The House and Senate will reconvene on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at 2:00 PM. The House is voting on some pretty substantive legislation today, but it would have been even more substantive if they did not remove one bill from the agenda this morning.
Senate Bill 3, which is the Constitutional Amendment to eliminate all the absentee ballot restrictions that exist in the Delaware Constitution that prevent no excuse mail voting, was on the agenda yesterday. It was yanked from the agenda this morning. Perhaps there have been some developments in negiations with Republicans.
This bill was amended at the end of February to include explicit language allowing early voting in Delaware, to great fanfare, but now that amendment has been stricken to little fanfare. Does that mean that there has been a grand bargain where Repubicans have agreed to vote for SB 3 in exchange for Democrats voting for the Republican Constitutional Amendment on early voting?
You would only put Senate Bill 3 on the agenda if you had some kind of deal, otherwise the bill fails because it needs two Republican votes to pass because it needs a two thirds majority vote as a constitutional amendment.
So stay tuned.
| Legislation | Sponsor | Title |
|---|---|---|
| HB 273S2 | Dorsey Walker | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HEALTH COVERAGE FOR SPEECH THERAPY. |
| HB 286S | Spiegelman | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO GENETICS BASED DISCRIMINATION. |
| HB 15 | Longhurst | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OVARIAN CANCER. |
| HB 252S2 | K. Williams | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SALARY STEP FOR COMPLETION OF TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM. |
| HB 324 | Baumbach | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 29 AND 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. |
| HB 334 | Osienski | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 4 AND 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MARIJUANA. |
| SB 3 | Brown | AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO VOTING. |
The House will also consider the following resolutions today:
- Salesianum School DIAA Soccer State Champions – Tribute Presentation, Sponsor: Representative Chukwuocha.
- Salesianum School DIAA Cross Country State Champions – Tribute Presentation – Sponsor: Representative Chukwuocha.
- Ursuline Academy DIAA Swimming State Champions – Tribute Presentation – Sponsor: Representative Bolden.
- Ursuline Academy DIAA Basketball State Champions – Tribute Presentation – Sponsor: Representative Bolden.
- Recognizing National Agriculture Week – Senate Concurrent Resolution, House Sponsor: Representative Carson.
| Legislation | Sponsor | Title |
|---|---|---|
| SB 232 | Gay | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CONTRACEPTIVES. |
| HB 271 w/ HA 1 | Carson | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGULATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS CONCERNING GAME AND FISH. |
| Chamber | Legislation | Result | Date | Vote Type | Yes | No | Not Voting | Absent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House | SB 159 | Passed | 3/14/24 4:37 PM | SM | 38 | 0 | 0 | 3 | view |
| House | HB 315 | Passed | 3/14/24 4:35 PM | SM | 38 | 0 | 0 | 3 | view |
| House | HB 24 w/ HA 1 | Passed | 3/14/24 4:30 PM | SM | 38 | 0 | 0 | 3 | view |
| House | HA 1 to HB 24 | Passed | 3/14/24 4:29 PM | SM | view | ||||
| House | HB 18 | Passed | 3/14/24 4:25 PM | SM | 35 | 0 | 0 | 6 | view |
| House | SCR 120 | Passed | 3/14/24 3:04 PM | SM | view | ||||
| House | SCR 124 | Passed | 3/14/24 2:59 PM | SM | view | ||||
| House | SCR 123 | Passed | 3/14/24 2:58 PM | SM | view | ||||
| House | HCR 92 | Passed | 3/14/24 2:24 PM | SM | view |
| Chamber | Legislation | Result | Date | Vote Type | Yes | No | Not Voting | Absent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | SS 1 w/ HA 2, HA 6, HA 10, HA 11 for SB 2 | Passed | 3/14/24 5:54 PM | SM | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | view |
| Senate | SA 14 to SS 1 for SB 2 | Defeated | 3/14/24 5:44 PM | SM | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | view |
| Senate | SA 12 to SS 1 for SB 2 | Defeated | 3/14/24 5:38 PM | SM | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | view |
| Senate | SA 11 to SS 1 for SB 2 | Defeated | 3/14/24 5:35 PM | SM | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | view |
| Senate | SA 10 to SS 1 for SB 2 | Defeated | 3/14/24 5:30 PM | SM | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | view |
| Senate | SA 9 to SS 1 for SB 2 | Defeated | 3/14/24 5:26 PM | SM | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | view |
| Senate | SA 8 to SS 1 for SB 2 | Defeated | 3/14/24 5:22 PM | SM | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | view |
| Senate | SA 7 to SS 1 for SB 2 | Defeated | 3/14/24 5:19 PM | SM | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | view |
| Senate | SA 6 to SS 1 for SB 2 | Defeated | 3/14/24 5:16 PM | SM | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | view |
| Senate | SA 5 to SS 1 for SB 2 | Defeated | 3/14/24 5:13 PM | SM | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | view |
| Senate | SA 4 to SS 1 for SB 2 | Defeated | 3/14/24 5:10 PM | SM | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | view |
| Senate | SA 3 to SS 1 for SB 2 | Defeated | 3/14/24 5:07 PM | SM | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | view |
| Senate | SA 2 to SS 1 for SB 2 | Defeated | 3/14/24 5:02 PM | SM | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | view |
| Senate | SA 1 to SS 1 for SB 2 | Defeated | 3/14/24 4:58 PM | SM | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | view |
| Senate | HCR 92 | Passed | 3/14/24 2:59 PM | SM | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | view |
| Senate | SCR 120 | Passed | 3/14/24 2:41 PM | SM | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | view |
| Senate | SCR 123 | Passed | 3/14/24 2:35 PM | SM | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | view |
| Senate | SCR 124 | Passed | 3/14/24 2:29 PM | SM | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | view |
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