republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-238.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF CRIME VICTIMS.	This Act adds "victim of kidnapping" to the definition section of the Address Confidentiality Act, allowing for kidnapping victims to become eligible for the protections offered by the Address Confidentiality Program. This amendment is recommended and supported by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to better protect kidnapping victims and their families.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 238	Delaware SB 238 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryant L. Richardson Cyndie Romer David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Eric Morrison Kyle Evans Gay Laura V. Sturgeon Marie Pinkney Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable Sean Matthews Sherry Dorsey Walker Stell Parker Selby Valerie Longhurst	1	7	2	2024-03-13	2024-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/e67572ac-16b9-4874-aa34-09e8089adbd4	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141040	1ad019388b0e24ab500caa856a9a2c5e2615673d73fc06f4d009360e23f7a2f3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 238 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF CRIME VICTIMS.

This Act adds "victim of kidnapping" to the definition section of the Address Confidentiality Act, allowing for kidnapping victims to become eligible for the protections offered by the Address Confidentiality Program. This amendment is recommended and supported by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to better protect kidnapping victims and their families.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-13 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-03-28 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-18 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2024-08-02 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e67572ac-16b9-4874-aa34-09e8089adbd4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).