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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ASSAULT."
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description: "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."
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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 324"
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citation: "Delaware HB 324 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-03-03"
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last_action: "2022-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d875c842-58ad-4b84-9326-75cb090b7b82"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79181"
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source_hash: "93c9664eddc3dec276e4b0c96206d743a331b944e695144d3e374125f1064353"
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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 324 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ASSAULT.
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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.
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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=79181&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB324)
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## Votes
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- SM — **37–1** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)
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- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-03-03** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-03** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-09** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 7 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-05-03** Amendment HA 2 to HB 324 - Defeated In House by Voice Vote `amendment-failure`
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- **2022-05-03** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 1 NO 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-05-03** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-08** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2022-06-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-06-30** 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/d875c842-58ad-4b84-9326-75cb090b7b82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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