Delaware House Bill 175 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: Engrossed on June 9 2009 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-06-16 - Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This legislation recognizes that one of the consequences of crime is that employees of the Department of Justice are required to prosecute the offenses. When a defendant is held to be responsible for an offense, requiring the defendant to make a payment acknowledging the cost to the State serves the purposes of the criminal justice system. In addition, the courts are given discretion to reduce or waive the fee when the defendant timely acknowledges responsibility for an offense. Such timely acknowledgement reduces the actual costs to the Department of Justice.

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Assessment Of A Prosecution Fee.

Rep. Gerald Brady [D]	Sen. Bethany Hall-Long [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Sen. Gregory Lavelle [R]
Rep. William Oberle [R]	Rep. Hazel Plant [D]

2009-06-09 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-06-16		Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
2009-06-09		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 40 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2009-06-09		Amendment HA 1 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2009-06-09		Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2009-06-03		Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 7 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
2009-05-28		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/51e93b211631bdbd852575af0069b21b?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+175/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/3ac9c8387ea77d19852575d00074f16a?OpenDocument