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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE UNIFORM CIVIL REMEDIES FOR UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF INTIMATE IMAGES ACT."
description: "This Act adopts the Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act. This Act addresses an increasingly common form of abuse that can cause severe and often irreversible harm: the disclosure of private, sexually explicit images without consent. Much of the abuse is carried out electronically through internet websites, social media, email, or text messages, making it an interstate problem that is particularly suited for treatment by uniform state laws. This Act provides a uniform, comprehensive, clear, fair, and constitutionally sound definition of this harmful conduct and remedies for the harm it causes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 169"
citation: "Delaware SB 169 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andria L. Bennett", "Krista Griffith", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-19"
last_action: "2020-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97ebdf29-4af1-4a2f-8c36-0c457a411117"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47765"
source_hash: "006e671284ce04296234e7d582964e1c51cd360cd7864f2dbf1449961fce9a52"
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 SB 169 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE UNIFORM CIVIL REMEDIES FOR UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF INTIMATE IMAGES ACT.
This Act adopts the Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act. This Act addresses an increasingly common form of abuse that can cause severe and often irreversible harm: the disclosure of private, sexually explicit images without consent. Much of the abuse is carried out electronically through internet websites, social media, email, or text messages, making it an interstate problem that is particularly suited for treatment by uniform state laws. This Act provides a uniform, comprehensive, clear, fair, and constitutionally sound definition of this harmful conduct and remedies for the harm it causes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47765&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB169)
2. **SA 1 to SB 169** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47940&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
## Votes
- 3/4 — **410** (pass) · lower
- SM — **200** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-06-19** Introduced and Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Amendment SA 1 to SB 169 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-01-22** Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-01-29** Amendment SA 1 to SB 169 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2020-01-30** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-29** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2020-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2020-09-23** 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/97ebdf29-4af1-4a2f-8c36-0c457a411117`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).