republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-230.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO JUDICIAL PRIVACY.	Recent high-profile attacks on judges and their families are a constant reminder to those that choose public service that they may be doing so at the risk of their and their loved ones’ lives. The death of U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas’ son, Daniel Anderl, in New Jersey is tragically just one example – numerous instances of threatening and harassing behavior targeted at judicial officers rarely make prime time news but nonetheless impacts them. The rise and use of social media and online access to information has made it more difficult for judicial officers to maintain their privacy. This Act would allow judicial officers to make a written request that their personal information not be published and remain confidential. The Act takes effect 1 year after its enactment to allow for implementation.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 230	Delaware HB 230 (151)	bill		enacted	Darius J. Brown Debra Heffernan Krista Griffith Kyle Evans Gay Sherry Dorsey Walker Stephanie L. Hansen William Bush	2	9	2	2021-06-03	2021-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/71e7865d-1f47-4b84-8fcd-27f11c7271c3	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78779	195b0c416b36c7473e3a2f92ba394d3930b1f5bfa780de88f41203605ca70ccc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 230 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO JUDICIAL PRIVACY.

Recent high-profile attacks on judges and their families are a constant reminder to those that choose public service that they may be doing so at the risk of their and their loved ones’ lives. The death of U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas’ son, Daniel Anderl, in New Jersey is tragically just one example – numerous instances of threatening and harassing behavior targeted at judicial officers rarely make prime time news but nonetheless impacts them. The rise and use of social media and online access to information has made it more difficult for judicial officers to maintain their privacy. This Act would allow judicial officers to make a written request that their personal information not be published and remain confidential. The Act takes effect 1 year after its enactment to allow for implementation.

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 230 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — 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)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — 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
• 2021-06-09 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-15 Amendment HA 1 to HB 230 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-06-22 Amendment HA 1 to HB 230 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2021-06-22 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2021-06-22 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-23 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-29 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-09-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/71e7865d-1f47-4b84-8fcd-27f11c7271c3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).