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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ASSAULT. House Bill 214 enacted by the 148th General Assembly (80 Del. Laws c. 287) expanded the offense of Assault in the Second Degree to include the intentional assault of ambulance operators, rescue squad members, and nurses injured while performing work-related duties. As a result of increasing workplace violence directed against healthcare providers, this Act further defines Assault in the Second Degree to include other health care treatment providers and employees and hospital security personnel who are injured while performing their work-related duties. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 151 HB 324 Delaware HB 324 (151)
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Delaware HB 324 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ASSAULT.

House Bill 214 enacted by the 148th General Assembly (80 Del. Laws c. 287) expanded the offense of Assault in the Second Degree to include the intentional assault of ambulance operators, rescue squad members, and nurses injured while performing work-related duties. As a result of increasing workplace violence directed against healthcare providers, this Act further defines Assault in the Second Degree to include other health care treatment providers and employees and hospital security personnel who are injured while performing their work-related duties.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 371 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 190 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Trey Paradee — primary (person)
  • William Bush — primary (person)
  • Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
  • Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
  • Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)
  • Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
  • Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
  • Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
  • David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
  • David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
  • Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
  • Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
  • Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
  • Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
  • Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
  • John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
  • John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
  • Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
  • Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
  • Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
  • Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
  • Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
  • Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2022-03-03 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2022-03-03 Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2022-03-09 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 7 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-05-03 Amendment HA 2 to HB 324 - Defeated In House by Voice Vote amendment-failure
  • 2022-05-03 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 1 NO 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT passage
  • 2022-05-03 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2022-06-08 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2022-06-15 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT passage
  • 2022-06-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d875c842-58ad-4b84-9326-75cb090b7b82. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).