Delaware House Bill 295 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on July 27 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-07-27 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act fills a gap regarding the definition of “residence” in Delaware’s Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”) that was recently identified by the decision of the Delaware Supreme Court in Andrews v. State. 34 A.3d 1061, 1064 (Del. 2011). Unlike many other jurisdictions, Delaware’s SORNA does not specifically define what would be considered a “residence” that must be registered. As the purpose of the Delaware’s SORNA is to ensure that persons are registered where they actually live or are located, this Act ensures that one must register each such location.

An Act To Amend Title 11 Relating To The Registration Of Sex Offenders.

Rep. Michael Barbieri [D]	Rep. Edward Bennett [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]
Sen. George Bunting [D]	Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]	Sen. Bethany Hall-Long [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]
Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. Harvey Kenton [R]	Sen. Gregory Lavelle [R]
Rep. Joseph Miro [R]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Daniel Short [R]
Rep. Rebecca Walker [D]	Rep. Lincoln Willis [R]

2012-06-27 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-04-24 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-07-27		Signed by Governor
2012-06-27		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2012-05-16		Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2012-04-25		Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
2012-04-24		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 39 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2012-04-05		Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 6 On Its Merits
2012-04-03		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/84c0e3678da1c47b852579d000741058?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+295/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/a5eb17f9d0c9b788852579ea006f3851?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/47f1f5822709ec5585257a2a0076d3ea?OpenDocument