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HB 152 Delaware House · 153rd General Assembly (2025-2026)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CRIMINAL IMPERSONATION.

Summary
This Act expands the criminal offense of impersonating a police officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician, paramedic, or fire officer to also prohibit impersonation of a federal officer. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform to the Legislative Drafting Manual and creates a definition of “law-enforcement official,” which includes all of the state officers already explicitly referenced in the statute, as well as federal officers.
Issues: ✗ Criminal JusticeOpposes Criminal JusticeExpands criminalization by adding federal officer impersonation to criminal penalties, increasing legal scope of offenses without reform focus.90% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jul 2025
Introduced May 15, 2025 Signed Jul 14, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Jun 30, 2025 · House Jun 24, 2025

How they voted

21–0
Passed
Total votes 21
Jun 30, 2025
D Democratic15
15 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican6
6 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Jul 14, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
Jun 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
upper
Jun 24, 2025
Introduced
Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
upper
Jun 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT
lower
Jun 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amendment HA 1 to HB 152 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
lower
Jun 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 8 On Its Merits
lower
Jun 17, 2025
Introduced
Amendment HA 1 to HB 152 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
lower
May 15, 2025
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
lower
11 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Brian Pettyjohn
Brian Pettyjohn
RRepublican
DE
19
P
Photo of Claire Snyder-Hall
Claire Snyder-Hall
DDemocratic
DE
14
P
Photo of Darius Brown
Darius Brown
DDemocratic
DE
2
P
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
P
Photo of Dave Wilson
Dave Wilson
RRepublican
DE
18
P
Photo of Josue Ortega
Josue Ortega
DDemocratic
DE
3
P
Photo of Mara Gorman
Mara Gorman
DDemocratic
DE
23
P
Photo of Marie Pinkney
Marie Pinkney
DDemocratic
DE
13
P
Photo of Russ Huxtable
Russ Huxtable
DDemocratic
DE
6
P
Photo of Stell Selby
Stell Selby
DDemocratic
DE
20
P
Photo of Trey Paradee
Trey Paradee
DDemocratic
DE
17