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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ARREST FOR VIOLATION - LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS CONTAINER. This amendment repeals Title 16 § 7204 in its entirety. This particular section prescribes a practice that is typically unused and handled through a traditional warrant process by charging a previous section of this chapter brought by a law enforcement officer. Additionally, the act of recovering a container possessed by someone other than the owner is more appropriately handled through the civil replevin process. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 151 HB 56 Delaware HB 56 (151)
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Franklin D. Cooke
Stephen Smyk
William J. Carson
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Delaware HB 56 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ARREST FOR VIOLATION - LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS CONTAINER.

This amendment repeals Title 16 § 7204 in its entirety. This particular section prescribes a practice that is typically unused and handled through a traditional warrant process by charging a previous section of this chapter brought by a law enforcement officer. Additionally, the act of recovering a container possessed by someone other than the owner is more appropriately handled through the civil replevin process.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • 2/3 — 210 (pass) · upper
  • SM — 400 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
  • Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
  • Stephen Smyk — primary (person)
  • William J. Carson — primary (person)
  • David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
  • Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
  • Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
  • Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2020-12-18 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-03-09 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 7 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-19 Suspension of Rules in House
  • 2021-03-19 Suspension of Rules in House
  • 2021-03-25 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2021-03-25 Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-03-31 Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
  • 2021-09-17 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/142cdbb7-dab8-4ee2-9c72-ec1cdd14b41e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).