Delaware General Assembly

Out of Committee 4/13/22

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

4/4/22

S. McBride

Reps. K. Williams, Mitchell, Ramone

Sen. Gay, Sokola, Sturgeon, Townsend
Rep. Morrison

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MISCONDUCT BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

This Act updates the crime of official misconduct to ensure appropriate accountability of public servants who abuse their positions of power and public trust. The statute establishes a grade in the penalty for the official misconduct to be commensurate to the gravity of the misconduct. In addition, this statute conforms the discrimination language to the language used in the Hate Crimes statute. It also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. This Act will be known as the “Abuse of Power Prevention Act.”

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Takes effect upon being signed into law

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