Delaware House Bill 8 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-6)
Status: Introduced on April 18 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-05-30 - Amendment HA 1 to HB 8 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Employment for formerly incarcerated individuals is a major barrier to transitioning and re-entering the community. The National Institute of Justice estimates that 60% of ex-offenders are jobless one year after their release. Improving access to employment opportunities for ex-offenders helps lower the States recidivism rates and will improve public safety and reduce taxpayer spending on prisons. This Act seeks to improve access to employment for formerly incarcerated individuals by establishing the Ex-Offender Employment Opportunity Tax Credit that offers a tax credit to employers hiring qualified ex-offenders in an amount equal to 10% of that individuals wages, with a maximum credit of $1500.

An Act To Amend Title 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Delaware Tax Credits.

Rep. Sean Matthews [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Anthony Delcollo [R]	Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]
Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Rep. Lyndon Yearick [R]	Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]
Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. David McBride [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]
Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]
Rep. Andria Bennett [D]	Rep. Gerald Brady [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. William Carson [D]
Rep. Franklin Cooke [D]	Rep. Timothy Dukes [R]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]
Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-30		Amendment HA 1 to HB 8 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2019-05-15		Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 4 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
2019-04-18		Introduced and Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47382
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47382&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB8