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This Amendment prohibits the Senate from considering a bill or resolution on the same calendar day that the bill or resolution is reported out of committee, unless the leadership of the Senate minority caucus consents.

This Amendment prohibits the Senate from considering a bill or resolution on the same calendar day that the bill or resolution is reported out of committee, unless the leadership of the Senate minority caucus consents.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Lawson
Last action
2024-12-16
Official status
Defeated 12/16/24
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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This Amendment prohibits the Senate from considering a bill or resolution on the same calendar day that the bill or resolution is reported out of committee, unless the leadership of the Senate minority caucus consents.

This Amendment prohibits the Senate from considering a bill or resolution on the same calendar day that the bill or resolution is reported out of committee, unless the leadership of the Senate minority caucus consents.

What This Bill Does

  • This Amendment prohibits the Senate from considering a bill or resolution on the same calendar day that the bill or resolution is reported out of committee, unless the leadership of the Senate minority caucus consents.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2024-12-16 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Placed With Bill

  2. 2024-12-16 Delaware General Assembly

    Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 14 NO 1 ABSENT

Official Summary Text

This Amendment prohibits the Senate from considering a bill or resolution on the same calendar day that the bill or resolution is reported out of committee, unless the leadership of the Senate minority caucus consents.

Current Bill Text

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SPONSOR:

Sen. Lawson

DELAWARE STATE SENATE

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 4

TO

SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 2

AMEND Senate Resolution No. 2 on line 682 by deleting “legislative” and inserting in lieu thereof “calendar”.

FURTHER AMEND Senate Resolution No. 2 on line 683 by inserting the following after “committee.”:

“For a bill or resolution to be considered on the same calendar day the bill or resolution is reported out of committee, the leadership of the Senate minority caucus must provide consent.”.

SYNOPSIS

This Amendment prohibits the Senate from considering a bill or resolution on the same calendar day that the bill or resolution is reported out of committee, unless the leadership of the Senate minority caucus consents.

Author: Senator Lawson