Delaware House Bill 77 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Passed on September 16 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-09-16 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This Act aims to make the burglary section of Delawares Criminal Code simpler and fairer. The Act consolidates the crime of home invasion with existing burglary statutes. Furthermore, this Act recognizes the sanctity of the home and the varied schedules of 21st century homeowners by treating the burglary of an occupied dwelling the same whether the crime occurs during daytime or nighttime hours. The Act removes minimum mandatory sentences for some conduct, but preserves for home invasion a 6 year minimum mandatory sentence and a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison. Finally, the Act eliminates sentence enhancements based on prior convictions and the age of victim. The ability to impose lengthier sentences for subsequent conduct or for crimes against vulnerable victims rests with the discretion of sentencing judges.

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Burglary.

Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]
Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. David Bentz [D]	Rep. Franklin Cooke [D]
Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]

2019-06-30 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 14 N: 5 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-06-25 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 23 N: 16 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-09-16		Signed by Governor
2019-06-30		Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 5 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT
2019-06-30		Suspension of Rules in Senate
2019-06-25		Passed By House. Votes: 23 YES 16 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT
2019-06-25		Amendment HA 1 to HB 77 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
2019-06-25		Amendment HA 1 to HB 77 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2019-06-05		Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 6 Unfavorable
2019-05-30		Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House

Type	Source
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Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47549&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB77
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocumentEngrossment?engrossmentId=23697&docTypeId=6
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41076
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41217