You have voted SB-196: An Act Making Appropriations For The Expense Of The State Government For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2011; Specifying Certain Procedures, Conditions And Limitations For The Expenditure Of Such Funds; And Amending Certain Pertinent Statutory Provisions..
An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Offenses Against The Person. [SB-197]
Currently there is not a crime of strangulation in Delaware's criminal code. Cases of strangulation have been prosecuted using the crime of assault or even the misdemeanor charge of offensive touching. This Act recognizes the severity of the crime of strangulation by making it a stand-alone felony. Strangulation is a leading indicator in domestic violence deaths. Delaware would become the 19th state with a strangulation felony law on the books.
SB-197: An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Offenses Against The Person.
Sponsored by: Sen. Colin Bonini
Signed By Governor on 05/14/2010
An Act To Amend Title 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Candidate Committees. [SB-207]
This Act limits the life of a candidate committee to 6 months after the death of the candidate for which it was formed. Some candidate committees have been distributing funds for years after the death of the candidate. This Act shall not apply to any candidate committee whose candidate has died prior to this Act’s enactment into law.
SB-207: An Act To Amend Title 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Candidate Committees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson
Assigned To Executive Committee In Senate on 03/23/2010
An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Crimes Against Children And Specific Offenses. [SB-229]
This Act implements one of the recommendations made in the Final Report of the Independent Review of the Earl Brian Bradley Case which was commissioned by the Governor and was issued on May 10, 2010. The Act clarifies who is in a “position of trust, authority or supervision over a child” and may therefore be subject to the enhanced penalties associated with the crimes defining sexual abuse of children. This Act also consolidates those provisions of the present criminal code concerning rape and unlawful sexual conduct that contain “position of trust”
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SB-229: An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Crimes Against Children And Specific Offenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Outten
Signed By Governor on 06/30/2010
SB-24: An Act Concurring In A Proposed Amendment To Article Iv Of The Delaware Constitution Of 1897, As Amended, Relating To The Judiciary And The Chief Magistrate Of The Justice Of The Peace Court.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson
Necessary Rules Are Suspended In House on 07/01/2010
You have voted SB-24: An Act Concurring In A Proposed Amendment To Article Iv Of The Delaware Constitution Of 1897, As Amended, Relating To The Judiciary And The Chief Magistrate Of The Justice Of The Peace Court..
An Act To Amend Chapter 11 Of Title 12 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Escheats. [SB-272]
This Act improves the administration of the Delaware Abandoned and Unclaimed Property Statute by providing holders with additional clarity and certainty regarding the enforcement of the Delaware abandoned property statute. Section 1 of the Act provides for an administrative review process at the conclusion of an unclaimed property examination. This review process may be invoked at the option of the holder. It will allow the holder to file a written protest, submit additional information in support of the protest and request that the Audit Manager
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SB-272: An Act To Amend Chapter 11 Of Title 12 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Escheats.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson
Signed By Governor on 07/23/2010
An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Freedom Of Information. [SB-283]
This Act requires the Attorney General to screen challenges to public record request denials, if a state agency is involved. All such alleged violations must first be reviewed by the Chief Deputy. If the Chief Deputy determines that an agency should have produced the requested records, the Attorney General’s Office may not represent the agency in any further legal action if that agency fails to comply with the Chief Deputy’s decision. The Bill also permits a litigant, after requesting a decision by the Attorney General, to appeal the matter to the
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SB-283: An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Freedom Of Information.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson
Signed By Governor on 07/15/2010