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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONCURRENT JURISDICTION."
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description: "This Act extends Family Court's jurisdiction under Chapter 50, Title 16, over a youth who has a mental condition and requires services or treatment but is not amenable to or compliant with such services."
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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 39"
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citation: "Delaware HB 39 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Catherine Cloutier", "Harris B. McDowell", "Sean M. Lynn"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-01-18"
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last_action: "2017-09-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a10f8875-df1b-48e3-b161-0e8731a6af73"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25393"
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source_hash: "9f6bc7820829011428f7a8b65a66192532016fb2b9ed52b2cd548647c161bba7"
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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 39 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONCURRENT JURISDICTION.
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This Act extends Family Court's jurisdiction under Chapter 50, Title 16, over a youth who has a mental condition and requires services or treatment but is not amenable to or compliant with such services.
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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=25393&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB39)
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## Votes
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- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Catherine Cloutier — primary (person)
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- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-18** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-03-16** Amendment HA 1 to HB 39 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-03-28** Amendment HA 2 to HB 39 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-03-28** Amendment HA 1 to HB 39 - Stricken in House
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- **2017-03-28** Amendment HA 2 to HB 39 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-03-28** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-03-28** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-26** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-03** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-09-08** 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/a10f8875-df1b-48e3-b161-0e8731a6af73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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