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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10, TITLE 11, AND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CRIME VICTIMS AND WITNESSES."
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description: "Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 99 (152nd General Assembly) created the Victims’ Bill of Rights Committee (VBR Committee) to perform a comprehensive review of the Victims’ Bill of Rights (VBR) and make recommendations to clarify the VBR, strengthen protections for victims, and ensure that state agencies have the necessary mechanisms, administration, and funding to successfully implement the VBR. To facilitate in-depth review and discussion, the VBR formed the following 4 subgroups: The Victim Safety Subgroup, The Rights of Special Victims Subgroup, The Victims’ Rights to Information and Notification Procedures Subgroup, and the Victims’ Compensation and Administration Subgroup."
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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: "SB 17"
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citation: "Delaware SB 17 (153)"
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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", "Cyndie Romer", "David L. Wilson", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Josue O Ortega", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Spiros Mantzavinos"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-05-07"
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last_action: "2025-08-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce7d3a17-5c85-41ab-b5bc-c9b27de96f0c"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142220"
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source_hash: "931f4a77f07d1822ddbcf19569e3feeefffec2174eeda5299b794905f035e1a5"
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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 17 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10, TITLE 11, AND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CRIME VICTIMS AND WITNESSES.
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Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 99 (152nd General Assembly) created the Victims’ Bill of Rights Committee (VBR Committee) to perform a comprehensive review of the Victims’ Bill of Rights (VBR) and make recommendations to clarify the VBR, strengthen protections for victims, and ensure that state agencies have the necessary mechanisms, administration, and funding to successfully implement the VBR. To facilitate in-depth review and discussion, the VBR formed the following 4 subgroups: The Victim Safety Subgroup, The Rights of Special Victims Subgroup, The Victims’ Rights to Information and Notification Procedures Subgroup, and the Victims’ Compensation and Administration Subgroup.
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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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## Votes
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- SM — **38–2** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **19–0** (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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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-07** Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 17, and Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-05-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-06-05** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-20** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-26** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-26** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Defeated In House by Voice Vote `amendment-failure`
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- **2025-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 2 NO 1 VACANT `passage`
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- **2025-08-20** 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/ce7d3a17-5c85-41ab-b5bc-c9b27de96f0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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