Delaware 151st General Assembly (2021-2022) Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 6 D · 3 R cosponsors

HB 283 — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISBURSING MONEY IN THE FUND TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES TO THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COUNCIL.

Last action — Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 151st General Assembly (2021-2022). It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

This Act funds the Human Trafficking Interagency Coordinating Council by disbursing to the Council $100,000 each fiscal year from the Fund to Combat Violent Crimes. Under § 4101(h) of Title 11, the Fund to Combat Violent Crimes is funded by a $15 penalty imposed on and collected from defendants for certain crimes or civil violations. The money within the Fund is divided between the Department of Safety and Homeland Security and local law-enforcement agencies for use in connection with initiatives to combat violent crime. No more than $4,250,000 may be deposited into the Fund. Any amount more than $4,250,000 reverts to the General Fund. In recent fiscal years, the Fund to Combat Violent Crimes has reverted excess funds to the General Fund. Because of the new disbursement of $100,000 to the Human Trafficking Interagency Coordinating Council, this Act also increases the maximum amount of money that may be deposited into the Fund to Combat Violent Crimes by $100,000 to $4,350,000. This Act also adds to existing reporting requirements for the Human Trafficking Interagency Coordinating Council that the Council document how it spends disbursements from the Fund to Combat Violent Crimes. The Council must also provide the report to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

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This Act allocates $100,000 annually to the Human Trafficking Interagency Coordinating Council from the Fund to Combat Violent Crimes and increases the maximum deposit limit of the Fund by $100,000.

  • § 4101

    $4.25 million → $4,350,000

    Increases the maximum amount that can be deposited into the Fund to Combat Violent Crimes by $100,000.

  • § 4101(h)(2)

    Each fiscal year, $100,000 of the Fund must be distributed to the Human Trafficking Interagency Coordinating Council, established under § 787 of this title.

    Establishes a new annual distribution of $100,000 to the Human Trafficking Interagency Coordinating Council from the Fund to Combat Violent Crimes.

  • § 4101(h)(2)

    The Human Trafficking Interagency Coordinating Council shall use the funds received under this paragraph (h)(2) to accomplish the initiatives described in § 787(k)(2) of this title.

    Mandates that the funds provided to the Council be used for specific initiatives related to human trafficking.

  • § 4101(h)(2)

    At each full council meeting, the Human Trafficking Interagency Coordinating Council shall provide a report to meeting attendees on how it has, since the previous full council meeting, spent any funds received under this paragraph (h)(2).

    Adds a requirement for the Council to report on fund expenditures at full council meetings.

  • § 4101(h)(2)

    Beginning after the first full fiscal year the Human Trafficking Interagency Coordinating Council received funding under this paragraph (h)(2), the Council shall include in the annual report...how the Council spent funds received under this paragraph (h)(2) for the previous fiscal year.

    Requires the Council to detail its spending of the funds in its annual report.

  • § 4101(h)(2)

    For purposes of submitting the report to the General Assembly, the Human Trafficking Interagency Coordinating Council shall submit the report to the Secretary of the Senate, Chief Clerk of the House, the Chair of the Joint Finance Committee, and the Vice Chair of the Joint Finance Committee, who shall distribute the report to the General Assembly and the Joint Finance Committee.

    Specifies the recipients of the Council's spending report to enhance transparency.

Action History

  1. Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House

  2. Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits

  3. Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 283 do?
This Act funds the Human Trafficking Interagency Coordinating Council by disbursing to the Council $100,000 each fiscal year from the Fund to Combat Violent Crimes. Under § 4101(h) of Title 11, the Fund to Combat Violent Crimes is funded by a $15 penalty imposed on and collected from defendants for certain crimes or civil violations. The money within the Fund is divided between the Department of Safety and Homeland Security and local law-enforcement agencies for use in connection with initiatives to combat violent crime. No more than $4,250,000 may be deposited into the Fund. Any amount more than $4,250,000 reverts to the General Fund. In recent fiscal years, the Fund to Combat Violent Crimes has reverted excess funds to the General Fund. Because of the new disbursement of $100,000 to the Human Trafficking Interagency Coordinating Council, this Act also increases the maximum amount of money that may be deposited into the Fund to Combat Violent Crimes by $100,000 to $4,350,000. This Act also adds to existing reporting requirements for the Human Trafficking Interagency Coordinating Council that the Council document how it spends disbursements from the Fund to Combat Violent Crimes. The Council must also provide the report to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
Who sponsors HB 283?
HB 283 is sponsored by Kyle Evans Gay, Kimberly Williams (Democratic), Nicole Poore (Democratic), Dave G. Lawson (Republican), Brian Pettyjohn (Republican), John "Jack" Walsh (Democratic), Gerald L. Brady, Krista Griffith (Democratic), Debra Heffernan (Democratic), Larry Lambert (Democratic), Michael F. Smith (Republican), Michael Ramone, Valerie Longhurst, Paul S. Baumbach, Ernesto B Lopez, Bruce C. Ennis, and Sherry Dorsey Walker.
What is the current status of HB 283?
This bill died with 151st General Assembly (2021-2022). It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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