republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-264.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PATRONIZING A PROSTITUTE.	This Act makes the crime of “patronizing a prostitute” a class E felony rather than a misdemeanor where the person from whom prostitution is sought is a minor.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 264	Delaware HB 264 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryant L. Richardson Darius J. Brown David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Kerri Evelyn Harris Kimberly Williams Laura V. Sturgeon Michael F. Smith Nicole Poore Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable Sean Matthews Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee Valerie Longhurst William Bush	1	7	2	2023-12-14	2024-08-29	openstates	ocd-bill/76a9e99b-40c1-448e-a2b2-a964f43364d3	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140806	0c3d0e81dd333083311437e3e86cbf8fc785e2900fabc9dd244054a9877bb923	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 264 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PATRONIZING A PROSTITUTE.

This Act makes the crime of “patronizing a prostitute” a class E felony rather than a misdemeanor where the person from whom prostitution is sought is a minor.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 37–1 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-14 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-06 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-18 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 1 NO 2 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-06-18 Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-26 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-08-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/76a9e99b-40c1-448e-a2b2-a964f43364d3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).