Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 109

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 86

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SEXUAL OFFENSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE :

Section 1. Amend Section 761(f) of Title 11 of the Delaware Code by striking said subsection in its entirety, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following:

“(f) ‘sexual contact’ means:

(1) any intentional touching by the defendant of the anus, breast, buttocks or genitalia of another person; or

(2) any intentional touching of another person with the defendant’s anus, breast, buttocks or genitalia

which touching, under the circumstances as viewed by a reasonable person, is intended to be sexual in nature. Sexual contact shall also include touching when covered by clothing.”

Approved July 01,1999