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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVING A VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE."
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description: "This Act clarifies Delaware’s driving under the influence (“DUI”) law related to intensive inpatient or outpatient drug and alcohol treatment for felony DUI offenders. The current law has resulted in differing interpretations regarding treatment; specifically, whether treatment must be completed while incarcerated (Level V) or at home confinement (Level IV), rather than at community supervision (Level III or Level II). This has resulted in extending incarceration for some offenders or requiring out-of-state offenders to reside in Delaware to complete the mandated drug and alcohol abstinence program and drug and alcohol treatment program under § 4177(d)(9) of Title 21."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 51"
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citation: "Delaware HB 51 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John L. Mitchell", "Sean M. Lynn", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-01-07"
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last_action: "2021-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b768921-7699-49b4-a71d-49cb514b5e4d"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48251"
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source_hash: "e413004744efbea8b86ee27f96faeeaafff29fc6af2f58bd3f1e6fa432de439a"
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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 51 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVING A VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
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This Act clarifies Delaware’s driving under the influence (“DUI”) law related to intensive inpatient or outpatient drug and alcohol treatment for felony DUI offenders. The current law has resulted in differing interpretations regarding treatment; specifically, whether treatment must be completed while incarcerated (Level V) or at home confinement (Level IV), rather than at community supervision (Level III or Level II). This has resulted in extending incarceration for some offenders or requiring out-of-state offenders to reside in Delaware to complete the mandated drug and alcohol abstinence program and drug and alcohol treatment program under § 4177(d)(9) of Title 21.
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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=48251&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB51)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3/5 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-07** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-21** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 6 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-01-26** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2021-01-27** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-01-27** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-27** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-01-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-04-13** 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/0b768921-7699-49b4-a71d-49cb514b5e4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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