DE HB37

Creates a new "public health emergency credit" system for inmates in Level 4 or Level 5 Delaware correctional facilities when the Governor declares a public health emergency related to a communicable or infectious disease

Awards sentence reduction credits at a rate of 182 days (approximately 6 months) for each month or portion thereof served during a declared public health emergency, with a maximum credit of 365 days per emergency

Credits apply retroactively to inmates who were incarcerated during the COVID-19 State of Emergency declared on March 12, 2020

Requires the Department of Correction to provide a list of offenders receiving COVID-19 emergency credits to the Superior Court President Judge, Chief Defender, Attorney General, and legislative corrections committee chairs within 60 days of the Act's effective date

Amends existing sentencing statutes for felonies, misdemeanors, and habitual criminals to allow public health emergency credits as a reduction mechanism alongside existing "good time" credits