AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 186, VOLUME 83 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO THE COUNCIL ON CORRECTION.

Plain English Breakdown

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HB378: Removing a Deadline for Council on Correction Support

This bill removes an expiration date that would have ended the administrative support partnership between the Criminal Justice Council and the Council on Correction.

What This Bill Does

• Removes a rule that made the partnership end automatically after five years.
• Allows the Criminal Justice Council to keep providing staff help and training opportunities to the Council on Correction.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Council on Correction in Delaware
• The Criminal Justice Council

Terms To Know

Sunset provision

A rule that makes a law or program end automatically after a set time unless lawmakers renew it.

Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee (JLOSC)

The group of lawmakers who reviewed the Council on Correction and recommended this change.

Limits and Unknowns

• The official text does not state a specific effective date for when this bill becomes law.
• While the source states the partnership has been successful, it does not list specific results or data to prove that success.

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 186, VOLUME 83 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO THE COUNCIL ON CORRECTION.
This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's (JLOSC) review of the Council on Correction. In 2021, JLOSC sponsored Senate Bill No. 129 of the 151st General Assembly, which, among other updates to the Council on Correction's statute, tasked the Criminal Justice Council with providing administrative support to the Council on Correction. This partnership was intended to provide the Council on Correction with needed staff support and training opportunities. SB 129 included a 5-year sunset provision to review the efficacy of the partnership.

Because the partnership has been successful, this Act removes the sunset provision so that the partnership may continue. Otherwise, the partnership will expire on September 17, 2026.

Current Bill Text

Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Rep. Romer & Sen. Hoffner

Reps. Collins, Jones Giltner, Ortega, Ross Levin; Sens. Huxtable, Pettyjohn, Poore, Richardson

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 378

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 186, VOLUME 83 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO THE COUNCIL ON CORRECTION.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend Chapter 186, Volume 83 of the Laws of Delaware by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

Section 2.

Section 8905(i) of Title 29 under this Act expires 5 years after its enactment into law, unless otherwise provided by a subsequent act of the General Assembly.

[Repealed.]

SYNOPSIS

This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's (JLOSC) review of the Council on Correction. In 2021, JLOSC sponsored Senate Bill No. 129 of the 151st General Assembly, which, among other updates to the Council on Correction's statute, tasked the Criminal Justice Council with providing administrative support to the Council on Correction. This partnership was intended to provide the Council on Correction with needed staff support and training opportunities. SB 129 included a 5-year sunset provision to review the efficacy of the partnership.

Because the partnership has been successful, this Act removes the sunset provision so that the partnership may continue. Otherwise, the partnership will expire on September 17, 2026.