Delaware General Assembly

Senate Finance 5/10/18

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

5/10/18

McDowell

Sen. Henry, McBride, Poore
Reps. Heffernan, J. Johnson, Mitchell, M. Smith

Sen. Bonini, Bushweller, Ennis, Hansen, Simpson, Sokola, Walsh
Reps. Baumbach, Bolden, Brady, Q. Johnson, Kowalko, Lynn, Matthews

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 29, 30 AND 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES.

Delaware’s existing Criminal Code was adopted in 1973 and was based on the Model Penal Code. Since that time, the Criminal Code has quadrupled in size and expanded to other parts of the Code without consideration to the general effects of the change on the Criminal Code’s overall structure, its terminology, or its application, creating numerous inconsistencies, redundancies, ambiguities and contradictions. This Act is one of two bills that seek to bring back clarity and consistency to the Criminal Code.

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