AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FORGERY OF PROOF OF VACCINATION.
Summary
House Bill No. 302 clarifies that the creation or possession of an altered or fake vaccination document is forgery in the second degree. This crime includes electronic vaccination documents because the existing definition of "written instrument" under § 863 of Title 11 includes electronic equivalents. This Act does not address electronic vaccination records because the existing crime of misusing computer system information, § 935 of Title 11, clearly covers tampering with computer records, which includes vaccination records. House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill No. 302 revises the language describing the altered or fake vaccination document so it cannot be read as requiring each of the details listed. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Senate Passage
Jun 2022
Signed into Law
Oct 2022
Introduced Mar 3, 2022
Signed Oct 21, 2022
Floor votes · House May 10, 2022
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Amendments
3
Oct 21, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 28, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO
upper
May 18, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
upper
May 10, 2022
Introduced
Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
upper
May 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 NO
lower
May 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
lower
May 10, 2022
Introduced
Vote type changed from Simple Majority (SM) to 2/3 Majority by amendment
lower
May 9, 2022
Introduced
Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
lower
Mar 16, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 9 On Its Merits
lower
Mar 3, 2022
Introduced
Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 302, and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
lower
2 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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