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Delaware · 153rd General Assembly (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 145: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REVERSE LOCATION AND REVERSE KEYWORD SEARCHES AND COURT ORDERS.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 145 is a bill introduced in the Delaware House on April 14, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REVERSE LOCATION AND REVERSE KEYWORD SEARCHES AND COURT ORDERS. Primary sponsor: Madinah Wilson-Anton (Democratic), Marie Pinkney (Democratic). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (September 9, 2026): Signed by Governor.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Reverse-keyword court orders enable the government to obtain technology search data without identifying any specific person as to which there is probable cause to believe they have committed or will imminently commit a crime. The profusion of electronic devices and apps in recent years has allowed recordation of numerous details of citizen’s everyday lives, that the government should not be permitted to collect and review at will. Such general searches allow the government to sweep in personal information about hundreds or thousands of people who are not suspected of having committed any crime. These searches are an invasion of privacy, have a potentially chilling effect on civil liberties, and sidestep requirements for individualized suspicion that are otherwise required for a lawful search. This House Substitute for House Bill No. 145 would prohibit law enforcement and courts from requesting, issuing, or enforcing reverse-keyword court orders and reverse-keyword requests, with the exception that reverse-keyword court orders and requests may be utilized to investigate suspected Class A Felonies so long as the search query returns 5 or fewer search hits. It also requires the suppression of evidence derived from an unlawful reverse-keyword search.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Madinah Wilson-AntonPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse26
Marie PinkneyPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate13
Frank BurnsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Mara GormanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Kerri HarrisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse32
Eric MorrisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Signed by Governor
  2. Passed By Senate. Votes: 11 YES 4 NO 6 ABSENT
  3. Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
  4. Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
  5. Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 12 NO 5 ABSENT
  6. Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
  7. Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
  8. Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
  9. Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 145, and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source