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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 20 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE NATIONAL GUARD."
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description: "This Act updates the requirements for Courts-Martial to ensure that all members of the Delaware National Guard receive due process through the military justice system. This legislation amends Title 20 to correct a constitutional defect in the current statute, which fails to provide sufficient appellate process. It further codifies longstanding tradition of giving the Attorney General right of first refusal on all prosecutions to avoid double jeopardy. Provides for misdemeanor courts-martial jurisdiction in any military prosecution with appeal rights to the Superior Court of Delaware. Further, the act reconciles Title 20 with applicable federal law."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 22"
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citation: "Delaware HB 22 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Earl G. Jaques Jr."]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-05-04"
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last_action: "2017-06-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2938e66a-b19e-4b19-8793-5e27af3c4c28"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25725"
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source_hash: "40f2416fe34f1b7dfe68468bf694ff8cd1a41cc31b0714d126080443cc4ca9ce"
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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 HB 22 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 20 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE NATIONAL GUARD.
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This Act updates the requirements for Courts-Martial to ensure that all members of the Delaware National Guard receive due process through the military justice system. This legislation amends Title 20 to correct a constitutional defect in the current statute, which fails to provide sufficient appellate process. It further codifies longstanding tradition of giving the Attorney General right of first refusal on all prosecutions to avoid double jeopardy. Provides for misdemeanor courts-martial jurisdiction in any military prosecution with appeal rights to the Superior Court of Delaware. Further, the act reconciles Title 20 with applicable federal law.
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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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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25725&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-05-04** Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 22, and Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-10** Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in House with 2 Favorable, 15 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-18** Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-05-18** Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-05-18** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-05-22** Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-06-13** 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/2938e66a-b19e-4b19-8793-5e27af3c4c28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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