Delaware General Assembly

Signed 7/16/10

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

HB 348

4/15/10

Longhurst

Sen. Hall-Long, Henry, Peterson
Reps. Barbieri, B. Bennett, Carson, Hudson, J. Johnson, Q. Johnson, Keeley, Mitchell, Mulrooney, Plant, Schooley, Schwartzkopf

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

This purpose of this Act is to provide greater protections for Delaware’s vulnerable adults, individuals the General Assembly considers to be particularly at risk of physical, emotional and/or financial exploitation. The Act creates a new criminal offense, Crime Against a Vulnerable Adult, which imposes enhanced penalties in more than 50 criminal offenses if the victim is a vulnerable adult.

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Takes effect upon being signed into law

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