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SB47 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 1 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING DUE TO THE DEATH OF A CURRENT OR FORMER PRESIDENT.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 1 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING DUE TO THE DEATH OF A CURRENT OR FORMER PRESIDENT.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Pettyjohn
Last action
2025-01-21
Official status
Senate Elections & Government Affairs 1/21/25
Effective date
Not listed

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Delaware Law for Closing Government Offices on Presidential Mourning Days

This law says that Delaware state government offices must close when there's a National Day of Mourning declared because a current or former President has died.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates a new rule in the Delaware Code about closing government offices for mourning days.
  • Requires all State government offices to be closed on a National Day of Mourning.
  • Applies this closure when there is a death of either a current or former U.S. President.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Delaware state government employees and agencies
  • People who use Delaware state services

Terms To Know

National Day of Mourning
A day declared by the federal government to honor a deceased President.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if there are other state holidays on the same day as a National Day of Mourning.
  • The law does not affect private businesses or schools, only State government offices.

Bill History

  1. 2025-01-21 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 1 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING DUE TO THE DEATH OF A CURRENT OR FORMER PRESIDENT.
This Act establishes that State government offices are to close when a National Day of Mourning is declared due to the death of a current or former President.

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SPONSOR:

Sen. Pettyjohn & Rep. Carson

Sens. Lawson, Mantzavinos, Sturgeon, Wilson; Reps. Griffith, Hilovsky, K. Johnson

DELAWARE STATE SENATE

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATE BILL NO. 47

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 1 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING DUE TO THE DEATH OF A CURRENT OR FORMER PRESIDENT.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend Chapter 6, Title 1 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

§610. Day of Mourning Due to the Death of a Current or Former President.

A federal National Day of Mourning that is declared due to the death of a current or former President of the United States is a legal holiday in this State, and State government offices must be closed.

SYNOPSIS

This Act establishes that State government offices are to close when a National Day of Mourning is declared due to the death of a current or former President.

Author: Senator Pettyjohn