DE HB 33
enactedAN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN THE CITY OF NEWARK.
Delaware · 2025-2026 Regular Session (153rd General Assembly) · lower
Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.
Quick answers
Did DE HB 33 pass?
Yes. DE HB 33 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-04-14): Signed by Governor
What is DE HB 33 about?
This Act allows criminal charges of using, consuming, or possessing other than a personal use quantity of a marijuana or other substance containing tetrahydrocannabinols and charges of public consumption of the same, where the offense is committed in the City of Newark by a person over 18 years of age, to be heard initially at either the Alderman’s Court or in the Court of Common Pleas. This Act likewise allows a civil violation for a person under the age of 21 using, consuming, or possessing a personal use quantity of a marijuana or other substance containing tetrahydrocannabinols to be heard initially at the Alderman’s Court where the violation is committed in the City of Newark by a person over 18 years of age.
Who sponsors DE HB 33?
Claire Snyder-Hall, Melanie Ross Levin, Mara Gorman and 2 others are the primary sponsors of DE HB 33, joined by 3 cosponsors.
Description
This Act allows criminal charges of using, consuming, or possessing other than a personal use quantity of a marijuana or other substance containing tetrahydrocannabinols and charges of public consumption of the same, where the offense is committed in the City of Newark by a person over 18 years of age, to be heard initially at either the Alderman’s Court or in the Court of Common Pleas. This Act likewise allows a civil violation for a person under the age of 21 using, consuming, or possessing a personal use quantity of a marijuana or other substance containing tetrahydrocannabinols to be heard initially at the Alderman’s Court where the violation is committed in the City of Newark by a person over 18 years of age.
- Introduced
- 2025-01-09
- Latest action
- 2025-04-14 — Signed by Governor
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Claire Snyder-Hallprimary
- Melanie Ross Levinprimary
- Mara Gormanprimary
- David P. Sokolaprimary
- Cyndie Romerprimary
- Mara Gormancosponsor
- Stephanie L. Hansencosponsor
- Kyra L. Hoffnercosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-04-14
Signed by Governor
executive-signature
2025-03-18
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
passage
2025-03-12
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
committee-passage
2025-01-30
Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
introduction,referral-committee
2025-01-30
Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT
passage
2025-01-30
Amendment HA 1 to HB 33 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
amendment-passage
2025-01-29
Amendment HA 1 to HB 33 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction
2025-01-22
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits
committee-passage
2025-01-09
Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House
introduction,referral-committee
Versions
Documents
Votes
2/3
2025-01-30 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (41)
- Stephanie T. Bolden: yes
- Frank Burns: yes
- William Bush: yes
- William J. Carson: yes
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha: yes
- Richard G. Collins: yes
- Franklin D. Cooke: yes
- Daniel B. Short: yes
- Timothy D. Dukes: yes
- Mara Gorman: other
- Ronald E. Gray: yes
- Krista Griffith: yes
- Kerri Evelyn Harris: yes
- Debra Heffernan: yes
- Kevin S Hensley: yes
- Jeff Hilovsky: yes
- Valerie Jones Giltner: yes
- Kendra Johnson: yes
- Kimberly Williams: yes
- Kamela T Smith: yes
- Larry Lambert: yes
- Sean M. Lynn: other
- Michael F. Smith: yes
- Melissa Minor-Brown: yes
- Shannon Morris: yes
- Eric Morrison: yes
- DeShanna U Neal: yes
- Josue O Ortega: yes
- Edward S. Osienski: yes
- Stell Parker Selby: other
- Sophie Phillips: yes
- Charles S Postles Jr.: yes
- Cyndie Romer: yes
- Melanie Ross Levin: yes
- Sherae'a Moore: yes
- Bryan W. Shupe: yes
- Claire Snyder-Hall: yes
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman: yes
- Jesse R. Vanderwende: other
- Madinah Wilson-Anton: yes
- Lyndon D. Yearick: yes
2/3
2025-03-18 · pass · 19-0
Member-level votes (21)
- Darius J. Brown: yes
- Eric Buckson: yes
- Daniel Cruce: other
- Stephanie L. Hansen: yes
- Gerald W. Hocker: yes
- Kyra L. Hoffner: yes
- Russell Huxtable: yes
- Dave G. Lawson: yes
- S. Elizabeth Lockman: yes
- Spiros Mantzavinos: yes
- Trey Paradee: yes
- Brian Pettyjohn: yes
- Marie Pinkney: yes
- Nicole Poore: yes
- Bryant L. Richardson: yes
- Ray Seigfried: yes
- David P. Sokola: yes
- Laura V. Sturgeon: yes
- Bryan Townsend: other
- John "Jack" Walsh: yes
- David L. Wilson: yes
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
Official source
Attribution
Data from openstates_api_sync, retrieved 2026-10-24T19:41:58.107551Z
Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:
Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:
Use this data
Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=DE&identifier=HB 33. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.
Known limitations
- Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
- Committee referrals are not yet captured.
See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.