AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JUVENILE OFFENDER CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM.
Summary
This Act removes the requirement that a juvenile can only be referred to the the Juvenile Offender Civil Citation Program a second or subsequent time if the juvenile’s prior referral was for a different offense than the second referral, allowing a juvenile to be referred for the same offense if the juvenile is otherwise qualified. This Act also makes technical changes to comply with the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2024
Committee Review
Jun 2024
House Passage
Jun 2024
Senate Passage
Jun 2024
Signed into Law
Aug 2024
Introduced May 14, 2024
Signed Aug 2, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Jun 25, 2024 · House Jun 13, 2024
How they voted
20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Jun 25, 2024
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican6
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Aug 2, 2024
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
Jun 18, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
upper
Jun 13, 2024
Introduced
Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
upper
Jun 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
lower
May 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
lower
May 14, 2024
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
lower
12 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cyndie Romer
DDemocratic
P
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
P
Debra Heffernan
DDemocratic
P
Eric Morrison
DDemocratic
P
Frank Cooke
DDemocratic
P
Laura Sturgeon
DDemocratic
P
Nicole Poore
DDemocratic
P
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
P
Pete Schwartzkopf
DDemocratic
P
Sean Lynn
DDemocratic
P
Sherry Dorsey Walker
DDemocratic
P
Tizzy Lockman
DDemocratic
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