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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STALKING."
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description: "This Act expands the definition of a “course of conduct” in the stalking statute and also provides that if the court finds as a matter of law that acts subject to this statute are in fact constitutionally protected activities, then all evidence associated with those activities must be excluded."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "HB 197"
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citation: "Delaware HB 197 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "Krista Griffith", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Sarah McBride"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-06-05"
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last_action: "2026-05-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a0fe290-656f-447d-83c0-c5eda04f6545"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142415"
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source_hash: "84dd6e11434f0db9dfd6bef33d0350e3bdb9947b99b35e656d3ba69ed603b7c1"
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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 HB 197 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STALKING.
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This Act expands the definition of a “course of conduct” in the stalking statute and also provides that if the court finds as a matter of law that acts subject to this statute are in fact constitutionally protected activities, then all evidence associated with those activities must be excluded.
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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. **HA 1 to HB 197** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142605&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **37–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — 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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- **2025-06-05** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-24** Amendment HA 1 to HB 197 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-30** Amendment HA 1 to HB 197 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 1 NO 2 ABSENT 1 VACANT `passage`
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- **2025-07-01** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-21** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2026-05-05** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2026-05-21** 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/9a0fe290-656f-447d-83c0-c5eda04f6545`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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