---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRAFFICKING OF AN INDIVIDUAL, FORCED LABOR, AND SEXUAL SERVITUDE."
description: "This Act updates Delaware's human trafficking crime to prohibit the same acts that are included in the federal Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 75"
citation: "Delaware SB 75 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "Helene M. Keeley", "Michael Ramone"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-05-02"
last_action: "2017-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e602b5b-bd5f-4011-999f-0a66a46fff93"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25699"
source_hash: "3902373ff413d6be08774dd8a1afd05bab068a889bd8d8b430708403bab2ae09"
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 SB 75 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRAFFICKING OF AN INDIVIDUAL, FORCED LABOR, AND SEXUAL SERVITUDE.

This Act updates Delaware's human trafficking crime to prohibit the same acts that are included in the federal Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015.

## 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=25699&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB75)

## Votes

- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — primary (person)
- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- F. Gary Simpson — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie George Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-05-02** Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-07** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2017-06-08** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** Amendment HA 1 to SB 75 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-02** Amendment HA 1 to SB 75 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-07-02** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-07-03** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2017-07-03** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-08-01** 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/7e602b5b-bd5f-4011-999f-0a66a46fff93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).