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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MISSING PERSONS."
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description: "According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, an estimated 800,000 children are reported missing each year."
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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 46"
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citation: "Delaware SB 46 (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", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Cyndie Romer", "Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Michael Ramone", "Nicole Poore", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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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: "2023-04-19"
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last_action: "2023-09-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df5aaf06-7152-4849-952b-5fc184280959"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130220"
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source_hash: "b8f2f972a07a492a480f9d0849e7f6fbd3ee846d980d789e5cc6eee9c04952c6"
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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 46 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MISSING PERSONS.
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According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, an estimated 800,000 children are reported missing each year.
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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=130220&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1forSB46)
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## Votes
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- 3/4 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — 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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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
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- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-04-19** Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 46, and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-26** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-02** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2023-05-03** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 3 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 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/df5aaf06-7152-4849-952b-5fc184280959`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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