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SB142 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SEXUAL EXTORTION.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SEXUAL EXTORTION.

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This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

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Last action
2025-09-19
Official status
SS 1 for SB 142 - Signed by Governor
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Plain English Breakdown

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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SEXUAL EXTORTION.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SEXUAL EXTORTION.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SEXUAL EXTORTION.
  • In 2022, the FBI reported that law enforcement received over 7,000 reports related to the financial sexual extortion of minors, resulting in 3,000 victims and more than a dozen suicides.
  • In 2023, South Carolina adopted “Gavin’s Law” in honor of Gavin Guffey, the son of Representative Brandon Guffey.
  • Gavin was victim of sexual extortion, which led him to tragically take his own life at only 17 years old.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-09-19 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 142 - Signed by Governor

  2. 2025-06-30 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 142 - Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 2 ABSENT 1 VACANT

  3. 2025-06-18 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 142 - Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 9 On Its Merits

  4. 2025-06-12 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 142 - - Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT

  5. 2025-06-12 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 142 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT

  6. 2025-06-12 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 142 - Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

  7. 2025-06-11 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 142 - Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits

  8. 2025-06-10 Delaware General Assembly

    Substituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 142

  9. 2025-06-05 Delaware General Assembly

    Substituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 142

  10. 2025-05-13 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SEXUAL EXTORTION.
In 2022, the FBI reported that law enforcement received over 7,000 reports related to the financial sexual extortion of minors, resulting in 3,000 victims and more than a dozen suicides. In 2023, South Carolina adopted “Gavin’s Law” in honor of Gavin Guffey, the son of Representative Brandon Guffey. Gavin was victim of sexual extortion, which led him to tragically take his own life at only 17 years old. Gavin’s Law created the crime of sexual extortion.

In Delaware, sexual extortion is a crime under § 774 of Title 11. It is classified as a Class E felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison. This Act increases the penalty for sexual extortion to a Class B felony, which is punishable by a minimum of 2 years in prison up to a maximum of 25 years in prison, under the following circumstances:
1. The defendant is an adult and the victim is a child, as defined in § 1100 of Title 11, or a vulnerable adult, as defined in §1105 of Title 11.
2. The defendant’s sexual extortion of the victi