Delaware House Bill 91 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on February 28 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-02-28 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This Act creates a new offense of Aggravated Criminal Mischief with enhanced penalties (class D felony) applicable when an individual knowingly damages or tampers with critical utility infrastructure intending to disrupt utility services. In recent years, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI have issued repeated warnings about domestic terrorists and extremist groups targeting critical utility infrastructure. Bulletins issued through DHS National Terrorism Advisory System in 2022 warned of a heightened threat environment based, in part, on continued calls for violence directed at U.S. critical infrastructure. Physical and computerized attacks on electric utility equipment have reached a 10-year high in 2022. Recent attacks in Washington and North Carolina have caused substantial outages and damage to the power grids in both states.

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Offenses Involving Property.

Rep. William Bush [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]
Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]	Rep. Franklin Cooke [D]	Rep. Ronald Gray [R]	Rep. Jeff Hilovsky [R]
Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. Shannon Morris [R]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]
Rep. Daniel Short [R]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]	Sen. David Lawson [R]
Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]	Sen. David Sokola [D]
Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]

2024-01-23 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 39 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-06-28 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-04-25 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 36 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-28		Signed by Governor
2024-01-23		Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT
2023-06-28		Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
2023-06-28		Amendment SA 1 to HB 91 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
2023-06-28		Amendment SA 1 to HB 91 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2023-05-10		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
2023-04-25		Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
2023-04-25		Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 1 NO 4 ABSENT
2023-04-25		Amendment HA 1 to HB 91 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
2023-04-04		Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 6 Favorable
2023-03-24		Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House

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Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocumentEngrossment?engrossmentId=25658&docTypeId=6
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54258
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54945
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#55191