Delaware Senate Bill 235 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 10-5)
Status: Enrolled on June 17 2014 - 75% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-06-19 - Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House
Pending: House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Bill represents the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on the feasibility of opening Family Court proceedings to the public. The Bill provides that paternity, divorce, property division and alimony hearings are presumed to be public proceedings and that the Court has discretion to hold the proceedings in private for criteria specifically outlined. The Bill also clarifies that adoption, custody, visitation, third party visitation, termination of parental rights, guardianship, permanent guardianship, and Child Protection Registry hearings are private, except that the Court may open the hearings to the public under a specific criteria.

An Act To Amend Titles 13 And 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Public Access To Family Court Proceedings.

Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. David Lawson [R]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]
Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]	Sen. Gary Simpson [R]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]
Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]	Rep. Harvey Kenton [R]	Rep. Joseph Miro [R]
Rep. Michael Mulrooney [D]	Rep. Jeffrey Spiegelman [R]	Sen. David Wilson [R]

2014-06-17 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-06-19	House	Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House
2014-06-17	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 19 YES 0 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-06-17	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-06-12	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate
2014-06-11	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2014-06-04	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/b73015d86ab7693285257cd70066ba9f?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+235/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/78f556b0260fa1aa85257cfa00668b91?OpenDocument