Delaware House Bill 347 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)
Status: Passed on August 25 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-08-25 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act implements recommendations of the Legislative Subcommittee of the School Discipline Task Force created by House Resolution No. 22 of the 145th General Assembly. Under current Delaware law, school officials have a mandatory obligation to report to the police and, in certain instances, initiate criminal prosecution of specific misdemeanor offenses (Assault in the 3rd Degree, Unlawful Sexual Contact in the 3rd Degree, Offensive Touching and Terroristic Threatening) committed by students over the age of 9. This Act would raise the age to 12. School officials would still be required to file a written report of the incident with the District superintendent, who in turn must file a written report with the Department of Education. This act also removes references to “under the age of 18” when referring to students and also makes other minor technical changes recommended by the Task Force.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Mandatory Reporting Of School Crimes.

Rep. Michael Barbieri [D]	Rep. Gerald Brady [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Rep. James Johnson [D]
Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Nick Manolakos [R]	Sen. Robert Marshall [D]
Rep. Darryl Scott [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Robert Venables [D]	Rep. John Viola [D]

2010-06-02 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 18 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2010-04-27 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 22 N: 9 NV: 8 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-08-25		Signed by Governor
2010-06-02		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 18 YES 1 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2010-06-01		Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits
2010-05-04		Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
2010-04-27		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 22 YES 9 NO 8 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2010-04-27		Amendment HA 1 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2010-04-27		Amendment HA 1 - Introduced in House
2010-04-21		Reported Out of Committee (EDUCATION) in House with 6 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
2010-03-30		Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/8402e7817f102489852576b3004b1d54?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+347/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/1d5658b6e75c7d4d8525771200763315?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/b164c87655183c87852577360073b6ab?OpenDocument