DE HB257 | 2017-2018 | 149th General Assembly

Delaware House Bill 257 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on August 9 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-08-09 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Summary

This bill increases the line of duty death benefits from $150,000 to $200,000 for those persons covered under Chapter 66, Title 18 of the Delaware Code. Additionally, the bill increases the maximum amount payable in any year from $30,000 to $40,000.

Title

An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Line-of-duty Death Benefits.

Roll Calls

2017-07-02 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2017-07-02 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-08-09		Signed by Governor
2017-07-02		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2017-07-02		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2017-07-02		Amendment HA 1 to HB 257 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
2017-07-02		Amendment HA 1 to HB 257 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2017-06-29		Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 8 On Its Merits
2017-06-22		Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House

Delaware State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26065
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26065&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB257
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocumentEngrossment?engrossmentId=2786&docTypeId=6
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#19145
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#19198