Delaware House Bill 385 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on July 12 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-07-12 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill amends Chapter 85, Title 11 of the Delaware Code to clearly establish what shall be the primary jurisdiction where a missing person’s complaint must be filed for purposes of determining which law enforcement agency shall be primarily responsible for receiving and taking a missing person’s complaint and assuming the investigation to locate the missing person. The bill specifically states that the law enforcement agency having primary jurisdiction over the verified location where the missing person was last seen shall be responsible for taking a missing person’s complaint and assuming the investigation. If the location where the missing person was last seen cannot be verified, the law enforcement agency having primary jurisdiction over the missing person’s last known place of residence shall be responsible for taking the missing person’s complaint and assuming the investigation.

An Act To Amend Chapter 85, Title 11, Of The Delaware Code Relating To Missing Persons.

Rep. Edward Bennett [D]	Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]	Rep. William Carson [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]
Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]	Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]
Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. Harvey Kenton [R]	Rep. Clifford Lee [R]	Rep. Joseph Miro [R]
Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Rebecca Walker [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]

2012-06-30 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-06-21 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-07-12		Signed by Governor
2012-06-30		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 1 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2012-06-30		Necessary rules are suspended in Senate
2012-06-21		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 40 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2012-06-13		Reported Out of Committee (PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY) in House with 7 On Its Merits
2012-06-12		Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/9e608aef5298b05885257a150056f8be?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+385/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/cd6e29ec7518e59c85257a2400747784?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/41c0e7d1cafa1dd785257a2e00153a64?OpenDocument