Delaware Senate Bill 36 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Passed on June 26 2009 - 100% progression
Action: 2009-06-26 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act makes certain changes in Chapter 95, Title 10 of the Delaware Code relating to trespass, replevin, and detinue proceedings in the Justice of the Peace Court. Section 1 conforms the form of summons in a trespass case to be the same as the form for all Justice of the Peace Court actions. Section 2 eliminates an arcane provision making the Justice of the Peace personally liable for court costs when a trespass action is overturned on certain appeals. Section 3 deletes a phrase in 9614 to allow all litigants the equal right to appeal to the Court of Common Pleas. Section 4 eliminates the option, available only to “freeholders,” for certification thereby making the trespass proceedings in the Justice of the Peace Court equally available for all categories of property owners. Finally, Sections 5 and 6 eliminate the practice of referee trials, an antiquated proceeding no longer used by litigants.

An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Procedures Applicable To Trespass, Replevin, And Detinue Claims In The Justice Of The Peace Court.

Sen. Thurman Adams [D]	Sen. Anthony DeLuca [D]	Sen. Robert Marshall [D]	Sen. Robert Marshall [D]
Sen. Gary Simpson [R]

2009-06-11 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2009-06-02 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-06-26		Signed by Governor
2009-06-11		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 38 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2009-06-10		Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 8 On Its Merits
2009-06-03		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
2009-06-02		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 19 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2009-04-01		Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2009-03-24		Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate

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Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/0b2e7d645346def78525757c00619768?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+36/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/209643e0302dbc37852575c900726979?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/0b2b124c584e56c5852575d2007858c3?OpenDocument