Delaware Senate Bill 253

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on August 2 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-08-02 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act amends Section 3-701 of the City of Wilmingtons Charter to provide that, with the exception of the City Solicitor, all persons appointed to serve as attorneys in the law department shall attain tenure upon 3 years of continuous satisfactory full-time service and may not be removed from their positions except for just cause. The Wilmington Charter is also being amended to provide tenure status to attorneys who have already served 3 years of continuous satisfactory full-time service.

An Act To Amend The Charter Of The City Of Wilmington Relating To Assistant City Solicitors.

Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]

Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]

Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]

2024-06-13 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-04-25 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 19 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-08-02		Signed by Governor
2024-06-13		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2024-05-22		Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits
2024-05-02		Assigned to Administration Committee in House
2024-04-25		Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT
2024-04-17		Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2024-03-20		Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141101
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141101&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB253
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#55537
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#55910