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.”
Senate Bill 256
Legislative Highlights
Senate Bill 9
Passed unanimously by both the Senate and the House, Senate Bill 9 creates a comprehensive program in the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services dedicated exclusively to the removal of dangerous lead-based paint from homes throughout the First State. […]
Senate Bill 1 (S)
The Healthy Delaware Families Act created a statewide paid family and medical leave program that will help ensure working families in the First State are never again forced to make an impossible choice between earning a paycheck and staying home […]
Senate Bill 195
The Digital Citizenship Education Act established statewide media literacy and healthy online behavior education standards for Delaware’s K-12 public and charter schools. Passed with bipartisan support, the Act directed the Delaware Department of Education to adopt age-appropriate curricula that helps […]
Senate Bill 277
Passed unanimously in both the Senate and the House, Senate Bill 277 addressed the difficulties that health care facilities tasked with serving our most vulnerable neighbors face when it comes to recruiting dental care providers willing to practice in their […]
