Abuse of Power Prevention Act

What it does

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

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.”

Every action

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

1. Mar 23, 2023CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate · Senate Judiciary
2. Apr 5, 2023CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits · Senate Judiciary
3. Apr 27, 2023SenatePassed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 NO18–3 vote
4. Apr 28, 2023CommitteeAssigned to Judiciary Committee in House · House Judiciary
5. Jun 14, 2023CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 7 On Its Merits · House Judiciary
6. Jun 29, 2023HousePassed By House. Votes: 25 YES 16 ABSENT25–0 vote
7. Sep 21, 2023GovernorSigned by Governor

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 0 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 14 cosponsors: 13 Democrats, 1 Republican.

• SM Sarah McBrideD Primary sponsor · District 1
• KW Kimberly WilliamsD Joint sponsor · District 19