Delaware General Assembly

Signed 8/4/22

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

6/2/22

Griffith

Sen. Hansen
Reps. Dorsey Walker, Bush

Sen. Mantzavinos, Pettyjohn, Poore, Richardson
Reps. Cooke, K. Williams

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

This bill changes the definition of and class of felony for the crime of Strangulation from a class C felony to a Class D felony unless additional factors are present, then the crime elevates to a class B felony, punishable from 2-25 years in jail. This bill also adds the crime of suffocation.

83:392

43

8/4/22

N/A

View HTML View PDF