Delaware Senate Bill 279 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-4)
Status: Introduced on June 14 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-06-15 - Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Pursuant to Superior Court Criminal Rule 16, a defendant may request the opportunity to inspect and copy property and material in the possession, custody or control of the state and which is material to the preparation of the defendant’s defense, is intended for use by the state as evidence in chief at trial, or was obtained from or belongs to the defendant. However, when the property or material is child pornography, safeguards must be implemented to ensure that the child pornography is not further distributed and the victim(s) not further exposed to harm. This bill will provide a defendant the opportunity to inspect evidence alleged to constitute child pornography without requiring the State to be complicit in the reproduction of illegal materials.

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Reproduction Of Child Pornography.

Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Bethany Hall-Long [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]
Rep. Kevin Hensley [R]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Sen. Gregory Lavelle [R]
Sen. Robert Marshall [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-06-15	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
2016-06-14	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/3b32a8af7749b05785257fcb006072e6?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+279/$file/legis.html?open