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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT."
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description: "Senate Bill 67, from the first session of the 152nd General Assembly, updated the crime of official misconduct. Senate Bill 67 intended to change the penalty for official misconduct from a class A misdemeanor to a graded system, where the penalty is commensurate to the gravity of the misconduct. This Act makes the following modifications to ensure legislative intent is achieved:"
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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 203"
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citation: "Delaware SB 203 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "David P. Sokola", "Eric Morrison", "Kendra Johnson", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Michael Ramone", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews", "Trey Paradee"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-09-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f3ced3c-b44b-40e1-bc10-3d998f285392"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140838"
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source_hash: "15a6d1007493241bddbcb76e41fb29a32b7146bf5b34811983316296ea343827"
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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 203 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT.
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Senate Bill 67, from the first session of the 152nd General Assembly, updated the crime of official misconduct. Senate Bill 67 intended to change the penalty for official misconduct from a class A misdemeanor to a graded system, where the penalty is commensurate to the gravity of the misconduct. This Act makes the following modifications to ensure legislative intent is achieved:
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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=140838&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB203)
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## Votes
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- SM — **37–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **19–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-06** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-13** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 NO `passage`
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- **2024-03-14** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-08** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2024-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-09-26** 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/6f3ced3c-b44b-40e1-bc10-3d998f285392`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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