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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM PUBLIC EXPRESSION PROTECTION ACT."
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description: "This Act adopts the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act (\"the Act\") authored by the Uniform Law Commission. The Uniform Law Commission “provides states with non-partisan, well-conceived and well-drafted legislation that brings clarity and stability to critical areas of state statutory law.” The Act was adopted by the Uniform Law Commission in October 2020 and has been adopted in 10 states, including New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and is currently pending in 10 states."
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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 80"
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citation: "Delaware SB 80 (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", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Cyndie Romer", "Daniel B. Short", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Mara Gorman", "Nicole Poore", "Russell Huxtable", "Spiros Mantzavinos"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-03-25"
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last_action: "2025-09-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75aaddc4-4261-47f5-977b-fc6618d7df33"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142002"
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source_hash: "bc24e3acc3331914c7829b988dfbea2187d2d0d7ec48f38be0673cc754a980fd"
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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 80 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM PUBLIC EXPRESSION PROTECTION ACT.
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This Act adopts the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act ("the Act") authored by the Uniform Law Commission. The Uniform Law Commission “provides states with non-partisan, well-conceived and well-drafted legislation that brings clarity and stability to critical areas of state statutory law.” The Act was adopted by the Uniform Law Commission in October 2020 and has been adopted in 10 states, including New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and is currently pending in 10 states.
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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 80** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=142628&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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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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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — 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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- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — 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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- **2025-03-25** Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-07** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-05-15** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-18** Amendment HA 1 to SB 80 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-25** Amendment HA 2 to SB 80 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-25** Amendment HA 1 to SB 80 - Stricken in House
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- **2025-06-25** Amendment HA 2 to SB 80 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-25** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 1 VACANT `passage`
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- **2025-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-09-15** 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/75aaddc4-4261-47f5-977b-fc6618d7df33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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