Delaware House Bill 21 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Enrolled on June 10 2009 - 75% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-06-10 - HS 1 for HB 21 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Bill designates minor traffic offenses as violations, most of which 4102 of Title 21 of the Code currently classifies, by default, as misdemeanors since Title 21 generally does not designate offenses as violations, misdemeanors or felonies. The purpose of this Bill is to make the designations for traffic offenses proportional to the seriousness of the offense. An additional purpose of this Bill is to ensure that no one loses an employment opportunity solely because the person has a “misdemeanor” conviction due to a traffic offense that should not be classified as a misdemeanor.

An Act To Amend Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Classification Of Certain Minor Traffic Offenses.

Rep. Edward Bennett [D]	Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]	Rep. William Carson [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]
Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]	Rep. Thomas Kovach [R]	Sen. Gregory Lavelle [R]
Sen. Robert Marshall [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. William Oberle [R]	Rep. William Outten [R]
Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Sen. Liane Sorenson [R]	Rep. Robert Walls [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-06-10		HS 1 for HB 21 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2009-06-03		HS 1 FOR HB 21 - Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2009-04-30		HS 1 for HB 21 - Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
2009-04-09		HS 1 for HB 21 - Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 34 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 7 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2009-04-08		HS 1 for HB 21 - Reported Out of Committee (PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
2009-04-07		HS 1 for HB 21 - Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House
2009-03-10		Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/5575af3577f4adde852575710059ae12?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+21/$file/legis.html?open