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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 PUBLIC HEALTH, ORDER, AND DECENCY."
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description: "This Act modernizes the hate crime statute and consolidates related offenses together with the hate crime statute in the Criminal Code."
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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: "SB 144"
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citation: "Delaware SB 144 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eric Morrison", "Kendra Johnson", "Marie Pinkney", "Sarah McBride"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2021-05-20"
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last_action: "2022-10-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/237e6fc7-89be-4c4f-8395-c70b16aa3744"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78756"
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source_hash: "372d378f87ee67318f28f93a07d03781219a0d0db27fc26219164f8bce4ac810"
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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 SB 144 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH, ORDER, AND DECENCY.
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This Act modernizes the hate crime statute and consolidates related offenses together with the hate crime statute in the Criminal Code.
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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=78756&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB144)
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2. **HA 2 to SB 144** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129791&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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3. **SA 1 to SB 144** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=78905&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **15–6** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **37–2** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **15–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-05-20** Introduced and Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-09** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-14** Amendment SA 1 to SB 144 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-15** Amendment SA 1 to SB 144 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-06-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `passage`
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- **2021-06-16** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-28** Amendment HA 1 to SB 144 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-05-17** Tabled in Committee
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- **2022-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2022-06-22** Amendment HA 2 to SB 144 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-06-23** Amendment HA 1 to SB 144 - Stricken in House
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- **2022-06-23** Amendment HA 2 to SB 144 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-06-23** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 2 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `passage`
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- **2022-10-21** 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/237e6fc7-89be-4c4f-8395-c70b16aa3744`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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