Delaware House Bill 135 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Passed on January 30 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-01-30 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

The bill raises the “maximum fine” threshold that gives a defendant an automatic right to transfer a criminal case from a Justice of the Peace Court or Alderman’s Court to the Court of Common Pleas from $15 to $100. It would leave unchanged the automatic right to transfer any criminal case in which there is a “possibility that a period of incarceration” could be imposed. Where there is more than one offense charged, each of which is within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Justice of the Peace Court or Alderman’s Court, the entire case would remain within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Justice of the Peace Court or Alderman’s Court. Conversely, where there is more than one offense charged, and at least one of those offenses is within the concurrent jurisdiction of the Court of Common Pleas, the Court of Common Pleas may exercise concurrent jurisdiction over the entire case.

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

Rep. John Atkins [D]	Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Rep. George [?]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]
Rep. James Johnson [D]

2011-06-29 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-06-07 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-30		Signed by Governor
2011-06-29		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 1 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-06-21		Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2011-06-08		Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
2011-06-07		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 41 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-06-01		Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 9 On Its Merits
2011-05-26		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/20106d67f1786a078525789b00536f36?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+135/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/960dd28f2e9c8afb852578a800763caf?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/58b86d85e0e75273852578be0080e222?OpenDocument