HB 53 Delaware House · 152nd General Assembly (2023-2024)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

Summary

This bill removes the requirement that a head or assistant head of any Division of the State Department of Justice or the Chief Prosecutor of a particular county be a resident of the State of Delaware.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2023

Committee Review

Apr 2023

House Passage

Mar 2023

Senate Passage

May 2023

Signed into Law

May 2023

Introduced Jan 18, 2023 Signed May 12, 2023

Floor votes · House Mar 14, 2023

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

May 12, 2023

Signed into law

Signed by Governor

executive

May 11, 2023

Upper · Passed

Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO

upper

Apr 5, 2023

Upper · Passed

Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable

upper

Mar 14, 2023

Introduced

Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate

upper

Mar 14, 2023

Lower · Passed

Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT

lower

Mar 14, 2023

Lower · Passed

Amendment HA 1 to HB 53 - Passed In House by Voice Vote

lower

Mar 14, 2023

Amended

Amendment HA 1 to HA 1 - Defeated By House. Votes: 8 YES 29 NO 2 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT

lower

Mar 13, 2023

Introduced

Amendment HA 1 to HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

lower

Mar 13, 2023

Introduced

Amendment HA 1 to HB 53 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

lower

Jan 25, 2023

Lower · Passed

Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 On Its Merits

lower

Jan 18, 2023

Introduced

Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

lower

3 primary · 0 co-sponsors