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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELJIS FUND."
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description: "This Act repeals the DELJIS Fund fee imposed on criminal defendants. The elimination of this fee was recommended by the Criminal Legal System Imposed Debt Study Group created by House Bill 244, as amended by House Amendment No 2, of the 151st General Assembly, in its December 7, 2023 report. Any outstanding balances owed for this fee shall be discharged upon the Act’s effective date. Per the Study Group’s recommendation, the Act will become effective upon the specific appropriation of General Fund monies to replace DELJIS’s full spending authority of the repealed fee."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "SB 283"
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citation: "Delaware SB 283 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Cyndie Romer", "Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Eric Morrison", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sean M. Lynn", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst", "William Bush"]
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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: "2024-05-07"
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last_action: "2024-08-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa06dd93-c40d-4f11-b78f-4d5da2aa9fc6"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141295"
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source_hash: "d7600a56883e4588c9aaabb774e170ca45f8755531cc3c0d9620c23f8ebe6c39"
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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 283 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELJIS FUND.
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This Act repeals the DELJIS Fund fee imposed on criminal defendants. The elimination of this fee was recommended by the Criminal Legal System Imposed Debt Study Group created by House Bill 244, as amended by House Amendment No 2, of the 151st General Assembly, in its December 7, 2023 report. Any outstanding balances owed for this fee shall be discharged upon the Act’s effective date. Per the Study Group’s recommendation, the Act will become effective upon the specific appropriation of General Fund monies to replace DELJIS’s full spending authority of the repealed fee.
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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=141295&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB283)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-05-07** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-15** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-21** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2024-05-22** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-13** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2024-08-12** 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/aa06dd93-c40d-4f11-b78f-4d5da2aa9fc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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