Signed by Governor John Carney, Jr.

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

a vote to pass a bill to amend laws concerning official misconduct and what the punishments are

Highlights:

• Specifies that a public servant is guilty of a class G,F,D, or B felony if they intend to obtain a benefit from another person or cause harm against another person willingly and knowingly in an act of official misconduct (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that they are guilty of official misconduct if they do the following (Sec. 1): 

• Commits an unauthorized act of official functions;

• Refrains from performing a duty or breaches a duty of office;

• Performs official actions with explicit interest in the person's self benefit; 

• Performs official action with the intent to discriminate based on race, religion, color, disability, sexual orientation, sex, age, gender identity, national origin, or ancestry;

• Uses or relies upon their position to engage in criminal conduct.

• Specifies that official misconduct with harm caused being more than $1500 being a felony (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that the state supreme court has exclusive jurisdiction over these matters (Sec. 1). 

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