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SB 256 DE
Introduced

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MISCONDUCT BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

DE · session 151 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Apr 4, 2022

Latest action (Apr 13, 2022) Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits

Summary

This Act updates the crime of official misconduct to ensure appropriate accountability of public servants who abuse their positions of power and public trust. The statute establishes a grade in the penalty for the official misconduct to be commensurate to the gravity of the misconduct. In addition, this statute conforms the discrimination language to the language used in the Hate Crimes statute. It also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. This Act will be known as the “Abuse of Power Prevention Act.”

Sponsors (4)
  • Kimberly Williams Democratic · primary
  • John L. Mitchell · primary
  • Michael Ramone · primary
  • Sarah McBride · primary
5 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (2)
  1. Apr 4, 2022 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate · upper
  2. Apr 13, 2022 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits · upper

Text versions (2)

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  • Bill Text · HTML
  • Bill Text · PDF

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