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This Amendment requires that, for a person to be convicted of criminal mischief of an authorized emergency vehicle, the damage to the vehicle must be $5,000 or more and result in the vehicle becoming temporarily unable to be used to respond to an emergency.

This Amendment requires that, for a person to be convicted of criminal mischief of an authorized emergency vehicle, the damage to the vehicle must be $5,000 or more and result in the vehicle becoming temporarily unable to be used to respond to an emergency.

Crime
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
D. Short
Last action
2026-07-01
Official status
Passed 7/1/26
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendment Changing Rules for Damaging Emergency Vehicles

This amendment changes the law so that damaging an authorized emergency vehicle is only a crime if the damage costs at least $5,000 and stops the vehicle from responding to emergencies.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the word 'or' to 'and' in Senate Bill No. 232 regarding criminal mischief of emergency vehicles.
  • Requires that for a conviction, damage must be $5,000 or more and result in the vehicle being temporarily unable to respond to an emergency.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People accused of damaging authorized emergency vehicles

Limits and Unknowns

  • The official text does not state when this law will officially take effect.
  • The source material does not define what specific actions count as 'temporarily unable' for a vehicle.

Bill History

  1. 2026-07-01 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed In House by Voice Vote

  2. 2026-06-16 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Placed With Bill

Official Summary Text

This Amendment requires that, for a person to be convicted of criminal mischief of an authorized emergency vehicle, the damage to the vehicle must be $5,000 or more and result in the vehicle becoming temporarily unable to be used to respond to an emergency.

Current Bill Text

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SPONSOR:

Rep. D. Short

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

SENATE BILL NO. 232

AMEND Senate Bill No. 232 on line 28 by deleting “

or

” after “

more

” and before “

in

” therein and inserting in lieu thereof “

and

”.

SYNOPSIS

This Amendment requires that, for a person to be convicted of criminal mischief of an authorized emergency vehicle, the damage to the vehicle must be $5,000 or more and result in the vehicle becoming temporarily unable to be used to respond to an emergency.