Delaware Senate Bill 37 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1-1)
Status: Enrolled on June 23 2011 - 75% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-06-23 - Enact w/o Sign by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Article IV, Section 29 currently provides that, after completing an initial four-year term successfully enough to warrant reappointment and confirmation, succeeding terms would then be for six years. This Amendment would provide that Justices of the Peace who have completed three terms of office successfully enough to warrant reappointment and confirmation for succeeding terms would thereafter serve terms of eight years, thereby retaining Justices of the Peace who are deemed most experienced by virtue of their years of service and increasing professionalism on that bench as a whole.

An Act Proposing An Amendment To Article Iv, Section 29 Of The Delaware Constitution Of 1897, As Amended, Relating To Justices Of The Peace.

Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Rep. George [?]	Rep. Robert Gilligan [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]
Rep. James Johnson [D]	Sen. Gregory Lavelle [R]	Sen. Harris McDowell [D]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]
Rep. Rebecca Walker [D]

2011-06-23 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-05-31 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 19 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-06-23		Enact w/o Sign by Governor
2011-06-23		Enact w/o Sign by Governor
2011-06-23		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 41 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-06-15		Reported Out of Committee (HOUSE ADMINISTRATION) in House with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
2011-06-01		Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House
2011-05-31		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 19 YES 1 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-05-11		Reported Out of Committee (EXECUTIVE) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2011-03-29		Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/544b88ea3655a0cd8525785b0065d899?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+37/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/fa1a30ba6fe25cc1852578a10065c87f?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/98fac3999ca3c0bf852578b8007a9f61?OpenDocument