Delaware Senate Bill 34 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-6)
Status: Passed on May 14 2009 - 100% progression
Action: 2009-05-14 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill tightens a few areas in the termination of parental rights statute pertaining to children abandoned by their parents or killed or almost killed by their parents. First, it expands the abandonment age from 6 months to 6 years old where children are left in circumstances which place the child at substantial risk of injury or death. It also allows termination of parental rights, where the grounds can be proven, if a parent causes the death or near death of any child, and includes reckless conduct as well. Author: Senator Blevins

An Act To Amend Title 13 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Termination And Transfer Of Parental Rights In Adoption Proceedings.

Rep. Michael Barbieri [D]	Rep. Edward Bennett [D]	Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]
Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Rep. Robert Gilligan [D]	Sen. Bethany Hall-Long [D]
Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Sen. Gregory Lavelle [R]
Sen. Robert Marshall [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. William Oberle [R]	Rep. Teresa Schooley [D]
Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Liane Sorenson [R]

2009-04-30 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2009-04-09 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-05-14		Signed by Governor
2009-04-30		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 40 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2009-04-29		Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 7 On Its Merits
2009-04-22		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
2009-04-09		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2009-04-01		Reported Out of Committee (CHILDREN; YOUTH & FAMILIES) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2009-03-24		Assigned to Children; Youth & Families Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/6840242b83bb16cb852575750066e0f1?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+34/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/8437aec5b7b99c3c85257593006a7fd5?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/14ec82a02c410a57852575a800789d3d?OpenDocument