Bill Text: DE HB59 | 2015-2016 | 148th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Classification Of Offenses.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-02 - Signed by Governor [HB59 Detail]

Download: Delaware-2015-HB59-Engrossed.html

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SPONSOR:	Rep. J. Johnson & Sen. Henry Reps. Baumbach Bolden Hudson Jaques Keeley Kenton Miro Osienski Outten Potter Ramone Schwartzkopf B. Short D. Short M. Smith Spiegelman Wilson Sens. Bonini Lopez Marshall Richardson Townsend

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

148th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 59

AS AMENDED BY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend § 4201, Title 11 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows and by reorganizing accordingly:

§4201. Transition provisions.

(c) The following felonies shall be designated as violent felonies:

Title 11, Section Crime

1112B Promoting Sexual Solicitation of a Child

1253 Escape After Conviction, if convicted as a Class C Felony or a Class B Felony

1257(a) Resisting Arrest with Force or Violence

Title 16, Section Crime

4754 4754(1) Drug Dealing – Aggravated Possession; Class D Felony

4755 Aggravated Possession; Class E Felony

4756 Aggravated Possession; Class F Felony

(d) Any attempt to commit any felony designated in this subsection subsection (c) of this section as a violent felony shall also be designated as a violent felony.