Delaware House Bill 151

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-3)
Status: Passed on September 21 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-09-21 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This Act expressly adds the intentional restriction of another adults access to economic resources resulting in a loss of financial autonomy to the definition of abuse for protection from abuse proceedings. This Act also specifies that tangible property of the petitioner includes legal documents belonging to the petitioner. In addition, this Act codifies the existing practice of Family Court to allow relief by ordering respondents to return specific legal documents. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Protection From Abuse Proceedings.

Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]
Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Sen. Eric Buckson [R]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]
Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]	Sen. Russ Huxtable [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]
Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]
Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. William Bush [D]
Rep. Larry Lambert [D]	Rep. DeShanna Neal [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Sophie Phillips [D]
Rep. Cyndie Romer [D]	Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton [D]

2023-06-29 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-06-22 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-09-21		Signed by Governor
2023-06-29		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2023-06-28		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 Favorable
2023-06-22		Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
2023-06-22		Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
2023-06-22		Amendment HA 1 to HB 151 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
2023-06-07		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits, 3 Unfavorable
2023-06-01		Amendment HA 1 to HB 151 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2023-05-11		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Type	Source
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Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=130368&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB151
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocumentEngrossment?engrossmentId=25856&docTypeId=6
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54824
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#55001