Delaware · Senate Bill 46 · 152nd General Assembly

Missing Children Law/Revise/Improve Collaboration

SB 46 Sponsored by Darius J. Brown Withdrawn

  1. Introduced Feb 17, 2023
  2. In committee Feb 17, 2023
  3. Withdrawn  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, an estimated 800,000 children are reported missing each year. This Act revises this State's missing children laws to improve search efforts, increase collaboration between law enforcement agencies, and increase public information about missing children. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

Every action

8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate · Senate Judiciary
  2. SenateSubstituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 46
  3. SenateSS 1 for SB 46 - Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
  4. SenateSS 1 for SB 46 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
  5. HouseSS 1 for SB 46 - Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
  6. HouseSS 1 for SB 46 - Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 3 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
  7. HouseSS 1 for SB 46 - Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
  8. SS 1 for SB 46 - Signed by Governor

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 12 cosponsors: 7 Democrats, 5 Republicans.

All 12 cosponsors

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.