29 Del. C. § 905

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§ Â 905. Legislative journal; compiling; publication; content; disposition of originals.

Official statutory text

(a) The legislative journals for the Senate and the House of Representatives required under § 10 of Article II of the Delaware Constitution must be published following each general election for the 2-year period immediately preceding the election.

(b) (1) The full title of a bill, joint resolution, or concurrent resolution must be published not more than 3 times in either journal, once when introduced or presented in either House, once when voted on in either House, and once in the index. The full title of a simple resolution must be published in its respective journal only twice, once when introduced and once in the index.

(2) If a bill or resolution is published elsewhere in either journal, the bill or resolution is to be designated only by the initial and number assigned to the bill or resolution at introduction.

(c) The Secretary of the Senate shall prepare the journal text of, and index for, the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives shall prepare the journal text of, and index for, the House of Representatives.

(d) [Repealed.]

(e) The legislative journals must include committee action on a bill or resolution. The committee action on a bill or resolution must include all of the following:

(1) The title to the bill or resolution only by the initial and number assigned to the bill or resolution at introduction.

(2) The action taken on the bill or resolution without naming the members of the committee.

(f) The rules of the Senate must be published in full in the Senate journal and the rules of the House must be published in full in the House journal. Joint rules of the Senate and House must be published in both journals.

(g) (1) The yeas and nays which are required to be published in the journal must be line in compact form.

(2) The certificate of election of not more than 1 member from each county is to be published in full. A brief record that certificates of election of all other members were duly received and found to be correct suffices.

(3) Not more than 1 member’s constitutional oath of office and not more than 1 attache’s or employee’s oath is to be published in full. A brief record that all other oaths were administered suffices.

(h) The publication of the legislative journals is to be done under contract made by the Director of the Division of Legislative Services, or the Director’s designee, and under the supervision of the Secretary of the Senate and Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, as appropriate. The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House, as soon as their respective journals have been published, shall deliver the originals together with all communications, petitions, and other related papers to the State Archivist and Records Administrator for proper disposition.

Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site

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