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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SEXUAL EXTORTION."
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description: "This Act expands the scope of the sexual extortion law to include: a) compelling or inducing another person to produce a visual depiction of the person or another who is nude or who is engaging in sexual conduct, and b) threatening to reproduce, distribute, exhibit, publish, transmit, or otherwise disseminate a visual depiction of a person who is nude, or who is engaging in sexual conduct."
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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 289"
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citation: "Delaware SB 289 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "Krista Griffith", "Nicole Poore", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-05-09"
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last_action: "2022-08-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2835bcad-b393-42ca-bb01-b54d0b0fd6bb"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109465"
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source_hash: "5f48be74debe8afbc87cf3f9bb7843e1e297cda874d544ecc580225c874ca2a9"
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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 289 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SEXUAL EXTORTION.
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This Act expands the scope of the sexual extortion law to include: a) compelling or inducing another person to produce a visual depiction of the person or another who is nude or who is engaging in sexual conduct, and b) threatening to reproduce, distribute, exhibit, publish, transmit, or otherwise disseminate a visual depiction of a person who is nude, or who is engaging in sexual conduct.
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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=109465&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB289)
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## Votes
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- 3/5 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Colin Bonini — 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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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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- William Bush — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-05-09** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-12** Re-Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-18** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-05-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2022-06-02** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-28** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2022-08-19** 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/2835bcad-b393-42ca-bb01-b54d0b0fd6bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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