SPONSOR:	Rep. Oberle; Reps. Spence & Rep. Atkins & Rep. Cathcart & Rep. Lofink & Sen. Bunting ;
	Reps. Lee, Atkins, Booth, Buckworth, Carey, DiPinto, Ewing, Fallon, Hocker, Lavelle, Miro, Outten, Schwartzkopf, Thornburg, Ulbrich, Gilligan, Ennis, Johnson, Keeley, Longhurst, Schooley, Viola, Williams, Sens. Blevins, Amick, Adams, Bonini, Cloutier, Connor, Cook, Copeland, DeLuca, Henry, Marshall, McBride, McDowell, Peterson, Simpson, Sokola, Sorenson, Still, Venables

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

143rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 371

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIFIC OFFENSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (Two-thirds of all members elected to each house thereof concurring therein):

Section 1. Amend Chapter 13, Title 11 of the Delaware Code by adding a new Section to read as follows:

"§ 1303. Disorderly conduct; military funeral or memorial service.

(1) A person shall not do any of the following within three hundred feet of the building or other location where a military funeral or memorial service is being conducted, or within three hundred feet of a military funeral procession or burial:

(a) Make loud and raucous noise which causes unreasonable distress to the persons attending the funeral or memorial service, or participating in the funeral procession.

(b) Direct abusive epithets or make any threatening gesture which the person knows or reasonably should know is likely to provoke a violent reaction by another.

(c) Disturb or disrupt the funeral, memorial service, funeral procession, or burial by conduct intended to disturb or disrupt the funeral, memorial service, funeral procession or burial.

(2) This Section applies to conduct within one (1) hour preceding, during and within two (2) hours after a military funeral, memorial service, funeral procession or burial.

(3) A person who commits a violation of this Section commits:

(a) A class A misdemeanor for a first offense.

(b) A class F felony for a second or subsequent offense.

SYNOPSIS

This Bill prohibits committing disorderly conduct near a military funeral, memorial service, funeral procession, or burial and establishes penalties.