Delaware Senate Bill 162 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: Introduced on March 20 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-03-20 - Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate
Pending: Senate Judicial & Community Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Confessions are powerful evidence of guilt. This Act adopts the Uniform Law Commission's Uniform Electronic Recordation of Custodial Interrogations Act to promote truth-finding, promote efficiency, and protect constitutional values. To accomplish this, this Act mandates audio recording or audio and video recording of the custodial interrogation process by law enforcement when the interrogation relates to a crime described in § 4201(c) of Title 11, which designates certain crimes as violent felonies, or to a delinquent act.

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Electronic Recordation Of Custodial Interrogations.

Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Rep. James Johnson [D]	Rep. Charles Potter [D]
Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Robert Marshall [D]	Sen. Harris McDowell [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]
Rep. David Bentz [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Gerald Brady [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]
Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]
Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-20		Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26401
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26401&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB162