republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-307.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.	This bill reflects the reality that “grooming” children for the purpose of committing crimes of sexual violence against them is often preceded by conduct that perpetrators know will make the child particularly susceptible to abuse. The bill requires proof that a person has engaged in three or more specific instances of conduct proscribed by the statute. Each of these predicate acts would not otherwise be considered criminal conduct, so the bill requires proof of a pattern of conduct aimed at a specific outcome. By outlawing “grooming,” the State will be explicitly empowered to stop a predator who engages in certain conduct with the intent to entice, persuade, induce, or coerce a child into participating in a sexual act with the perpetrator. A conviction for “grooming” is a stand-alone offense and is a felony punishable by up to 3 years in jail.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 307	Delaware SB 307 (151)	bill		enacted	Darius J. Brown Krista Griffith Nicole Poore Valerie Longhurst	2	9	3	2022-06-02	2022-08-19	openstates	ocd-bill/6028bbf2-2e2a-42e2-be81-0a432530b728	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109592	e4d16b866aa50fd43f0f5b442fc1cf32ae843143d47cf623d6542eb7deca3dfa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 307 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.

This bill reflects the reality that “grooming” children for the purpose of committing crimes of sexual violence against them is often preceded by conduct that perpetrators know will make the child particularly susceptible to abuse. The bill requires proof that a person has engaged in three or more specific instances of conduct proscribed by the statute. Each of these predicate acts would not otherwise be considered criminal conduct, so the bill requires proof of a pattern of conduct aimed at a specific outcome. By outlawing “grooming,” the State will be explicitly empowered to stop a predator who engages in certain conduct with the intent to entice, persuade, induce, or coerce a child into participating in a sexual act with the perpetrator. A conviction for “grooming” is a stand-alone offense and is a felony punishable by up to 3 years in jail.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to SB 307 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 36–4 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2022-06-02 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-08 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-06-09 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2022-06-10 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-22 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-29 Amendment HA 1 to SB 307 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-06-29 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 4 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2022-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2022-08-19 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6028bbf2-2e2a-42e2-be81-0a432530b728. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).