Delaware Senate Bill 306 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on June 2 2022 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-06-10 - Stricken in Senate
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act exempts all Judicial Branch employees from the Executive Branchs Merit System of Personnel Administration. By enacting a comprehensive set of Judicial Branch Personnel Rules and updating those rules to apply to all Judicial Branch employees, the Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court has exercised his constitutionally conferred authority to administer employment relations for the Judicial Branch. Superior Court v. State, Public Employment Relations Bd., 988 A.2d 429 (Del. 2010). This Act recognizes and respects the constitutional powers vested in the Chief Justice, as the administrative head of the Judicial Branch, to govern Judicial Branch employment relations.

An Act To Amend Titles 10 And 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Judicial Branch Employees Exemption From The Merit System Of Personnel Administration.

Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]
Sen. Sarah McBride [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]
Rep. William Bush [D]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-06-10		Stricken in Senate
2022-06-02		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109576
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=109576&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB306