Passed Delaware Firearm Legislation SB258
Legislation Overview
Title: An Act To Amend Titles 7, 11, And 23 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Environmental Violations.
Description: This legislation declassifies a number of minor violations associated with wildlife, hunting, fishing and boating by changing them from Class C and Class D environmental misdemeanors to environmental violations. These environmental violations will not be reported on criminal history records kept by The Delaware Criminal Justice Information System (DELJIS); however DNREC is authorized to retain records on environmental violations to ensure that second offenses and higher penalties are pursued when appropriate. The legislation also modernizes penalties associated with several other offenses by classifying them as various environmental misdemeanors and raises the minimum fine for Class C environmental violations from $50 to $100 for first offenses and Class D environmental violations from $25 to $50 for first offenses. Finally, the jurisdiction for a number of violations is changed from Superior Court to Magistrate Court.
Session: 147th General Assembly
Last Action: Signed by Governor
Last Action Date: September 2, 2014
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
21 sponsors: McBride; Debra J. Heffernan; Ennis;Bethany A. Hall-Long;Hocker; Ernesto B. Lopez;Karen E. Peterson; Venables; Atkins; Briggs;King;William J. Carson; Timothy D. Dukes;Ronald E. Gray;Earl G. Jaques; J. Johnson;Harvey R. Kenton; Mulrooney; Outten; Stephen T. Smyk;Wilson;
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 51% (21 of 41)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Sep 2, 2014 | Signed by Governor |
| House | Jun 30, 2014 | Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 41 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| House | Jun 26, 2014 | Reported Out of Committee (NATURAL RESOURCES) in House with 11 On Its Merits |
| House | Jun 25, 2014 | Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House |
| Senate | Jun 24, 2014 | Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| Senate | Jun 24, 2014 | Amendment SA 1 - Introduced in Senate |
| Senate | Jun 24, 2014 | Amendment SA 1 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| Senate | Jun 18, 2014 | Reported Out of Committee (NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| Senate | Jun 17, 2014 | Assigned to Natural Resources & Environmental Control Committee in Senate |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Engrossed | Jun 30, 2014 | state link | bill text |
| Draft | Jun 17, 2014 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Senate Third Reading
House Third Reading
Link: link to state bill page
