Delaware · House Bill 145 · 153rd General Assembly

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REVERSE LOCATION AND REVERSE KEYWORD SEARCHES AND COURT ORDERS.

HB 145 Sponsored by Madinah Wilson-Anton Withdrawn

  1. Introduced Jun 5, 2025
  2. In committee Jun 5, 2025
  3. Withdrawn  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

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

Reverse-location court orders and reverse keyword court orders enable the government to obtain location data or technology search data without identifying any specific person as to which there is probable cause to believe they have committed or will imminently commit a crime. The profusion of electronic devices and apps in recent years has allowed recordation of numerous details of citizen’s everyday lives, that the…

Read the full title (190 words)

Reverse-location court orders and reverse keyword court orders enable the government to obtain location data or technology search data without identifying any specific person as to which there is probable cause to believe they have committed or will imminently commit a crime. The profusion of electronic devices and apps in recent years has allowed recordation of numerous details of citizen’s everyday lives, that the government should not be permitted to collect and review at will. Such general searches allow the government to sweep in personal information about hundreds or thousands of people who are not suspected of having committed any crime. These searches are an invasion of privacy, have a potentially chilling effect on civil liberties, and sidestep requirements for individualized suspicion that are otherwise required for a lawful search. This Act would prohibit law enforcement and courts from requesting, issuing, or enforcing reverse-location court orders, reverse-keyword court orders, reverse-location requests and reverse keyword requests. It also creates a private right of action for an individual whose personal information was obtained in violation of this Act and requires the suppression of evidence derived from an unlawful reverse-location or reverse-keyword search.

Every action

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

  1. CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House · House Judiciary
  2. HouseSubstituted in House by HS 1 for HB 145
  3. HouseHS 1 for HB 145 - Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
  4. HouseSubstituted in House by HS 1 for HB 145
  5. HouseHS 1 for HB 145 - - Passed In House by Voice Vote
  6. HouseHS 1 for HB 145 - Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 12 NO 5 ABSENT
  7. SenateHS 1 for HB 145 - Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
  8. SenateHS 1 for HB 145 - Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
  9. SenateHS 1 for HB 145 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 11 YES 4 NO 6 ABSENT
  10. HS 1 for HB 145 - Signed by Governor

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 2 cosponsors: 2 Democrats.

All 2 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.