Delaware Senate Bill 123 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-1)
Status: Engrossed on June 12 2019 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-06-19 - Tabled in Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

It is an unfortunate reality that many offenders have difficulty re-entering society. Without the ability to provide for themselves and their families through gainful employment, 67.8% of released prisoners are rearrested within three years of release nationally. One of the reasons that offenders have difficulty is because they often face the unrealistic requirement to pay off large fees and fines, which grow with interest if not paid, at the same time as they have to pay for housing, food, care for children, or other necessities of life. Failure to pay can result in the offender found to be in violation while on probation or being denied a pardon.

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Fines, Costs, Penalties, And Forfeitures.

Sen. David McBride [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Rep. Franklin Cooke [D]	Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]
Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]
Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]
Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]
Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Rep. Sean Matthews [D]	Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]
Rep. Edward Osienski [D]

2019-06-12 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 13 N: 7 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-19		Tabled in Committee
2019-06-18		Amendment HA 1 to SB 123 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2019-06-13		Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House
2019-06-12		Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 7 NO 1 NOT VOTING
2019-06-12		Amendment SA 2 to SB 123 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 12 YES 7 NO 2 NOT VOTING
2019-06-12		Amendment SA 1 to SB 123 - Stricken in Senate
2019-06-05		Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
2019-05-29		Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47541
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47541&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB123
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#40874