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SB 148 Delaware Senate · 151st General Assembly (2021-2022)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND PUBLIC TRUST.

Summary
This Act expands the Division of Civil Rights and Public Trust’s responsibility to review deadly use of force incidents by law enforcement by adding review of cases involving serious physical injury. It also requires that if the Division issues a public report on the use of force, the report must include the race of the law enforcement officer who used force, the race of the individual on whom force was used, and whether race was a relevant or motivating factor.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
House Passage
Jun 2021
Signed into Law
Nov 2021
Introduced May 25, 2021 Signed Nov 8, 2021
Floor votes · House Jun 29, 2021

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
Nov 8, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 26 YES 15 NO
lower
Jun 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
lower
Jun 11, 2021
Introduced
Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House
lower
Jun 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO
upper
Jun 8, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 3 Favorable
upper
May 25, 2021
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
upper
4 primary · 14 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Marie Pinkney
Marie Pinkney
DDemocratic
DE
13
P
Photo of Melissa Minor-Brown
Melissa Minor-Brown
DDemocratic
DE
17
P
Photo of Sherry Dorsey Walker
Sherry Dorsey Walker
DDemocratic
DE
3
P
Photo of Tizzy Lockman
Tizzy Lockman
DDemocratic
DE
3
Co
Photo of Bryan Townsend
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
Co
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
Co
DB
David Bentz
DDemocratic
DE
18
Co
Photo of Eric Morrison
Eric Morrison
DDemocratic
DE
27
Co
JA
John A. Kowalko
DDemocratic
DE
25
Co
Photo of Kendra Johnson
Kendra Johnson
DDemocratic
DE
5
Co
Photo of Kyle Gay
Kyle Gay
DDemocratic
DE
5
Co
Photo of Larry Lambert
Larry Lambert
DDemocratic
DE
7
Co
Photo of Laura Sturgeon
Laura Sturgeon
DDemocratic
DE
4
Co
Photo of Madinah Wilson-Anton
Madinah Wilson-Anton
DDemocratic
DE
26