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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SENTENCES FOR SEXUAL OFFENSES. | In 2006, Delaware enacted “Jessica’s Law,” which requires first time offenders convicted of a specified sexual offense against a child under 14 years of age and individuals previously convicted of a Class A or B sexual offense in Title 11 and subsequently convicted of a specified sexual offense sentences be sentenced to at least 25 years in prison, up to life. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 149 | HB 259 | Delaware HB 259 (149) |
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Delaware HB 259 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SENTENCES FOR SEXUAL OFFENSES.
In 2006, Delaware enacted “Jessica’s Law,” which requires first time offenders convicted of a specified sexual offense against a child under 14 years of age and individuals previously convicted of a Class A or B sexual offense in Title 11 and subsequently convicted of a specified sexual offense sentences be sentenced to at least 25 years in prison, up to life.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper
- SM — 39–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
- Deborah Hudson — primary (person)
- Gregory F. Lavelle — primary (person)
- Joseph E. Miro — primary (person)
- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie George Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-06-23 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2017-06-29 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable - 2018-06-05 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
passage - 2018-06-05 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2018-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2018-06-19 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
passage - 2018-07-01 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb333fcf-7e7f-41de-b322-5e3d8b7a6250. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).