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SB54 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Hoffner
Last action
2025-05-22
Official status
Signed 5/22/25
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide specific details on when the changes will take effect after being signed by the Governor.

Act Changing Rules for Virtual Meetings of the Joint Legislative and Oversight Committee

This act removes a rule allowing virtual participants to be excluded from the quorum count for meetings of the Joint Legislative and Oversight Committee.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes a part of Delaware's law that said virtual participants do not count toward quorum (the minimum number of people needed) for the Joint Legislative and Oversight Committee meetings.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Members of the Joint Legislative and Oversight Committee

Terms To Know

Quorum
The minimum number of members required to be present for a meeting to officially start and conduct business.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify when the changes take effect, but typically such laws become active soon after being signed by the Governor.
  • Does not address other aspects of virtual meetings or voting procedures beyond quorum requirements.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-22 Delaware General Assembly

    Signed by Governor

  2. 2025-05-06 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By House. Votes: 31 YES 2 NO 8 ABSENT

  3. 2025-04-17 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits

  4. 2025-04-09 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House

  5. 2025-04-08 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES

  6. 2025-03-26 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits

  7. 2025-02-20 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
This Act is from the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee, to remove the provision that a committee member who participates virtually in a committee meeting is not counted toward quorum.

Current Bill Text

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SPONSOR:

Sen. Hoffner & Rep. Romer

Sens. Huxtable, Pettyjohn, Poore, Richardson; Reps. Collins, Jones Giltner, Ortega, Ross Levin

DELAWARE STATE SENATE

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATE BILL NO. 54

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

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

Section 1. Amend § 10203, Title 29 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

§ 10203. Committee composition; chair and vice chair; appointment; quorum; reimbursement; hearings.

(c) Quorum.

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(1) A quorum consists of at least 6 committee members. A quorum must be present in order to transact business, except that a quorum is not required if the only business the Committee is transacting is to hear an entity under review give a presentation.

(2) A proposition is carried by a majority of the entire Committee, unless a statute or rule requires a larger number of affirmative votes. A vacancy on the Committee is not counted to determine the number of members needed to achieve a majority.

(3)

A member who participates in a meeting virtually rather than being physically present at the meeting is not counted toward quorum in determining whether the Committee may transact business. However, a member participating in a meeting virtually may vote as if the member were physically present at the meeting. This paragraph does not apply if the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives issue a public notice that members of the Senate or House of Representatives or a legislative committee are authorized to convene and conduct a virtual meeting due to an emergency.

[Repealed.]

SYNOPSIS

This Act is from the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee, to remove the provision that a committee member who participates virtually in a committee meeting is not counted toward quorum.

Author: Senator Hoffner