Delaware Senate Bill 39

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Enrolled on April 25 2023 - 75% progression
Action: 2023-04-25 - Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act is the second leg of a constitutional amendment that would prohibit the regular session of the General Assembly from extending beyond 5:00 p.m. on the last day of June, unless the session is recalled by the Governor or the presiding officers of both Houses. This changes the time beyond which a regular session of the General Assembly may not extend from midnight on June 30 to 5:00 p.m., which changes the time at which the presiding officers of both Houses must act to recall the General Assembly into special session. This means the General Assembly no longer has to remain in session until midnight to recall itself into special session. The first leg of this constitutional amendment was House Bill 411 of the 151st General Assembly published in Chapter 324 of Volume 83 of the Laws of Delaware. On passage of this second leg by this General Assembly this amendment will become part of the Delaware Constitution.

An Act Concurring In A Proposed Amendment To Article Ii Of The Delaware Constitution Relating To Limitations On The Time And Frequency Of Legislative Sessions.

Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]
Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]	Rep. Lyndon Yearick [R]	Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]

2023-04-25 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2023-03-15 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-25		Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT
2023-04-05		Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
2023-03-16		Assigned to Administration Committee in House
2023-03-15		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2023-03-08		Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
2023-01-26		Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130002
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=130002&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB39
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54115
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54260