Delaware Senate Bill 324 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: Introduced on June 14 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-06-14 - Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
Pending: Senate Executive Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act recognizes the statutory authority of the Governor to act in the event of an emergency or disaster. During protracted emergencies and disasters, particularly those lasting more than 60 days, good governance requires participation by the General Assembly to approve renewal of Emergency Orders. This approval requirement may be waived only when it is not possible for both houses of the General Assembly to convene a quorum. The Governor retains the authority to terminate Emergency Orders without approval when the emergency or disaster has passed. Any new non-weather related emergency order issued within 6 months of the termination of a prior order and based upon substantially similar reasons shall be invalid unless approved by the General Assembly. Additionally, any non-weather related emergency order that requires the closure of any business, industry, religious, or non-profit facility must specifically delineate which type of business or facilities are to be closed.

An Act To Amend Title 20 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Emergency Management.

Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]	Rep. Richard Collins [R]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. David Lawson [R]
Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. Ronald Gray [R]	Rep. Charles Postles [R]
Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Daniel Short [R]	Rep. Stephen Smyk [R]	Rep. Jeffrey Spiegelman [R]
Rep. Jesse Vanderwende [R]	Rep. Lyndon Yearick [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-06-14		Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129694
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=129694&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB324