An Act to Amend Title 11 the Delaware Code Relating to Chokeholds.
It became law on Aug 13, 2020.
- Stage
- Became law
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- House
- Sponsors
- +35
- Latest action
- Aug 13, 2020
What it does
This Act creates the crime of Aggravated Strangulation. A person is guilty of Aggravated Strangulation if the person is a law-enforcement officer, and while acting within the person’s official capacity as a law-enforcement officer, knowingly or intentionally uses a chokehold on another person. Under this Act, a chokehold is only justifiable when the person reasonably believes deadly force is warranted in order to protect the life of a civilian or law-enforcement officer. Aggravated Strangulation is a Class D felony unless the law-enforcement officer using a chokehold causes serious physical injury or death to another person thereby elevating the crime to a Class C felony. This Act also…
Where it stands
This bill passed and is now law.
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Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Darius Brown
- Frank Cooke
- Kendra Johnson
- Melissa Minor-Brown
- Nnamdi Chukwuocha
- Sherry Dorsey Walker
- Stephanie Bolden
- Tizzy Lockman
- Andria L. Bennett
- Bill Bush
- Bill Carson
- Bruce C. Ennis
- Bryan Townsend
- Catherine Cloutier
- Dave Sokola
- David B. McBride
- David Bentz
- Debra Heffernan
- Earl G. Jaques Jr.
- Ed Osienski
- Gerald L. Brady
- Harris B. McDowell
- John "Jack" Walsh
- John A. Kowalko
- John J. Viola
- John L. Mitchell
- Kim Williams
- Krista Griffith
- Laura Sturgeon
- Nicole Poore
- Paul Baumbach
- Pete Schwartzkopf
- Quinton Johnson
- Raymond Seigfried
- Sean Lynn
- Sean Matthews
- Stephanie Hansen
- Trey Paradee
- Val Longhurst
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Where it goes next
It is law in Delaware. What happens now is up to the agency that carries it out, the courts, and the place itself.