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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF SEXUAL OFFENDERS."
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description: "This Act brings Delaware sex offender registration laws into compliance with the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (\"SORNA\") by standardizing the tier designation of sex offenders are assigned based upon offense of conviction. This Act removes discretion previously granted to the Board of Parole to redesignate sex offenders and standardizes designation in a manner consistent with established Superior Court precedent. See State v. Brown, 2013 WL 2149882 (Del. Super. 2013); Lane v. Board of Parole, 2012 WL 5509711 (Del. Super. 2012). Finally, this Act streamlines the designation process by directing review to the Superior Court in the first instance."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "SB 177"
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citation: "Delaware SB 177 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "James Johnson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-04-25"
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last_action: "2018-06-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d85c578-6083-4dac-a77c-0537f87e10af"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26524"
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source_hash: "f80844bf30ef9f9d66ed380df70a09dd563258852ea29e1dc59a6644da90cc66"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware SB 177 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF SEXUAL OFFENDERS.
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This Act brings Delaware sex offender registration laws into compliance with the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ("SORNA") by standardizing the tier designation of sex offenders are assigned based upon offense of conviction. This Act removes discretion previously granted to the Board of Parole to redesignate sex offenders and standardizes designation in a manner consistent with established Superior Court precedent. See State v. Brown, 2013 WL 2149882 (Del. Super. 2013); Lane v. Board of Parole, 2012 WL 5509711 (Del. Super. 2012). Finally, this Act streamlines the designation process by directing review to the Superior Court in the first instance.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26524&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB177)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
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- James Johnson — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-04-25** Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-02** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2018-05-09** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-19** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-06-27** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d85c578-6083-4dac-a77c-0537f87e10af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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