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SB 45 Delaware Senate · 150th General Assembly (2019-2020)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MARIJUANA.

Summary
Under current law, the possession, use, or consumption of a personal use quantity of marijuana remains a crime for those under the age of 21 despite being a civil violation for adults. This Act makes the possession, use, or consumption of a personal use quantity of marijuana a civil violation for juveniles. This Act also makes conforming amendments to subsection (i), regarding expungement of a single criminal offense under subsection (c), as, after the effective date of this Act, subsection (c) will no longer contain a criminal offense.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Jun 2019
House Passage
Jun 2019
Signed into Law
Jul 2019
Introduced Mar 20, 2019 Signed Jul 31, 2019
Floor votes · House Jun 30, 2019

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Jul 31, 2019
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 7 NO
lower
Jun 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits
lower
Jun 21, 2019
Introduced
Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
lower
Jun 20, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 6 NO 2 ABSENT
upper
Jun 20, 2019
Upper · Passed
Amendment SA 1 to SB 45 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
upper
Jun 11, 2019
Introduced
Amendment SA 1 to SB 45 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
upper
Apr 10, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
upper
Mar 20, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
upper
5 primary · 10 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
DB
David B. McBride
DDemocratic
DE
13
P
Photo of Ed Osienski
Ed Osienski
DDemocratic
DE
24
P
Photo of Frank Cooke
Frank Cooke
DDemocratic
DE
16
P
JA
John A. Kowalko
DDemocratic
DE
25
P
Photo of Pete Schwartzkopf
Pete Schwartzkopf
DDemocratic
DE
14
Co
AD
Anthony Delcollo
RRepublican
DE
7
Co
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
Co
Photo of Debra Heffernan
Debra Heffernan
DDemocratic
DE
6
Co
Photo of Nnamdi Chukwuocha
Nnamdi Chukwuocha
DDemocratic
DE
1
Co
Photo of Paul Baumbach
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
DE
23
Co
QJ
Quinton Johnson
DDemocratic
DE
8
Co
Photo of Sean Lynn
Sean Lynn
DDemocratic
DE
31
Co
Photo of Sean Matthews
Sean Matthews
DDemocratic
DE
10
Co
Photo of Stephanie Hansen
Stephanie Hansen
DDemocratic
DE
10
Co
Photo of Val Longhurst
Val Longhurst
DDemocratic
DE
15