DE SB271 | 2015-2016 | 148th General Assembly

Delaware Senate Bill 271 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on August 3 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-08-03 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Summary

This Act makes a revision to the Delaware Code for the purpose of closing a loophole in the robbery first degree statute, whereby a criminal can threaten to kill someone during the course of committing theft and receive a lesser sanction than by threatening to shoot someone. Specifically, this Act makes it a crime of robbery in the first degree by threatening death upon another during the commission of robbery in the second degree, adding subsection (a)(5).

Title

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Robbery In The First Degree.

Roll Calls

2016-07-01 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-08-03	Senate	Signed by Governor
2016-07-01	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 36 YES 0 NO 1 NOT VOTING 4 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-06-28	House	Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 8 On Its Merits
2016-06-21	House	Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
2016-06-16	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-06-15	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2016-06-09	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate

Delaware State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/ffcd75d0a224e61585257fb100712200?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+271/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/132be6ba3abda4b285257fe3001cda13?OpenDocument