Delaware House Bill 186

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: Passed on October 18 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-10-18 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This Act makes changes to the requirements for placement on the sex offender registry of individuals who are adjudicated delinquent of certain offenses. First, it reduces the number of offenses for which placement on the sex offender registry is mandatory and the Family Court has no discretion to relieve a person adjudicated delinquent from the requirement or to reduce the tier assigned. Mandatory registration is still required for all degrees of rape (first through fourth) and conspiracy or attempt to commit any degree of rape. This Act will also allow an individual placed on the registry to petition the Family Court to be relieved from the registration or placed on a lower tier, either at the conclusion of any required treatment or after the passage of 2 years for most offenses, or after the passage of 5 years for those offenses that still require mandatory registration. The ability to petition for a registry review hearing after the mandated review period will apply to anyone placed on the registry because of a juvenile delinquency adjudication, regardless of the date of that adjudication.

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Individuals Required To Register As Sex Offenders For Acts Committed When They Were Children.

Rep. Cyndie Romer [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]
Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]
Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]
Rep. Kerri Harris [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]

2023-06-29 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-06-20 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 27 N: 10 NV: 3 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-10-18		Signed by Governor
2023-06-29		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2023-06-21		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
2023-06-20		Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
2023-06-20		Passed By House. Votes: 27 YES 10 NO 3 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT
2023-06-20		Amendment HA 1 to HB 186 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
2023-06-20		Amendment HA 1 to HB 186 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2023-06-07		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
2023-06-02		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Type	Source
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Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140501&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB186
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocumentEngrossment?engrossmentId=35975&docTypeId=6
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54744
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54978