Delaware House Bill 340 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Introduced on May 29 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-29 - Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House
Pending: House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Delawares Constitution does not currently require the Governor to inform the General Assembly in advance of issuing extensions to State of Emergency Orders or any executive order extending, amending, guiding or modifying a State of Emergency Order. In that the General Assembly is a separate branch of government, serving as a necessary check on executive power, these constitutional amendments require the Governor to inform the General Assembly no later than 24 hours prior to the issuance of a State of Emergency Order Beyond 14 days, including any executive order extending, amending, guiding or otherwise modifying a State of Emergency Order. In such circumstances the Senator Pro Tempore and the Speaker of the House shall convene four members of the General Assembly, one from each caucus of the House and Senate sitting on an appropriate House or Senate Committee, to review and consider the extension, amendment, guidance or modification to any State of Emergency Order.

An Act Proposing An Amendment To Articles Ii And Iii Of The Delaware Constitution Relating To State Of Emergency Orders.

Rep. Jeffrey Spiegelman [R]	Sen. Anthony Delcollo [R]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]
Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Daniel Short [R]	Rep. Stephen Smyk [R]	Rep. Lyndon Yearick [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-29		Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48114
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48114&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB340