AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE GOLD ALERT PROGRAM.
Summary
This Act requires all law-enforcement agencies to remove all Gold Alert notifications of missing persons from all social media and all websites within 72 hours of being notified that the missing person has been located.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2022
Committee Review
Jun 2022
House Passage
Jun 2022
Senate Passage
Jun 2022
Signed into Law
Oct 2022
Introduced Jun 10, 2022
Signed Oct 26, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jun 30, 2022 · House Jun 21, 2022
How they voted
20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Jun 30, 2022
D
Democratic13
100% Yea
R
Republican7
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Oct 26, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 30, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
Jun 29, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
upper
Jun 21, 2022
Introduced
Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
upper
Jun 21, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
lower
Jun 21, 2022
Lower · Passed
Amendment HA 1 to HB 476 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
lower
Jun 16, 2022
Introduced
Amendment HA 1 to HB 476 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
lower
Jun 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
lower
Jun 10, 2022
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
lower
2 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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