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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE RELEASE AND PUBLICATION OF THE NAME AND PHOTOGRAPH OF A JUVENILE."
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description: "This bill prohibits law-enforcement agencies from releasing or publishing or causing to be released or published the name of any juvenile or any image depicting a juvenile, including displaying such image on any publicly maintained social media page or website, unless the juvenile is charged with a violent felony, and release or publication of the photograph is necessary to protect the public’s safety."
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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 243"
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citation: "Delaware HB 243 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "Ernesto B. Lopez", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Kendra Johnson", "Larry Lambert", "Marie Pinkney", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sean M. Lynn", "Sherae'a Moore", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Stephanie T. Bolden", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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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: "2021-06-10"
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last_action: "2021-11-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41810188-bed1-4014-9f3c-39d5ea5add95"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78885"
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source_hash: "417a30e96e1cb1712ead1749c4eb0d71ac97ea1025cb53bfd94d95b2d728f769"
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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 243 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE RELEASE AND PUBLICATION OF THE NAME AND PHOTOGRAPH OF A JUVENILE.
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This bill prohibits law-enforcement agencies from releasing or publishing or causing to be released or published the name of any juvenile or any image depicting a juvenile, including displaying such image on any publicly maintained social media page or website, unless the juvenile is charged with a violent felony, and release or publication of the photograph is necessary to protect the public’s safety.
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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=78885&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB243)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 243** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=78948&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- Ernesto B. Lopez — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Larry Lambert — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
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- Sherae'a Moore — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-06-10** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-21** Amendment HA 1 to HB 243 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-22** Amendment HA 1 to HB 243 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-06-22** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-22** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-11-08** 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/41810188-bed1-4014-9f3c-39d5ea5add95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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