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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STALKING."
+description: "This Act expands the definition of a “course of conduct” in the stalking statute and also provides that if the court finds as a matter of law that acts subject to this statute are in fact constitutionally protected activities, then all evidence associated with those activities must be excluded."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "153"
+identifier: "HB 197"
+citation: "Delaware HB 197 (153)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "Krista Griffith", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Sarah McBride"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-06-05"
+last_action: "2026-05-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a0fe290-656f-447d-83c0-c5eda04f6545"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142415"
+source_hash: "84dd6e11434f0db9dfd6bef33d0350e3bdb9947b99b35e656d3ba69ed603b7c1"
+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 197 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STALKING.
+
+This Act expands the definition of a “course of conduct” in the stalking statute and also provides that if the court finds as a matter of law that acts subject to this statute are in fact constitutionally protected activities, then all evidence associated with those activities must be excluded.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HA 1 to HB 197** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142605&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **37–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
+- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
+- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
+- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
+- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-05** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2025-06-24** Amendment HA 1 to HB 197 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-06-30** Amendment HA 1 to HB 197 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 1 NO 2 ABSENT 1 VACANT `passage`
+- **2025-07-01** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-21** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2026-05-05** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2026-05-21** 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/9a0fe290-656f-447d-83c0-c5eda04f6545`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+