Delaware Senate Bill 158 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-3)
Status: Passed on July 20 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-07-20 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill expands prison-based jobs to provide work experience and job skill training and will assist offenders with reentry, while also maintaining Department of Correction (DOC) facilities. DOC has not been able to increase the number of offender job opportunities at its facilities or increase inmate wages due to budget constraints; and allowing offenders to be either compensated or awarded additional good time credits will allow the Department to increase the number of offenders eligible to work and provide them with additional opportunities to earn good time credits. Increasing the number of good time credit days an offender may earn will enhance the incentive for inmates to participate in approved programs and productive work.

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Department Of Correction.

Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]	Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]
Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]
Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]
Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Franklin Cooke [D]
Rep. John Kowalko [D]

2021-06-24 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-06-10 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-07-20		Signed by Governor
2021-06-24		Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
2021-06-15		Reported Out of Committee (Corrections) in House with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
2021-06-11		Assigned to Corrections Committee in House
2021-06-10		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2021-06-09		Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2021-06-03		Introduced and Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78782
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=78782&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB158
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#52262
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#52552