Delaware House Bill 88 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)
Status: Passed on May 12 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-12 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Under Senate Substitute No. 2 for Senate Bill No. 78 (151st), the Commissioner of Elections (Commissioner) must determine that an individual does not have any disqualifying convictions before the individual can be a candidate for election to a school board. This Act clarifies that an individual who meets the filing deadline for candidates for a school board election are provisional candidates until the Commissioner determines if the individual is eligible to be a candidate and requires the Commissioner to disclose the names of provisional candidates.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Candidacy For School Board Member.

Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Rep. William Carson [D]
Rep. Kerri Harris [D]	Rep. Sherae'a Moore [D]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. Sophie Phillips [D]
Rep. Cyndie Romer [D]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]	Sen. Russ Huxtable [D]
Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]

2023-05-09 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-04 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-12		Signed by Governor
2023-05-09		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO
2023-04-26		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2023-04-04		Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
2023-04-04		Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
2023-03-29		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 11 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
2023-03-17		Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

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Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54209
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54361