AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF FORENSIC SCIENCE.
Summary
This bill clarifies that the Division of Forensic Science can set reasonable fees in its regulations related to the issuance of any postmortem record, cremation permit, or statistics, which are services it currently provides at no cost. The collection of such fees is consistent with laws in other state jurisdictions.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2017
Committee Review
Jun 2017
House Passage
Jun 2017
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jun 14, 2017
Last action Jun 29, 2017
Floor votes · House Jun 27, 2017
How they voted
29–7
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 41
Jun 27, 2017
D
Democratic25
76% Yea
R
Republican16
62% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Amendments
3
Jun 29, 2017
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
upper
Jun 27, 2017
Introduced
Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
upper
Jun 27, 2017
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 29 YES 7 NO 4 ABSENT
lower
Jun 27, 2017
Lower · Passed
Amendment HA 2 to HB 233 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
lower
Jun 27, 2017
Lower · Passed
Amendment HA 1 to HB 233 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
lower
Jun 27, 2017
Introduced
Amendment HA 1 to HB 233 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
lower
Jun 21, 2017
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 8 On Its Merits
lower
Jun 14, 2017
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House
lower
2 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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