Delaware Senate Bill 285

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-3)
Status: Passed on June 30 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-06-30 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill eliminates the requirement that Justice of the Peace Court constables reside within the State of Delaware. The residency requirement was established when Constables were independent officers, and had their own bonding requirements and penalties for failure to do the business of the Court. Constables are now employees of the Justice of the Peace Court and the residency requirement is no longer needed. The removal of the requirement will allow the Justice of the Peace Court to recruit from a larger pool of candidates and to retain existing trained and skilled employees.

An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Residency Requirements For Justice Of The Peace Court Constables.

Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]
Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]
Rep. Timothy Dukes [R]	Rep. Lyndon Yearick [R]

2024-06-18 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-05-21 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-06-30		Signed by Governor
2024-06-18		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2024-06-12		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits
2024-05-22		Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
2024-05-21		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2024-05-15		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
2024-05-07		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141300
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141300&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB285
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#55707
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#55961