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SB162 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY.

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2025-05-22
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Plain English Breakdown

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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY.
  • This Act requires sex offenders, as part of their obligation to register due to their criminal conviction and sentencing, to disclose whether their residences or anticipated residences have a child residing within that residence.
  • The Act further permits a law-enforcement agency to notify a non-custodial parent that their child or children were identified by a sex offender as either living in the sex offender’s current residence or anticipated residence.

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Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY.
This Act requires sex offenders, as part of their obligation to register due to their criminal conviction and sentencing, to disclose whether their residences or anticipated residences have a child residing within that residence.
The Act further permits a law-enforcement agency to notify a non-custodial parent that their child or children were identified by a sex offender as either living in the sex offender’s current residence or anticipated residence.