Human Trafficking of Children/Response
- Introduced May 17, 2023
- In committee May 17, 2023
- Died
- Passed the Senate
- To the governor
- Became law
What it does
The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.
This Act does all of the following regarding suspected human trafficking of children: 1. Ensures the sharing of information between the Child Protection Accountability Commission (CPAC) and the Delaware Anti-Trafficking Action Council. 2. Expressly requires a multidisciplinary response to these cases, similar to child deaths and serious physical injury. 3. Even though human trafficking of children is child abuse…
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This Act does all of the following regarding suspected human trafficking of children: 1. Ensures the sharing of information between the Child Protection Accountability Commission (CPAC) and the Delaware Anti-Trafficking Action Council. 2. Expressly requires a multidisciplinary response to these cases, similar to child deaths and serious physical injury. 3. Even though human trafficking of children is child abuse, specifically delineates it throughout the child abuse multidisciplinary investigative response. 4. Codifies a review panel and oversight committee within CPAC for these cases, with the same authority, subpoena power, and immunities provided to the system that reviews child abuse deaths and near deaths. 5. Establishes that the Office of the Child Advocate will staff the review panel and oversight committee. This Act also makes minor technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
Every action
3 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.
- CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House · House Judiciary
- CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 9 On Its Merits · House Judiciary
- CommitteeAssigned to Appropriations Committee in House · House Appropriations
Roll calls
No recorded votes on this bill yet.
Sponsors
The member who introduced it, joined by 11 cosponsors: 8 Democrats, 3 Republicans.
- KW Kimberly WilliamsD Primary sponsor · District 19
- KG Krista GriffithD Joint sponsor · District 12
- DH Debra HeffernanD Joint sponsor · District 6
- SD Sherry Dorsey WalkerD Joint sponsor · District 3
- CR Cyndie RomerD Joint sponsor · District 25
- NP Nicole PooreD Joint sponsor · District 12
- KE Kyle Evans GayD Joint sponsor · District 5
From Delaware's official records (legis.delaware.gov), checked Nov 1, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.