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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 22 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MUNICIPALITIES."
description: "The Department of Corrections sometimes has difficulty tracking sex offenders coming out of prison because overly restrictive local ordinances can severely restrict the availability of appropriate housing. Homeless sex offenders are less likely to comply with registration requirements and are less able to access required treatment and comply with other supervision conditions. This may contribute to recidivism and detract from public safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 357"
citation: "Delaware HB 357 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "James Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-27"
last_action: "2018-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aafafafc-5edb-45ba-976b-1bab02b7edd9"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26430"
source_hash: "f8a2f86e928913cbf9da7fa5a57175ea756ed26e1a8ccab67621f0577e5646f7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware HB 357 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 22 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MUNICIPALITIES.
The Department of Corrections sometimes has difficulty tracking sex offenders coming out of prison because overly restrictive local ordinances can severely restrict the availability of appropriate housing. Homeless sex offenders are less likely to comply with registration requirements and are less able to access required treatment and comply with other supervision conditions. This may contribute to recidivism and detract from public safety.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26430&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB357)
## Votes
- SM — **191** (pass) · upper
- SM — **401** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- James Johnson — primary (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-03-27** Introduced and Assigned to Corrections Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Tabled in Committee
- **2018-04-25** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-21** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NO `passage`
- **2018-06-21** Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-09-13** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aafafafc-5edb-45ba-976b-1bab02b7edd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).