---
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).