Delaware Senate Bill 39 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: Passed on April 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-13 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill clarifies that Probation Before Judgment (PBJ) may be entered for multiple charges arising from a single arrest. Changes to the legislation also allow for a defendant to be permitted Probation Before Judgment more than once in a five year period so long as offenses are in different titles of the Code. For example, a defendant who was granted PBJ in 2017 for speeding (title 21) would be eligible for PBJ on a title 11 charge (e.g. bad check) or title 4 (e.g. underage consumption of alcohol) in 2019.

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Probation Before Judgment.

Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]
Rep. William Bush [D]	Rep. Larry Lambert [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]
Sen. Sarah McBride [D]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]
Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]

2021-04-01 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-03-11 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-13		Signed by Governor
2021-04-01		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2021-03-26		Suspension of Rules in House
2021-03-16		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2021-03-12		Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
2021-03-11		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2021-03-10		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2021-03-09		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48426
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48426&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB39
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41786
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41917