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Delaware · 153rd General Assembly (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 220: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 AND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JUVENILE CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 220 is a bill introduced in the Delaware House on June 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 AND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JUVENILE CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM. Primary sponsor: Debra Heffernan (Democratic), Tizzy Lockman (Democratic). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (August 20, 2025): Signed by Governor.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

This Act requires a peace officer to consider issuing a juvenile civil citation to a qualified juvenile offender who would otherwise be charged only with specified offenses, and requires that if the peace officer decides not to issue a civil citation and instead charges the juvenile with a crime, the peace officer must document the reason in DELJIS. This Act also requires each law enforcement agency to submit an annual report to the Police Officer Standards and Training Commission about its use of juvenile civil citations. Finally, this Act requires that training on the Juvenile Civil Citation Program be included as part of a police officer’s mandatory training every 2 years.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Debra HeffernanPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse6
Tizzy LockmanPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Bill BushCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Nnamdi ChukwuochaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1
Mara GormanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Krista GriffithCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12
Larry LambertCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Eric MorrisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27
Josue OrtegaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse3

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Signed by Governor
  2. Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
  3. Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
  4. Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
  5. Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
  6. Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
  7. Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT
  8. Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
  9. Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
  10. Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 On Its Merits
  11. Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source