Delaware House Bill 133 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-5)
Status: Passed on August 24 2009 - 100% progression
Action: 2009-08-24 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill will allow innocent victims of crime to receive compensation for mental health counseling, costs of attending criminal proceedings, and expenses related to essential personal safety property. Such compensation would only be available in cases where a “cold case” is reopened, or the offender seeks release through the Board of Parole or appears in court for purposes of post-conviction relief or appeal of the conviction. Victims would also be eligible to apply for such compensation in the event of a retrial of the offender on the original charges involving the victim, including penalty hearings, or upon the execution of the offender. Compensation is at the discretion of the Board and would be available to those victims for 1 year prior to, or 2 years after, the release of the offender, or the date of the retrial, parole hearing, or other court appearance, hearing, or event involving the offender.

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Pertaining To Compensation For Innocent Victims Of Crime.

Rep. Michael Barbieri [D]	Rep. Edward Bennett [D]	Rep. William Carson [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]
Sen. Bethany Hall-Long [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]
Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Clifford Lee [R]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. Nick Manolakos [R]
Rep. Hazel Plant [D]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Teresa Schooley [D]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]
Rep. Pamela Thornburg [R]	Rep. D.P. Williams [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]

2009-06-04 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-08-24		Signed by Governor
2009-07-01		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 17 YES 1 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 1 VACANT
2009-07-01		Necessary rules are suspended in Senate
2009-06-16		Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
2009-06-04		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 39 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2009-05-07		Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 5 On Its Merits
2009-04-22		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/343e00d8cd99d7368525758a00659a42?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+133/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/ef2d5de7af243b69852575cb0073f55f?OpenDocument