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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO USE OF FORCE."
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description: "This Act codifies a reasonableness requirement for the use of force, both non-lethal and lethal. This is important when the state of mind is an issue in a criminal trial, such as when the judge or jury must decide as to what someone believed, knew, or intended at a given time."
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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 147"
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citation: "Delaware SB 147 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Marie Pinkney", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-05-25"
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last_action: "2021-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/561f44fd-71b6-4325-bbb6-cdb126bbad7e"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78765"
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source_hash: "22d417990a46afd941aebfda292d9552bd709f0a90609aeb26445326d73c2deb"
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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 147 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO USE OF FORCE.
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This Act codifies a reasonableness requirement for the use of force, both non-lethal and lethal. This is important when the state of mind is an issue in a criminal trial, such as when the judge or jury must decide as to what someone believed, knew, or intended at a given time.
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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=78765&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB147)
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## Votes
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- SM — **25–16** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **14–7** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-05-25** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-08** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 3 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-10** Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO `passage`
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- **2021-06-11** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-17** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2021-06-22** Amendment HA 1 to SB 147 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-25** Amendment HA 2 to SB 147 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-28** Amendment HA 3 to SB 147 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-29** Amendment HA 4 to SB 147 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-29** Amendment HA 2 to SB 147 - Defeated By House. Votes: 3 YES 38 NO `amendment-failure`
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- **2021-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 16 NO `passage`
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- **2021-06-30** 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/561f44fd-71b6-4325-bbb6-cdb126bbad7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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