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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON."
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description: "This bill changes the definition of and class of felony for the crime of Strangulation from a class C felony to a Class D felony unless additional factors are present, then the crime elevates to a class B felony, punishable from 2-25 years in jail. This bill also adds the crime of suffocation."
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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 440"
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citation: "Delaware HB 440 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Krista Griffith", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Stephanie L. Hansen", "William Bush"]
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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: "2022-06-02"
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last_action: "2022-08-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a2453cd-cdd4-4620-a3ba-f8c64c4c57ca"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109579"
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source_hash: "89f3319c4330f856d33365a9a522d2d2f6ce2f539177ba156986fc6597e6a7c5"
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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 440 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON.
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This bill changes the definition of and class of felony for the crime of Strangulation from a class C felony to a Class D felony unless additional factors are present, then the crime elevates to a class B felony, punishable from 2-25 years in jail. This bill also adds the crime of suffocation.
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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=109579&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB440)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 440** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129796&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **17–2** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-06-02** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-08** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2022-06-21** Amendment HA 1 to HB 440 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-06-21** Amendment HA 1 to HB 440 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-06-21** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2022-06-21** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2022-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 2 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-08-04** 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/1a2453cd-cdd4-4620-a3ba-f8c64c4c57ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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