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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PATRONIZING A PROSTITUTE."
+description: "This Act makes the crime of “patronizing a prostitute” a class E felony rather than a misdemeanor where the person from whom prostitution is sought is a minor."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "HB 264"
+citation: "Delaware HB 264 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Kimberly Williams", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Michael F. Smith", "Nicole Poore", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "Sean Matthews", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst", "William Bush"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-12-14"
+last_action: "2024-08-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76a9e99b-40c1-448e-a2b2-a964f43364d3"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140806"
+source_hash: "0c3d0e81dd333083311437e3e86cbf8fc785e2900fabc9dd244054a9877bb923"
+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 264 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PATRONIZING A PROSTITUTE.
+
+This Act makes the crime of “patronizing a prostitute” a class E felony rather than a misdemeanor where the person from whom prostitution is sought is a minor.
+
+## 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=140806&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB264)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **37–1** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
+- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
+- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
+- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
+- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
+- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
+- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
+- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
+- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
+- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
+- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
+- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
+- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
+- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
+- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
+- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
+- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
+- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
+- William Bush — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-12-14** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-06** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-18** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 1 NO 2 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2024-06-18** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2024-08-29** 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/76a9e99b-40c1-448e-a2b2-a964f43364d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+