DE HB155 | 2017-2018 | 149th General Assembly

Delaware House Bill 155 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on May 2 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-02 - Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Summary

This Act removes the Department of Corrections authority to execute orders as to sentences of capital punishment and prohibits the Department from using lethal doses of drugs on those in its care. This Act also removes hanging as a method of execution in Delaware.

Title

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

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-02		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Delaware State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25706
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25706&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB155