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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS."
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description: "This Act criminalizes the deprivation of civil rights modeled after federal law (18 U.S.C. 242) and enforced by the Delaware Department of Justice’s Division of Civil Rights and Public Trust. The new crime of deprivation of civil rights would be a Class A misdemeanor, which could elevate to a Class D or Class B felony depending on the nature of the injury or harm. This new crime of deprivation of civil rights serves as a predicate offense for hate crimes, or for racketeering if committed by an enterprise. By including conduct committed under color of any ordinance, regulation, or custom, this law accounts for conduct by actors in areas such as banking, lending, leasing, government contracts or political operatives."
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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 255"
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citation: "Delaware HB 255 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kendra Johnson", "S. Elizabeth Lockman"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-06-09"
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last_action: "2022-10-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b626e47-bd80-44d0-83ba-65648c9b0f0a"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78869"
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source_hash: "9dc1e870712acfd1be7e2c8e2ee47362743f47a76d7dec29d83e05ab888adaf9"
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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 255 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS.
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This Act criminalizes the deprivation of civil rights modeled after federal law (18 U.S.C. 242) and enforced by the Delaware Department of Justice’s Division of Civil Rights and Public Trust. The new crime of deprivation of civil rights would be a Class A misdemeanor, which could elevate to a Class D or Class B felony depending on the nature of the injury or harm. This new crime of deprivation of civil rights serves as a predicate offense for hate crimes, or for racketeering if committed by an enterprise. By including conduct committed under color of any ordinance, regulation, or custom, this law accounts for conduct by actors in areas such as banking, lending, leasing, government contracts or political operatives.
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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=78869&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB255)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 255** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=79136&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-06-09** 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 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-27** Amendment HA 1 to HB 255 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-01-27** Amendment HA 1 to HB 255 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-01-27** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-01-27** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-17** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-22** Laid On Table in Senate
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- **2022-06-23** Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2022-06-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-10-26** 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/1b626e47-bd80-44d0-83ba-65648c9b0f0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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