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DE HB380

Bill

Status

Enrolled

6/30/2016

Primary Sponsor

Peter Schwartzkopf

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Origin

House of Representatives

148th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Expands circumstances under which the General Assembly may meet outside Dover from "insurrection, conflagration or epidemic disease" to include enemy attack, terrorism, disease, accident, or other natural or man-made disasters

  • Broadens the General Assembly's constitutional authority to ensure government continuity from emergencies caused only by "enemy attack" to also cover terrorism, disease, accident, and other natural or man-made disasters

  • Enables the legislature to extend existing emergency succession laws (for legislative, executive, and judicial branches) to a wider range of emergency situations beyond just enemy attack

  • Clarifies that the General Assembly may provide succession for public offices whose "immediate" succession is not already established by the Constitution, codifying a 1963 Delaware Supreme Court interpretation

  • Requires passage by two-thirds of both legislative chambers as the first leg of a constitutional amendment process

Legislative Description

An Act Proposing Amendments To The Delaware Constitution Relating To Continuity Of Governmental Operations.

Last Action

Enact w/o Sign by Governor

6/30/2016

Committee Referrals

Executive6/7/2016
Administration5/10/2016

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