HB 131 DE

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This Act implements the procedure for the notice of a proposed amendment to the Delaware Constitution authorized by the amendment to § 1 of Article XVI of the Delaware Constitution proposed by House Bill No. 130 by doing the following: (1) Making the Secretary of the Senate ("Secretary") and Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives ("Chief Clerk") responsible for ensuring that a proposed amendment by their respective house is disseminated to the public as required by § 1 of Article XVI of the Delaware Constitution and this Act. (2) Requiring the notices be published in at least 1 newspaper of general circulation in each county and posted on the Department of Election's and General Assembly's websites. (3) Requiring the Secretary, Chief Clerk, State Election Commissioner, and Director of the Division of Research to review and approve the notice to be disseminated. (4) Requiring the Secretary and Chief Clerk to provide notice of, and certain information about, the dissemination of the notice of a proposed amendment. Because the next General Assembly must concur in the proposed amendment to the Delaware Constitution, this Act does not take effect until the passage of the second leg of the constitutional amendment in the 152nd General Assembly.

• Peter C. Schwartzkopf · primary
• David P. Sokola Democratic · primary

1. Apr 15, 2021 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House · lower
2. May 11, 2021 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits · lower
3. May 14, 2021 Suspension of Rules in House · lower
4. May 18, 2021 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT · lower
5. May 18, 2021 Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate · upper
6. Jun 9, 2021 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits · upper
7. Jun 29, 2021 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES · upper
8. Sep 30, 2021 Signed by Governor · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Bill Text · HTML
• Bill Text · PDF