Delaware House Bill 39

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 5 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-03-02 - Amendment HA 1 to HB 39 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill seeks to create the Expanded Protection for Our Communities and Homes (EPOCH) Grant Program through a one-time appropriation of $20 million. The grant money would be distributed to every Delaware police agency that chooses to participate. The distribution would consist of a minimum standard allocation made to each agency and an allocation based on the number of uniformed officers authorized for each agency. EPOCH grants could be used by the recipient agencies to recruit new officers; promote or encourage careers in law enforcement; initially pay the salaries of newly hired officers; pay for overtime to facilitate additional work to address issues of local concern (including traffic enforcement); and implement programs designed to improve public safety in the area of the agencys jurisdiction. The grant allocations would be available for the agencies to use for up to three years, after which any unused and unencumbered funding would return to the General Fund.

An Act To Create The Expanded Protection For Our Communities And Homes Grant Program.

Rep. Michael Smith [R]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]	Sen. Russ Huxtable [D]
Sen. David Lawson [R]	Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. William Bush [D]
Rep. Franklin Cooke [D]	Rep. Ronald Gray [R]	Rep. Shannon Morris [R]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]
Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Bryan Shupe [R]	Rep. Jesse Vanderwende [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-02		Amendment HA 1 to HB 39 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2023-01-19		Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
2023-01-18		Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
2023-01-05		Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129906
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=129906&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB39