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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE."
description: "This Act adds child abuse in the third degree to the list of enumerated criminal offenses for which, if convicted, one is by definition considered a “perpetrator of domestic violence” for purposes of this Child Protection From Domestic Violence Act. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 227"
citation: "Delaware HB 227 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krista Griffith", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-06-03"
last_action: "2021-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/820ff3f5-51af-479e-9c94-4e70aa765726"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78807"
source_hash: "9f009c23ede96805dbd2ff5fefb277f312ba05b6d4b4b5ae5e5b5a913c3f5da0"
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 HB 227 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
This Act adds child abuse in the third degree to the list of enumerated criminal offenses for which, if convicted, one is by definition considered a “perpetrator of domestic violence” for purposes of this Child Protection From Domestic Violence Act. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
## 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=78807&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB227)
## Votes
- 2/3 — **210** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **410** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-06-03** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-18** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2021-06-22** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2021-06-22** 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`
- **2021-08-04** 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/820ff3f5-51af-479e-9c94-4e70aa765726`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).