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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO JUVENILE EXPUNGMENTS"
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description: "The continued existence and dissemination of a juvenile criminal record hampers an individual’s ability to become a successful and productive member of society. These criminal records are a hindrance to employment, education, housing, credit, and military service. This Act streamlines Delaware’s juvenile expungement code by providing the Delaware Family Court the option to immediately order an expungement in the event that a felony case was terminated in favor of the juvenile (i.e. a juvenile was found not guilty, or the charges were dropped). Delaware law currently allows the Court to do this for misdemeanor and violation cases."
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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: "SB 146"
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citation: "Delaware SB 146 (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", "Dave G. Lawson", "Deborah Hudson", "James Johnson", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Margaret Rose Henry"]
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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: "2018-01-23"
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last_action: "2018-10-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e6abb2b-6d96-44fd-b3af-8c7a6a08a8ad"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26270"
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source_hash: "b5113598fc767e3ce55d4c404011b2d9ddf24b4e8d5e944ae997cc4a39fb80b4"
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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 SB 146 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO JUVENILE EXPUNGMENTS
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The continued existence and dissemination of a juvenile criminal record hampers an individual’s ability to become a successful and productive member of society. These criminal records are a hindrance to employment, education, housing, credit, and military service. This Act streamlines Delaware’s juvenile expungement code by providing the Delaware Family Court the option to immediately order an expungement in the event that a felony case was terminated in favor of the juvenile (i.e. a juvenile was found not guilty, or the charges were dropped). Delaware law currently allows the Court to do this for misdemeanor and violation cases.
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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=26270&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB146)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — primary (person)
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- James Johnson — primary (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
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- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
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- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-23** Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-24** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-02** Amendment SA 1 to SB 146 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-05-02** Amendment SA 2 to SB 146 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-05-02** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2018-05-03** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-09** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2018-10-15** 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/8e6abb2b-6d96-44fd-b3af-8c7a6a08a8ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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