---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CRIMES."
description: "This bill clarifies that in order to be found guilty of prostitution the person must be 18 years or older."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 60"
citation: "Delaware SB 60 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David B. McBride", "Kimberly Williams", "Nicole Poore"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80088345-fb9b-41fd-8d2d-7869cabead1b"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47270"
source_hash: "2ae01edfba5824eb4e683bae05edb8cf8e22cc57a90d24937380f124ecb76fa4"
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 60 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CRIMES.

This bill clarifies that in order to be found guilty of prostitution the person must be 18 years or older.

## 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=47270&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB60)
2. **HA 4 to SB 60** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47592&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **19–1** (pass) · upper
- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David B. McBride — primary (person)
- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
- Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Seigfried — cosponsor (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-26** Introduced and Assigned to Judicial Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-07** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-03** Amendment HA 1 to SB 60 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-04** Amendment HA 1 to SB 60 - Stricken in House
- **2019-06-04** Amendment HA 3 to SB 60 - Stricken in House
- **2019-06-04** Amendment HA 2 to SB 60 - Stricken in House
- **2019-06-04** Amendment HA 4 to SB 60 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-04** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-06-05** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2019-06-05** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-06-20** 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/80088345-fb9b-41fd-8d2d-7869cabead1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).