DE SB28

Establishes the Address Confidentiality Program within the Delaware Department of Justice to provide substitute addresses for eligible victims and program participants while keeping actual addresses confidential.

Eligibility includes victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking who have filed for protection orders or been named in criminal proceedings; persons in the state's witness protection program; household members of participants; and persons receiving services from domestic violence programs.

Requires federal, state, and local government agencies to accept and use the substitute address on valid program participation cards, except for released offenders on supervision, probation, parole, or registered sex offenders required to report their residence.

Permits disclosure of actual addresses only through: a waiver process reviewed by the Department of Justice (with 15-day appeal period to Attorney General), emergency situations to prevent physical harm or significant economic loss, or by court order; program records are confidential and exempt from public disclosure.

Program certification remains valid for three years; establishes criminal penalties for providing false information to the program, fraudulently accessing addresses, or unauthorized disclosure of actual addresses; takes effect October 3, 2011.