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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEEP FAKES."
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description: "This Act provides civil and criminal remedies for the wrongful disclosure of deep fakes that depict individuals in the nude or engaging in sexual conduct. It provides the same remedies as those available under: (1) the Delaware Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act, Chapter 78 of Title 10; and (2) a Violation of Privacy offense under §1335 of Title 11. It further provides that when an adult creates a visual depiction of a minor that is nude or engaging in sexual conduct, the adult would be subject to a felony prosecution, rather than a misdemeanor prosecution."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "HB 353"
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citation: "Delaware HB 353 (152)"
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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", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Krista Griffith", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Nicole Poore", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Valerie Longhurst", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-03-21"
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last_action: "2024-10-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66fe0bc0-ea35-40a4-8f78-5b5aa67f8059"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141103"
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source_hash: "1b2967e1f5794aed55b4cf3c84fc76ca78ee315a8ac5562d307dc665358f1d79"
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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 353 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEEP FAKES.
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This Act provides civil and criminal remedies for the wrongful disclosure of deep fakes that depict individuals in the nude or engaging in sexual conduct. It provides the same remedies as those available under: (1) the Delaware Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act, Chapter 78 of Title 10; and (2) a Violation of Privacy offense under §1335 of Title 11. It further provides that when an adult creates a visual depiction of a minor that is nude or engaging in sexual conduct, the adult would be subject to a felony prosecution, rather than a misdemeanor prosecution.
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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. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141103&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB353)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 353** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141299&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **35–0** (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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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-03-21** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-07** Amendment HA 1 to HB 353 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-05-07** Amendment HA 1 to HB 353 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-05-07** Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-05-07** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2024-10-09** 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/66fe0bc0-ea35-40a4-8f78-5b5aa67f8059`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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