Delaware House Bill 379 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 13 2022 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-06-15 - Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 9 Favorable
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act Amends Title 10 of the Delaware Code by allowing automatic Expungement for Juveniles who choose to participate in the Juvenile Offender Civil Citation Program after one year of successful completion of the program. This Program was offered as a viable alternative for Delaware Juveniles who did not wish to have a criminal misdemeanor on their record, especially in a time when these Juveniles may be applying for higher education and employment. However, whereas certain lower-level criminal offenses offer an option for expungement, these Civil Citations do not, and can still be seen on the Juveniles records. This Act also obligates the Civil Citation Coordinator to notify any courts or law-enforcement agencies who possess records pertaining to the case to have the records expunged. Such courts and agencies are to provide written notice to the Coordinator to confirm the expungement was completed.

An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Juvenile Offender Civil Citation Program And Expungement Of A Juveniles Record.

Rep. Timothy Dukes [R]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]
Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]
Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]	Rep. Franklin Cooke [D]
Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Rep. Kevin Hensley [R]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]
Rep. Larry Lambert [D]	Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]	Rep. Sherae'a Moore [D]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]
Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Daniel Short [R]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]	Rep. Stephen Smyk [R]
Rep. Jeffrey Spiegelman [R]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Rep. Lyndon Yearick [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-06-15		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 9 Favorable
2022-06-09		Amendment HA 1 to HB 379 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2022-04-13		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109359
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=109359&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB379