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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISORDERLY CONDUCT."
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description: "This Act adds intentional interference with the operation of a school bus to the offense of disorderly conduct. Intentional interference with a school bus may include boarding a school bus and refusing to exit after being lawfully ordered to do so by the school bus driver; wrongfully restricting the movement of a school bus; or threatening the school bus driver, a student, or any passenger entering, leaving, or waiting for a school bus. A student or passenger otherwise authorized to be on the school bus in the ordinary course of business may not be guilty of disorderly conduct for intentional interference with the operation of a school bus."
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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 48"
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citation: "Delaware SB 48 (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", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Daniel B. Short", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Melanie Ross Levin"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-22"
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last_action: "2025-09-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edd3d1bd-2388-446f-ae94-8a46583c046d"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141811"
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source_hash: "722db476c4b1cb143db9441bbb199255a829ceecf1190dbf1ba98e91dee49ce9"
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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 48 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
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This Act adds intentional interference with the operation of a school bus to the offense of disorderly conduct. Intentional interference with a school bus may include boarding a school bus and refusing to exit after being lawfully ordered to do so by the school bus driver; wrongfully restricting the movement of a school bus; or threatening the school bus driver, a student, or any passenger entering, leaving, or waiting for a school bus. A student or passenger otherwise authorized to be on the school bus in the ordinary course of business may not be guilty of disorderly conduct for intentional interference with the operation of a school bus.
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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 2 to SB 48** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142545&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 48** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142110&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- 2/3 — **37–2** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **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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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
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- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-22** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-15** Amendment SA 1 to SB 48 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-08** Amendment SA 1 to SB 48 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-05-13** Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-21** Not Worked in Committee
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- **2025-06-11** Amendment HA 1 to SB 48 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 12 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-17** Amendment HA 2 to SB 48 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-25** Amendment HA 1 to SB 48 - Defeated By House. Votes: 8 YES 30 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 1 VACANT `amendment-failure`
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- **2025-06-25** Amendment HA 2 to SB 48 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-25** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 2 NO 1 ABSENT 1 VACANT `passage`
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- **2025-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-09-02** 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/edd3d1bd-2388-446f-ae94-8a46583c046d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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