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HB 48 Delaware House · 149th General Assembly (2017-2018)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO JUVENILE EXPUNGEMENTS.

Summary
This bill fixes a drafting error in Senate Bill 198 of the 148th General Assembly that inadvertently made it harder for juveniles to get mandatory expungements by adding the term ‘violent misdemeanor’ as an excepting factor that would prevent a youth from receiving an expungement. Previously, violent misdemeanors were never included in the state’s statute regarding mandatory expungements. The bill also strikes the definition of violent misdemeanor, which is no longer applicable to the state’s juvenile expungement statute.The phrase “sex offense” was added after the word “felony” for clarity and to mirror the definition in § 1016. No substantive change is made by this clarification.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Mar 2017
House Passage
Mar 2017
Senate Passage
Apr 2017
Signed into Law
May 2017
Introduced Jan 24, 2017 Signed May 18, 2017
Floor votes · House Mar 21, 2017

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
5
Committee
2
May 18, 2017
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Apr 4, 2017
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
upper
Mar 30, 2017
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
upper
Mar 21, 2017
Introduced
Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate
upper
Mar 21, 2017
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT
lower
Jan 25, 2017
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 3 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
lower
Jan 24, 2017
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
lower
4 primary · 8 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Bryan Townsend
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
P
Photo of Debra Heffernan
Debra Heffernan
DDemocratic
DE
6
P
JJ
James Johnson
DDemocratic
DE
16
P
Photo of Val Longhurst
Val Longhurst
DDemocratic
DE
15
Co
EB
Ernesto B. Lopez
RRepublican
DE
6
Co
HB
Harris B. McDowell
DDemocratic
DE
1
Co
JA
John A. Kowalko
DDemocratic
DE
25
Co
JJ
John J. Viola
DDemocratic
DE
26
Co
MR
Margaret Rose Henry
DDemocratic
DE
2
Co
Photo of Ron Gray
Ron Gray
RRepublican
DE
38
Co
Photo of Sean Lynn
Sean Lynn
DDemocratic
DE
31
Co
Photo of Stephanie Bolden
Stephanie Bolden
DDemocratic
DE
2