Delaware House Bill 284 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 9 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-04-09 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

In the spirit of the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act, this bill addresses and eliminates an unintended chilling effect on the reporting of sexual assaults and other sexual offenses which may occur at the State’s detention facilities. The current statute criminalizes conduct for both the victim and perpetrator, likely causing such crimes to be underreported out of fear of criminal prosecution. This Act changes the statute to impose criminal liability solely on employees, visitors, contractors and volunteers at detention facilities. Prisoner-on-prisoner sexual assaults remain prosecutable pursuant to already existing criminal statutes.

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Sexual Relations In A Detention Facility.

Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]

Rep. James Johnson [D]

2010-03-25 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2010-03-23 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2010-01-14 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-04-09		Signed by Governor
2010-03-25		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 37 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 4 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2010-03-23		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2010-03-23		Amendment SA 1 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2010-03-23		Amendment SA 1 - Introduced in Senate
2010-03-16		Reported Out of Committee (ADULT & JUVENILE CORRECTIONS) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
2010-01-26		Assigned to Adult & Juvenile Corrections Committee in Senate
2010-01-26		Assigned to Adult & Juvenile Corrections Committee in Senate
2010-01-14		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 36 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 5 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2010-01-13		Reported Out of Committee (CORRECTIONS) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2009-06-30		Introduced and Assigned to Corrections Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/4a9677b90b765eb1852575e4006ce5a6?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+284/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/6481b9a2c9bc89e4852576ab007c10e2?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/242d0a13f3d5c352852576ef00702040?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/8bb5ef05a3f14dd2852576f1007b40fb?OpenDocument