Delaware General Assembly

Defeated 6/20/23

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

HB 182

6/13/23

Lynn

This amendment reduces the mandatory sentence of 5 years imprisonment to 3 years for certain aggravated forms of child abuse in the second degree. It also reduces child abuse in the first degree to a class B felony rather than class A, but imposes a mandatory 5 year sentence. Finally, the new offense of child torture is reduced from a class B to a class C felony.

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