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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VICTIMS OF CRIMES."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 182"
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citation: "Delaware HB 182 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly Williams", "Krista Griffith", "Nicole Poore", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-05-12"
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last_action: "2021-10-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d491b79-d294-4d2a-ac5f-c8feaf9b9dc5"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68692"
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source_hash: "8b1b413495b9e7e47ac8b97636e131e93db107e513fcab9065da34c8ea750c33"
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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 182 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VICTIMS OF CRIMES.
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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.
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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=68692&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB182)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 182** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=78749&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-05-12** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-20** Amendment HA 1 to HB 182 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-09** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-17** Amendment HA 1 to HB 182 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-06-17** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-17** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2021-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-10-20** 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/6d491b79-d294-4d2a-ac5f-c8feaf9b9dc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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