Delaware Senate Bill 5 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-7)
Status: Enrolled on March 26 2013 - 75% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-03-26 - Enact w/o Sign by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Article IV, Section 29 currently provides that, after completing an initial four-year term successfully enough to warrant reappointment and confirmation, succeeding terms would then be for six years. This amendment would provide that Justices of the Peace who have completed three terms of office successfully enough to warrant reappointment and confirmation for succeeding terms would thereafter serve terms of eight years, thereby retaining Justices of the Peace who are deemed most experienced by virtue of their years of service and increasing professionalism on that bench as a whole. This is the second leg of this Constitutional Amendment.

An Act Concurring An Amendment To Article Iv, Section 29 Of The Delaware Constitution Of 1897, As Amended, Relating To The Term Of Office Of Justices Of The Peace.

Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]
Sen. Robert Venables [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Gregory Lavelle [R]	Sen. Harris McDowell [D]
Sen. David Lawson [R]	Rep. Rebecca Walker [D]	Rep. John Viola [D]	Rep. Melanie Smith [D]
Rep. James Johnson [D]	Rep. Daniel Short [R]	Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]	Sen. David Wilson [R]
Rep. Harold Peterman [R]	Rep. Harvey Kenton [R]

2013-03-26 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2013-03-12 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 17 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-26	Senate	Enact w/o Sign by Governor
2013-03-26	Senate	Enact w/o Sign by Governor
2013-03-26	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 37 YES 0 NO 1 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2013-03-20	House	Reported Out of Committee (HOUSE ADMINISTRATION) in House with 5 On Its Merits
2013-03-13	House	Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House
2013-03-12	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 17 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 4 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2013-01-23	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (EXECUTIVE) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2013-01-15	Senate	Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/e2a59b52a527ea9785257aef00794098?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+5/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/7a81efb9af21daf285257b2c0063f57c?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/13612efef2894e4c85257b3a006aeb20?OpenDocument