Delaware House Bill 353 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: Introduced on May 17 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-06-20 - HS 1 for HB 353 - Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 7 On Its Merits
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act clarifies the usage of the term “without the victim’s consent” as found in the Criminal Code's rape statutory scheme. In contrast to current legislative intent, the term “without the victim’s consent” is being broadly defined in order to charge offenders that engage in consensual sexual acts with minors with the enhanced “forcible rape” offenses rather than the lesser “statutory rape” offenses. This is at odds with the current statutory scheme’s logical progression as it relates to the varying degrees of rape offenses. This Act corrects this misinterpretation by distinguishing “statutory rape” from traditional “forcible rape” consistent with existing Delaware statutory law.

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Sexual Offenses.

Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Sen. George Bunting [D]	Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]
Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]
Rep. Teresa Schooley [D]	Rep. Melanie Smith [D]	Rep. John Viola [D]	Rep. Rebecca Walker [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-06-20		HS 1 for HB 353 - Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 7 On Its Merits
2012-06-19		HS 1 for HB 353 - Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
2012-05-17		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/44ed1e07a733de2e8525794c0056ff72?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+353/$file/legis.html?open