Delaware Senate Bill 207 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on August 10 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-08-10 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This Act would improve the state’s response to incidents of school bullying by better informing parents of the availability of intervention by the Department of Justice’s School Ombudsperson, and clarify that the Ombudsperson has authority to intervene in both incidents of criminal activity and incidents that meet the statutory definition of bullying but do not constitute criminal activity. This Act would also give schools and victims’ families discretion whether to report misdemeanor assault incidents between juveniles to law enforcement agencies, rather than mandating the involvement of the criminal justice system in all such incidents. Finally, the Act would ensure that parents of students involved in bullying incidents are informed that such incidents are reported to the Department of Education, and are informed when such reports occur.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Bullying And Crimes In Schools.

Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Rep. Charles Potter [D]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]
Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. Gregory Lavelle [R]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]
Sen. Robert Marshall [D]	Sen. Karen Peterson [D]	Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]	Sen. David Sokola [D]
Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]
Rep. Earl Jaques [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Rep. William Outten [R]
Rep. Bryon Short [D]	Rep. Melanie Smith [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]

2016-06-30 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 11 N: 9 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-06-28 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-08-10	House	Signed by Governor
2016-06-30	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 11 YES 9 NO 1 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-06-28	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 39 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-06-28	House	Amendment HA 1 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2016-06-22	House	Reported Out of Committee (EDUCATION) in House with 8 On Its Merits
2016-06-22	House	Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2016-04-14	House	Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House
2016-04-13	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-03-23	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
2016-03-10	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/4ee0af3d9815816485257f71005e7811?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+207/$file/legis.html?open
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/EngrossmentsforLookup/SB+207/$file/Engross.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/954aae40cf7181ad85257fe00079f9be?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/decc2a059e35a2a885257fe30008bd55?OpenDocument