republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-122.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ASSAULTS IN A DETENTION FACILITY.	This bill provides greater protection to correctional officers and other state employees who are assaulted in detention facilities by prohibiting assaults committed with a reckless state of mind.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 122	Delaware HB 122 (149)	bill		enacted	Andria L. Bennett Dave G. Lawson David L. Wilson Gerald W. Hocker Stephen Smyk William J. Carson	1	7	2	2017-04-04	2017-09-08	openstates	ocd-bill/a7d7d638-9c4a-4c64-8759-b7c51d0a1091	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25586	0c0f0ec4355d80a7b1e0fc8e13e143de72abcde5e5e6b74ca34750f8a589d1c3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 122 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ASSAULTS IN A DETENTION FACILITY.

This bill provides greater protection to correctional officers and other state employees who are assaulted in detention facilities by prohibiting assaults committed with a reckless state of mind.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — primary (person)
• Stephen Smyk — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• F. Gary Simpson — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
• James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
• Melanie George Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-04-04 Introduced and Assigned to Corrections Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 Reported Out of Committee (Corrections) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-02 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-05-02 Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-10 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2017-09-08 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7d7d638-9c4a-4c64-8759-b7c51d0a1091. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).