Bill Text: DE HB59 | 2015-2016 | 148th General Assembly | Draft
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-Draft.html
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 |
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 148th GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
HOUSE BILL NO. 59 |
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENSES. |
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
4774 Delivery
of Drug Paraphernalia to a Minor
(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.
SYNOPSIS
This Act makes changes to the state's list of statutory violent felonies ("list"). First, the Act adds two crimes, felony Promoting Sexual Solicitation of a Child and felony Resisting Arrest with Force or Violence, to the list. Second, the Act removes non-violent escape after conviction, lower level felony drug possession, and delivery of drug paraphernalia to a minor from the list. Additionally, the changes on line 16 are made to designate a previously undesignated paragraph, in keeping with the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. |