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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SEXUAL OFFENSES."
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description: "This bill adds the intentional touching of another person with semen to the definition of sexual contact. By doing so, the act of a person intentionally touching another person with semen without consent becomes the crime of unlawful sexual contact third degree."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "HB 246"
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citation: "Delaware HB 246 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ernesto B Lopez", "Nicole Poore", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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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: "2019-06-21"
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last_action: "2019-07-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba2b9206-188b-4691-9883-898a03b934f2"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47808"
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source_hash: "d852037078218b3e9567a2b3932114be41d191cae60e1b9a8de720b99518e734"
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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 HB 246 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SEXUAL OFFENSES.
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This bill adds the intentional touching of another person with semen to the definition of sexual contact. By doing so, the act of a person intentionally touching another person with semen without consent becomes the crime of unlawful sexual contact third degree.
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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=47808&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB246)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–1** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
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- Raymond Seigfried — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-06-21** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-25** Re-Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-07-01** Suspension of Rules in Senate
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- **2019-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2019-07-23** 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/ba2b9206-188b-4691-9883-898a03b934f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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