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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "SB 128"
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citation: "Delaware SB 128 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Nicole Poore", "Russell Huxtable", "Ruth Briggs King", "Sarah McBride"]
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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: "2023-05-11"
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last_action: "2023-09-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12d4ca16-ef49-4a98-b49e-a119b5d10e48"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140382"
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source_hash: "73803873cfe00e6b865e8d003891b7b907029f6f6d6eac13418e5b47c43deadf"
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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 128 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.
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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.
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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=140382&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB128)
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## Votes
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- SM — **24–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-05-11** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-15** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-22** Re-Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 17 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-09-21** 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/12d4ca16-ef49-4a98-b49e-a119b5d10e48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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