Delaware House Bill 22

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-6)
Status: Engrossed on January 28 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-01-28 - Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act provides that commissioned constables have the authority to direct traffic, if they are doing so while in the performance of the lawful duties of employment. In addition to explicitly granting constables this power under § 5609 of Title 24, the Act adds constables to the list in § 4103 of Title 21 of persons invested by law with the authority to direct, control, or regulate vehicle and pedestrian traffic. These changes will enable constables to provide additional public safety support to employers such as schools, which may benefit from assistance with directing traffic during busy times of day such as pickup and drop off.

An Act To Amend Title 21 And Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Constables.

Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]	Rep. Frank Burns [D]	Rep. William Carson [D]
Rep. Franklin Cooke [D]	Rep. Mara Gorman [D]	Rep. Ronald Gray [R]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]
Rep. DeShanna Neal [D]	Rep. Stell Parker Selby [D]	Rep. Cyndie Romer [D]	Rep. Melanie Ross Levin [D]
Rep. Daniel Short [R]	Rep. Bryan Shupe [R]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]	Rep. Lyndon Yearick [R]
Rep. William Bush [D]	Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]	Rep. Sherae'a Moore [D]	Rep. Josue Ortega [D]
Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]
Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]

2025-01-28 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-28		Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
2025-01-28		Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT
2025-01-22		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 14 On Its Merits
2024-12-19		Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141726
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141726&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB22
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#56504