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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE RELEASE AND PUBLICATION OF THE NAME AND PHOTOGRAPH OF A JUVENILE."
+description: "This bill prohibits law-enforcement agencies from releasing or publishing or causing to be released or published the name of any juvenile or any image depicting a juvenile, including displaying such image on any publicly maintained social media page or website, unless the juvenile is charged with a violent felony, and release or publication of the photograph is necessary to protect the public’s safety."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "151"
+identifier: "HB 243"
+citation: "Delaware HB 243 (151)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "Ernesto B. Lopez", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Kendra Johnson", "Larry Lambert", "Marie Pinkney", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sean M. Lynn", "Sherae'a Moore", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Stephanie T. Bolden", "Valerie Longhurst"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-06-10"
+last_action: "2021-11-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41810188-bed1-4014-9f3c-39d5ea5add95"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78885"
+source_hash: "417a30e96e1cb1712ead1749c4eb0d71ac97ea1025cb53bfd94d95b2d728f769"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
+---
+
+# Delaware HB 243 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE RELEASE AND PUBLICATION OF THE NAME AND PHOTOGRAPH OF A JUVENILE.
+
+This bill prohibits law-enforcement agencies from releasing or publishing or causing to be released or published the name of any juvenile or any image depicting a juvenile, including displaying such image on any publicly maintained social media page or website, unless the juvenile is charged with a violent felony, and release or publication of the photograph is necessary to protect the public’s safety.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=78885&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB243)
+2. **HA 1 to HB 243** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=78948&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
+- Ernesto B. Lopez — primary (person)
+- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
+- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
+- Larry Lambert — primary (person)
+- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
+- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
+- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
+- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
+- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
+- Sherae'a Moore — primary (person)
+- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
+- Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
+- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
+- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
+- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
+- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
+- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
+- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
+- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
+- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
+- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-06-10** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-21** Amendment HA 1 to HB 243 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-06-22** Amendment HA 1 to HB 243 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-06-22** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
+- **2021-06-22** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2021-11-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41810188-bed1-4014-9f3c-39d5ea5add95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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