Delaware Senate Bill 258 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on September 2 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-09-02 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This legislation declassifies a number of minor violations associated with wildlife, hunting, fishing and boating by changing them from Class C and Class D environmental misdemeanors to environmental violations. These environmental violations will not be reported on criminal history records kept by The Delaware Criminal Justice Information System (DELJIS); however DNREC is authorized to retain records on environmental violations to ensure that second offenses and higher penalties are pursued when appropriate. The legislation also modernizes penalties associated with several other offenses by classifying them as various environmental misdemeanors and raises the minimum fine for Class C environmental violations from $50 to $100 for first offenses and Class D environmental violations from $25 to $50 for first offenses. Finally, the jurisdiction for a number of violations is changed from Superior Court to Magistrate Court.

An Act To Amend Titles 7, 11, And 23 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Environmental Violations.

Sen. David McBride [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Bethany Hall-Long [D]
Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Karen Peterson [D]	Sen. Robert Venables [D]
Rep. John Atkins [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. William Carson [D]
Rep. Timothy Dukes [R]	Rep. Ronald Gray [R]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]	Rep. James Johnson [D]
Rep. Harvey Kenton [R]	Rep. Michael Mulrooney [D]	Rep. William Outten [R]	Rep. Stephen Smyk [R]
Sen. David Wilson [R]

2014-06-30 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-06-24 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-09-02	Senate	Signed by Governor
2014-06-30	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 41 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-06-26	House	Reported Out of Committee (NATURAL RESOURCES) in House with 11 On Its Merits
2014-06-25	House	Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House
2014-06-24	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-06-24	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-06-24	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Introduced in Senate
2014-06-18	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2014-06-17	Senate	Assigned to Natural Resources & Environmental Control Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/83223bb1c6f7025985257cc9006c7c5b?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+258/$file/legis.html?open
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/EngrossmentsforLookup/SB+258/$file/Engross.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/e5cd2a2398cd068f85257d0100749474?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/8a7e5a107a07057585257d08000e7ebb?OpenDocument