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SPONSOR: Sen. Sturgeon & Rep. K. Williams
Sens. Buckson, Hansen, Hoffner, Pettyjohn, Richardson;
Reps. Burns, Hilovsky, D. Short, Yearick
DELAWARE STATE SENATE
153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY
SENATE BILL NO. 48
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (Two-thirds of all members
elected to each house thereof concurring therein):
1 Section 1. Amend § 1301, Title 11 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and
2 insertions as shown by underline as follows:
3 § 1301. Disorderly conduct; unclassified misdemeanor.
4 (a) A person is guilty of disorderly conduct when: when any of the following apply:
5 (2) The person engages with at least 1 other person in a course of disorderly conduct as defined in paragraph
6 (a)(1) of this section which is likely to cause substantial harm or serious inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, and
7 refuses or knowingly fails to obey an order to disperse made by a peace officer to the participants.
8 (3) The person intentionally interferes with the operation of a school bus if both of the following apply:
9 a. The school bus is transporting, picking up, or dropping off students.
10 b. The person does any of the following:
11 1. Boards the school bus and refuses to exit after being lawfully ordered to exit by the school bus
12 driver.
13 2. Wrongfully restricts the movement of the school bus.
14 3. Threatens the school bus driver, a student, or any passenger entering, leaving, or waiting for the
15 school bus.
16 (b) Disorderly conduct is an unclassified misdemeanor.
17 (c) A student or passenger otherwise authorized to be on the school bus in the ordinary course of business may not
18 be guilty of disorderly conduct for a violation of paragraph (a)(3) of this section.
SYNOPSIS
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.
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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.
Author: Senator Sturgeon
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