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SB48 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISORDERLY CONDUCT.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISORDERLY CONDUCT.

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Enacted

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

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Last action
2025-09-02
Official status
Signed by Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISORDERLY CONDUCT.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISORDERLY CONDUCT.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
  • This Act adds intentional interference with the operation of a school bus to the offense of disorderly conduct.
  • Intentional interference with a school bus may include boarding a school bus and refusing to exit after being lawfully ordered to do so by the school bus driver; wrongfully restricting the movement of a school bus; or threatening the school bus driver, a student, or any passenger entering, leaving, or waiting for a school bus.
  • A student or passenger otherwise authorized to be on the school bus in the ordinary course of business may not be guilty of disorderly conduct for intentional interference with the operation of a school bus.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-09-02 Delaware General Assembly

    Signed by Governor

  2. 2025-06-26 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES

  3. 2025-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment HA 1 to SB 48 - Defeated By House. Votes: 8 YES 30 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 1 VACANT

  4. 2025-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment HA 2 to SB 48 - Passed In House by Voice Vote

  5. 2025-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 2 NO 1 ABSENT 1 VACANT

  6. 2025-06-17 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment HA 2 to SB 48 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

  7. 2025-06-11 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment HA 1 to SB 48 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

  8. 2025-06-11 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 12 On Its Merits

  9. 2025-05-21 Delaware General Assembly

    Not Worked in Committee

  10. 2025-05-13 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Education Committee in House

  11. 2025-05-08 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment SA 1 to SB 48 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT

  12. 2025-05-08 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT

  13. 2025-04-17 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits

  14. 2025-04-15 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment SA 1 to SB 48 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

  15. 2025-01-22 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
This Act adds intentional interference with the operation of a school bus to the offense of disorderly conduct. Intentional interference with a school bus may include boarding a school bus and refusing to exit after being lawfully ordered to do so by the school bus driver; wrongfully restricting the movement of a school bus; or threatening the school bus driver, a student, or any passenger entering, leaving, or waiting for a school bus. A student or passenger otherwise authorized to be on the school bus in the ordinary course of business may not be guilty of disorderly conduct for intentional interference with the operation of a school bus.
This Act requires a greater than majority vote for passage because § 28 of Article IV of the Delaware Constitution requires the affirmative vote of 2/3 of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly to expand the scope of an existing crime within the jurisdiction of an inferior court.