---
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).