HB 70 - Repeals the Death Penalty in Delaware - Delaware Key Vote
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- Aug. 26, 2024
- Senate Bill Passed
- June 27, 2024
- House Bill Passed
- June 18, 2024
- Introduced
- Jan. 25, 2023
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Stage Details
Title: Repeals the Death Penalty in Delaware
Signed by Governor John Carney, Jr.
Title: Repeals the Death Penalty in Delaware
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that repeals the death penalty as a capitol offense punishment in Delaware.
Highlights:
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Prohibits the death penalty for any person convicted of first-degree murder (Sec. 1).
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Establishes the penalty for a person who is convicted of first-degree murder after the person’s 18th birthday is imprisonment for the remainder of the person’s natural life (Sec. 1).
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Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval of the Governor (Sec. 2).
Title: Repeals the Death Penalty in Delaware
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that repeals the death penalty as a capitol offense punishment in Delaware.
Highlights:
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Prohibits the death penalty for any person convicted of first-degree murder (Sec. 1).
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Establishes the penalty for a person who is convicted of first-degree murder after the person’s 18th birthday is imprisonment for the remainder of the person’s natural life (Sec. 1).
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Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval of the Governor (Sec. 2).
Title: Repeals the Death Penalty in Delaware
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha (DE - D)
- Kyle Evans Gay (DE - D) (Out Of Office)
- Krista Griffith (DE - D)
- Debra J. Heffernan (DE - D)
- Russ Huxtable (DE - D)
- Larry Lambert (DE - D)
- Sarah McBride (DE - D) (Out Of Office)
- DeShanna U. Neal (DE - D)
- Sophie Phillips (DE - D)
- Marie Pinkney (DE - D)
- Cyndie Romer (DE - D)
- Michael F. 'Mike' Smith (DE - R)