DE SB101 | 2021-2022 | 151st General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: Engrossed on June 8 2021 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-07-01 - Defeated By House. Votes: 16 YES 23 NO 1 NOT VOTING
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on June 8 2021 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-07-01 - Defeated By House. Votes: 16 YES 23 NO 1 NOT VOTING
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [HTML]
Summary
This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 101. Like Senate Bill No. 101, this Substitute creates a right to counsel for tenants in evictions and other landlord-tenant actions. Approximately 18,000 eviction cases are filed each year in the State of Delaware, and while 86% of landlords are represented by an attorney, agent, or business manager, only 2% of tenants have representation.
Title
An Act To Amend Title 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Residential Landlord-tenant Code.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2022-07-01 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 16 N: 23 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2021-06-08 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 13 N: 7 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-06-08 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 13 N: 7 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-01 | Defeated By House. Votes: 16 YES 23 NO 1 NOT VOTING | |
| 2022-07-01 | Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Defeated By House. Votes: 19 YES 20 NO 1 NOT VOTING | |
| 2022-03-24 | Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House | |
| 2022-03-23 | Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Community Affairs) in House with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits | |
| 2021-06-25 | Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill | |
| 2021-06-15 | Tabled in Committee | |
| 2021-06-09 | Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee in House | |
| 2021-06-08 | Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 7 NO 1 NOT VOTING | |
| 2021-06-08 | Adopted in lieu of the orignal bill SB 101 |
