Delaware House Bill 277 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-8)
Status: Passed on August 19 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-08-19 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This Act codifies the principle set forth in Doe v. Bicking, 2020 Del. Super. LEXIS 43, *32, 2020 WL 374677 (Del. Super. Jan. 22, 2020) that recognizes that in cases of childhood sexual abuse by an employee of a school, organization, or business that serves or cares for children, the perpetrator often has authority and power over the child victim, which can be enabled by the perpetrators position in that institution. If a child is abused while the perpetrator is doing the perpetrators job, the employer should be responsible.

An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Liability For Sexual Abuse Of A Child By An Adult Employee Of A School, Organization, Or Business.

Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]
Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Rep. Timothy Dukes [R]	Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]	Sen. Colin Bonini [R]
Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]
Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. David Lawson [R]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]
Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]
Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]
Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. Andria Bennett [D]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]
Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Sherae'a Moore [D]

2022-06-23 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-05-17 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-08-19		Signed by Governor
2022-06-23		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2022-06-08		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2022-05-17		Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
2022-05-17		Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
2022-05-17		Amendment HA 1 to HB 277 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
2022-05-10		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
2022-03-23		Amendment HA 1 to HB 277 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2022-01-06		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79054
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=79054&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB277
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocumentEngrossment?engrossmentId=24912&docTypeId=6
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53234
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53655