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SB 289 Delaware Senate · 151st General Assembly (2021-2022)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SEXUAL EXTORTION.

Summary
This Act expands the scope of the sexual extortion law to include: a) compelling or inducing another person to produce a visual depiction of the person or another who is nude or who is engaging in sexual conduct, and b) threatening to reproduce, distribute, exhibit, publish, transmit, or otherwise disseminate a visual depiction of a person who is nude, or who is engaging in sexual conduct.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2022
Committee Review
Jun 2022
Senate Passage
May 2022
House Passage
Jun 2022
Signed into Law
Aug 2022
Introduced May 9, 2022 Signed Aug 19, 2022
Floor votes · Senate May 19, 2022 · House Jun 28, 2022

How they voted

20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
May 19, 2022
D Democratic13
13 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican7
7 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
8
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Aug 19, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 28, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
lower
Jun 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
lower
Jun 2, 2022
Introduced
Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
lower
May 19, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
May 18, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
upper
May 12, 2022
Introduced
Re-Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
upper
May 9, 2022
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
upper
4 primary · 24 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Darius Brown
Darius Brown
DDemocratic
DE
2
P
Photo of Krista Griffith
Krista Griffith
DDemocratic
DE
12
P
Photo of Nicole Poore
Nicole Poore
DDemocratic
DE
12
P
Photo of Val Longhurst
Val Longhurst
DDemocratic
DE
15
Co
Photo of Bill Bush
Bill Bush
DDemocratic
DE
29
Co
Photo of Brian Pettyjohn
Brian Pettyjohn
RRepublican
DE
19
Co
BC
Bruce C. Ennis
DDemocratic
DE
14
Co
Photo of Bryan Townsend
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
Co
Photo of Bryant Richardson
Bryant Richardson
RRepublican
DE
21
Co
CB
Colin Bonini
RRepublican
DE
16
Co
Photo of Dave Lawson
Dave Lawson
RRepublican
DE
15
Co
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
Co
Photo of Dave Wilson
Dave Wilson
RRepublican
DE
18
Co
Photo of Ed Osienski
Ed Osienski
DDemocratic
DE
24