Delaware House Bill 79

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: Introduced on March 8 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-04-25 - Stricken in House
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

In 2022, the General Assembly passed HB115, which prohibits the criminal prosecution of children under the age of 12 and limits proceeding against a minor as an adult to a narrow set of serious crimes alleged to have been committed by children 16 or older. This Act clarifies that children under 12 may not be arrested or detained pending adjudication, except where the alleged crime is one of the enumerated exceptions, and aligns other language in Title 10 with the limitations on transfer of children from Family to Superior Court.

An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Delinquency And Criminal Proceedings Involving Children.

Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]
Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]
Rep. Franklin Cooke [D]	Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]
Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. Larry Lambert [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]
Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-25		Stricken in House
2023-03-15		Tabled in Committee
2023-03-08		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130061
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=130061&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB79