Delaware House Bill 447 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Passed on August 30 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-08-30 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This Act implements some of the recommendations of the African American Task Force's Safety and Justice Subcommittee. Specifically, it requires that cases or charges that are more than 7 years old be treated as resolved in favor of a child or adult if there is no disposition available for the case and no outstanding warrants. This clarification will prevent errors in record-keeping in the criminal justice system from stopping an otherwise qualified petitioner from obtaining an expungement that may otherwise be available. It will also require old cases for which no outcome is listed to be removed from a person's record if they are more than 7 years old.

An Act To Amend Titles 10 And 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Expungement.

Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]	Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]
Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]
Rep. Franklin Cooke [D]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]

2022-06-30 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-06-21 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-08-30		Signed by Governor
2022-06-30		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2022-06-30		Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2022-06-29		Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
2022-06-29		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2022-06-21		Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
2022-06-21		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2022-06-21		Amendment HA 2 to HB 447 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
2022-06-21		Amendment HA 1 to HB 447 - Stricken in House
2022-06-21		Amendment HA 1 to HB 447 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2022-06-15		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
2022-06-02		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109589
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=109589&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB447
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocumentEngrossment?engrossmentId=25332&docTypeId=6
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53582
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53862