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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.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 37–1 (pass) · lower
- SM — 19–0 (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).