Rep. James Johnson

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District HD-016
Party Democrat
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State (Delaware)
Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 16, Title 21, And Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Free Identification Documents For Individuals Being Released From Prison. [SB-171]
Individuals who are released from prison face many hurdles as they re-enter the community, including difficulty obtaining identification documents. Lacking identification imposes additional hurdles as these individuals attempt to find housing and employment. This Act requires the Department of Correction to provide individuals who are being released from the custody of the Department of Correction ("DOC"), after 6 months of incarceration following conviction, with a Delaware Personal Credential Card ("Personal Credential"). An individual may present (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Passed By House. Votes: 40 Yes 1 Absent on 06/30/2018

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Registration Of Sexual Offenders. [SB-177]
This Act brings Delaware sex offender registration laws into compliance with the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ("SORNA") by standardizing the tier designation of sex offenders are assigned based upon offense of conviction. This Act removes discretion previously granted to the Board of Parole to redesignate sex offenders and standardizes designation in a manner consistent with established Superior Court precedent. See State v. Brown, 2013 WL 2149882 (Del. Super. 2013); Lane v. Board of Parole, 2012 WL 5509711 (Del. Super. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 06/27/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 8 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The General Corporation Law. [SB-180]
Section 1. Section 1 of this Act amends Section 102(a)(1) to provide that the name of a corporation must be such as to distinguish it from the name of any registered series of a limited liability company.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 07/23/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Chapter 15, Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Creation, Regulation, Operation And Dissolution Of Domestic Partnerships And The Registration And Regulation Of Foreign Limited Liability Partnerships. [SB-181]
This bill continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act (the "Act") to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments of the Act.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 07/23/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Chapter 17, Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Creation, Regulation, Operation And Dissolution Of Domestic Limited Partnerships And The Registration And Regulation Of Foreign Limited Partnerships. [SB-182]
This bill continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the "Act") to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments of the Act.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 07/23/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Chapter 18, Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Creation, Regulation, Operation And Dissolution Of Domestic Limited Liability Companies And The Registration And Regulation Of Foreign Limited Liability Companies. [SB-183]
This bill continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the "Act") to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments of the Act.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 07/23/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Possession Of Marijuana, Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia And Expungement. [SB-197]
This Act provides mandatory expungement eligibility to individuals who were convicted of the possession, use or consumption of marijuana prior to Delawares decriminalization of these offenses. To be eligible for the mandatory expungement, the marijuana conviction must be the applicants only criminal conviction.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 08/29/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11, Part 1, Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Criminal Code. [SB-209]
Delawares existing Criminal Code was adopted in 1973 and was based on the Model Penal Code. Since that time, the Criminal Code has quadrupled in size and expanded to other parts of the Code without consideration to the general effects of the change on the Criminal Codes overall structure, its terminology, or its application, creating numerous inconsistencies, redundancies, ambiguities and contradictions. In 2014, the General Assembly established the Criminal Justice Improvement Committee to review opportunities for efficiencies in the Delaware Criminal (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Introduced And Assigned To Finance Committee In Senate on 05/10/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 29, 30 And 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Crimes And Criminal Penalties. [SB-210]
Delawares existing Criminal Code was adopted in 1973 and was based on the Model Penal Code. Since that time, the Criminal Code has quadrupled in size and expanded to other parts of the Code without consideration to the general effects of the change on the Criminal Codes overall structure, its terminology, or its application, creating numerous inconsistencies, redundancies, ambiguities and contradictions. This Act is one of two bills that seek to bring back clarity and consistency to the Criminal Code.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Introduced And Assigned To Finance Committee In Senate on 05/10/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Service Pensions For Certain State Employees. [SB-22]
This bill establishes a 20 year retirement for correction officers and specified peace officers. The bill amends the multiplier for calculation of state employee pension benefits for correction officers and specified peace officers from either 1.85%, 2.0% or 2.45% to a uniform 2.5% for the first 20 years, plus 3.5% for years beyond 20 years. The increased multipliers reflect increased costs, reduced benefits and the need to recruit and retain qualified and competent correction officers and specified peace officers with a modernized pension benefit. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Introduced And Assigned To Finance Committee In Senate on 03/16/2017

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