republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-182.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VICTIMS OF CRIMES.	The Victims’ Compensation Assistance Program (“Agency” or “VCAP”) administers the Victims’ Compensation Fund and provides financial assistance to eligible victims of crimes to help cover the costs of a variety of services that help victims and their families begin to rebuild their lives, including lost wages, medical expenses, payment for mental health counseling, and funeral expenses. By awarding financial compensation for losses that victims sustain as a result of crime, VCAP can help alleviate the financial burden and distress that crime leaves behind. In FY 2019, VCAP paid $2,091,787.94 to and on behalf of victims of crime. VCAP is solvent and the Victims’ Compensation Fund balance as of June 30, 2020 was $4,155,111.82.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 182	Delaware HB 182 (151)	bill		enacted	Kimberly Williams Krista Griffith Nicole Poore Sherry Dorsey Walker	2	9	2	2021-05-12	2021-10-20	openstates	ocd-bill/6d491b79-d294-4d2a-ac5f-c8feaf9b9dc5	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68692	8b1b413495b9e7e47ac8b97636e131e93db107e513fcab9065da34c8ea750c33	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 182 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VICTIMS OF CRIMES.

The Victims’ Compensation Assistance Program (“Agency” or “VCAP”) administers the Victims’ Compensation Fund and provides financial assistance to eligible victims of crimes to help cover the costs of a variety of services that help victims and their families begin to rebuild their lives, including lost wages, medical expenses, payment for mental health counseling, and funeral expenses. By awarding financial compensation for losses that victims sustain as a result of crime, VCAP can help alleviate the financial burden and distress that crime leaves behind. In FY 2019, VCAP paid $2,091,787.94 to and on behalf of victims of crime. VCAP is solvent and the Victims’ Compensation Fund balance as of June 30, 2020 was $4,155,111.82.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 182 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-12 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 Amendment HA 1 to HB 182 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-06-09 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-17 Amendment HA 1 to HB 182 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2021-06-17 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2021-06-17 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-23 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2021-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-10-20 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d491b79-d294-4d2a-ac5f-c8feaf9b9dc5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).