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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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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: "SJR 13"
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citation: "Delaware SJR 13 (153)"
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classification: ["joint resolution"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-03-19"
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last_action: "2026-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef3dd895-008c-46f1-aa5d-48dabbeb7932"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142977"
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source_hash: "e66f8722641d8136714412db45aa91318395c5cd9a5e2a04e5c8f1333361792f"
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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 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.
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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.
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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 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-03-19** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-25** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2026-04-16** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-22** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-05-14** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2026-06-10** 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/ef3dd895-008c-46f1-aa5d-48dabbeb7932`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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