and requirements to build a court date reminder program for the Justice of the Peace Court and to expand it to the Court of Common Pleas, Family Court, and Superior Court and provides that DELJIS shall build the program if funding is appropriated.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	SJR 13	Delaware SJR 13 (153)	joint resolution		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryant L. Richardson Claire Snyder-Hall Cyndie Romer Dave G. Lawson David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Eric Morrison Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Kerri Evelyn Harris Laura V. Sturgeon Mara Gorman Marie Pinkney Melanie Ross Levin Nicole Poore Ray Seigfried Russell Huxtable Sarah McBride Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee	0	7	2	2026-03-19	2026-06-10	openstates	ocd-bill/ef3dd895-008c-46f1-aa5d-48dabbeb7932	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142977	e66f8722641d8136714412db45aa91318395c5cd9a5e2a04e5c8f1333361792f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SJR 13 (153) — DIRECTING THE DELAWARE JUDICIARY TO ESTABLISH A PILOT COURT DATE REMINDER PROGRAM AND TO STUDY AND REPORT ON THE FEASIBILITY OF EXPANDING THE PROGRAM STATEWIDE.

This Senate Joint Resolution recognizes that missed court appearances create costs for the justice system and negative consequences for individuals, and that reminder notifications can reduce failure-to-appear rates. It directs the Delaware Judiciary to report on the cost, timeline, and requirements to build a court date reminder program for the Justice of the Peace Court and to expand it to the Court of Common Pleas, Family Court, and Superior Court and provides that DELJIS shall build the program if funding is appropriated.

Version chain

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

Votes

• SM — 39–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — 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)
• John "Jack" Walsh — 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)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-03-19 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-03-25 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-15 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2026-04-16 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-04-22 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-14 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2026-06-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ef3dd895-008c-46f1-aa5d-48dabbeb7932. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).