republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-353.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEEP FAKES.	This Act provides civil and criminal remedies for the wrongful disclosure of deep fakes that depict individuals in the nude or engaging in sexual conduct. It provides the same remedies as those available under: (1) the Delaware Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act, Chapter 78 of Title 10; and (2) a Violation of Privacy offense under §1335 of Title 11. It further provides that when an adult creates a visual depiction of a minor that is nude or engaging in sexual conduct, the adult would be subject to a felony prosecution, rather than a misdemeanor prosecution.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 353	Delaware HB 353 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Kendra Johnson Kerri Evelyn Harris Krista Griffith Laura V. Sturgeon Nicole Poore Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable Sean Matthews Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos Valerie Longhurst William Bush	2	9	2	2024-03-21	2024-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/66fe0bc0-ea35-40a4-8f78-5b5aa67f8059	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141103	1b2967e1f5794aed55b4cf3c84fc76ca78ee315a8ac5562d307dc665358f1d79	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 353 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEEP FAKES.

This Act provides civil and criminal remedies for the wrongful disclosure of deep fakes that depict individuals in the nude or engaging in sexual conduct. It provides the same remedies as those available under: (1) the Delaware Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act, Chapter 78 of Title 10; and (2) a Violation of Privacy offense under §1335 of Title 11. It further provides that when an adult creates a visual depiction of a minor that is nude or engaging in sexual conduct, the adult would be subject to a felony prosecution, rather than a misdemeanor prosecution.

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 HB 353 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 35–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-21 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-04-17 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-07 Amendment HA 1 to HB 353 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-07 Amendment HA 1 to HB 353 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-05-07 Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT passage
• 2024-05-07 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-10-09 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/66fe0bc0-ea35-40a4-8f78-5b5aa67f8059. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).