Delaware Senate Bill 28 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-5)
Status: Passed on May 19 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-05-19 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act will protect the safety of certain victims of violent crime by creating Delaware’s Address Confidentiality Program, which will be administered by the Delaware Department of Justice. The Program will permit victims of crime of domestic violence, stalking and sexual assault, as well as persons participating in Delaware’s Witness Protection Program, to keep their actual address confidential by applying to the Department of Justice for a substitute address to which all mail will be delivered. The Act requires any Federal, State or local governmental agency to accept a program participant’s substitute address, except as necessary to comply with the terms of court-ordered probation, parole, pre-trial release or sex offender registration. The Act ensures that Federal, State and local governments, will have access to a program participant’s actual address through a waiver process to be established by the Department of Justice. Disclosure of a participant’s actual address to a law enforcement agency in an emergency situation or as directed by court order will also be required by the Act. The Act also establishes that program participants may utilize the existing provisions of the Delaware Code to request that the Department of Elections maintain the confidentiality of their actual address. The Act shall take effect on October 3, 2011.

An Act To Amend Titles 11 And 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Address Confidentiality For Certain Persons.

Rep. Michael Barbieri [D]	Rep. Edward Bennett [D]	Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Sen. George Bunting [D]
Rep. William Carson [D]	Sen. Dorinda Connor [R]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]
Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]	Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]
Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Sen. Robert Marshall [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]
Rep. Michael Mulrooney [D]	Sen. Karen Peterson [D]	Rep. Darryl Scott [D]	Sen. Gary Simpson [R]
Sen. Liane Sorenson [R]	Rep. John Viola [D]	Rep. Rebecca Walker [D]

2011-05-10 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2011-04-13 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-19		Signed by Governor
2011-05-10		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 40 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-05-04		Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 6 On Its Merits
2011-04-14		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
2011-04-13		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 19 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-04-12		Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2011-03-31		Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/4b040994f5efc8cd8525785400580f46?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+28/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/d004ea8d7224aebd8525787100710094?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/5be3df8ef59821668525788c0074d5db?OpenDocument