Delaware Senate Bill 307 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-8)
Status: Passed on August 19 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-08-19 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This bill reflects the reality that grooming children for the purpose of committing crimes of sexual violence against them is often preceded by conduct that perpetrators know will make the child particularly susceptible to abuse. The bill requires proof that a person has engaged in three or more specific instances of conduct proscribed by the statute. Each of these predicate acts would not otherwise be considered criminal conduct, so the bill requires proof of a pattern of conduct aimed at a specific outcome. By outlawing grooming, the State will be explicitly empowered to stop a predator who engages in certain conduct with the intent to entice, persuade, induce, or coerce a child into participating in a sexual act with the perpetrator. A conviction for grooming is a stand-alone offense and is a felony punishable by up to 3 years in jail.

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Crimes And Criminal Procedure.

Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]
Sen. Colin Bonini [R]	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. Brian Pettyjohn [R]
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. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Timothy Dukes [R]
Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]

2022-06-30 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-06-29 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 36 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-06-09 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-08-19		Signed by Governor
2022-06-30		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2022-06-29		Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 4 NO 1 ABSENT
2022-06-29		Amendment HA 1 to SB 307 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
2022-06-22		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2022-06-10		Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
2022-06-09		Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
2022-06-08		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2022-06-02		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate

Type	Source
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Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=109592&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB307
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocumentEngrossment?engrossmentId=25312&docTypeId=6
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53387
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53834
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53868