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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JUVENILE OFFENDER CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM."
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description: "This bill seeks to expand the eligibility criteria for the Juvenile Offender Civil Citation Program by including the offense of possession of drug paraphernalia and permitting a second referral to the Juvenile Offender Civil Citation Program where the first referral occurred more than 18 months ago and was not a referral for the same offense."
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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 8"
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citation: "Delaware HB 8 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Debra Heffernan", "Harris B. McDowell", "James Johnson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-05-10"
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last_action: "2017-10-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d44d85c1-7588-4ef4-b7ab-a1a4f9f1747b"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25761"
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source_hash: "8a49d0c361f990a6e753ebf94bf2bbe2118ba0ce367e1fbcf81c23d2a8f2c914"
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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 8 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JUVENILE OFFENDER CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM.
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This bill seeks to expand the eligibility criteria for the Juvenile Offender Civil Citation Program by including the offense of possession of drug paraphernalia and permitting a second referral to the Juvenile Offender Civil Citation Program where the first referral occurred more than 18 months ago and was not a referral for the same offense.
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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=25761&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB8)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
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- James Johnson — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Charles Potter Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — 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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- **2017-05-10** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2017-06-20** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-10-12** 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/d44d85c1-7588-4ef4-b7ab-a1a4f9f1747b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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