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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. | This Act establishes the crime of obstruction of justice. Nearly every other state has a statutory crime of obstruction of justice and this Act is modeled on laws that prohibit intentional obstruction of justice and interference with governmental functions under federal law, Chapter 73 of Title 18 of the United States Code, and in Pennsylvania, under § 5101 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Criminal Code. This Act addresses actions that powerful individuals and organizations take to silence victims and witnesses and impede investigations into fraud, abuse, corruption, and white collar crime. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 152 | SB 128 | Delaware SB 128 (152) |
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Delaware SB 128 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.
This Act establishes the crime of obstruction of justice. Nearly every other state has a statutory crime of obstruction of justice and this Act is modeled on laws that prohibit intentional obstruction of justice and interference with governmental functions under federal law, Chapter 73 of Title 18 of the United States Code, and in Pennsylvania, under § 5101 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Criminal Code. This Act addresses actions that powerful individuals and organizations take to silence victims and witnesses and impede investigations into fraud, abuse, corruption, and white collar crime.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 24–0 (pass) · lower
- SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- 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)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-05-11 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2023-05-17 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2023-06-14 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
passage - 2023-06-15 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2023-06-22 Re-Assigned to Administration Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2023-06-23 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2023-06-29 Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 17 ABSENT
passage - 2023-09-21 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/12d4ca16-ef49-4a98-b49e-a119b5d10e48. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).