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LAWS OF DELAWARE
VOLUME 85
CHAPTER 60
153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY
FORMERLY
HOUSE SUBSTITUTE NO. 1
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 35
AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO PROHIBITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (Two-thirds of all members elected to each house thereof concurring therein):
Section 1. Amend Article I of the Delaware Constitution by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
§ 11. Excessive bail or fines; cruel punishments; prohibition of death penalty; health of prisoners.
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel punishments inflicted; inflicted, nor the death penalty imposed; and in the construction of jails a proper regard shall be had to the health of prisoners.
First leg of amendment to the Constitution approved June 30, 2025