‘Bulo apologizes that this will be both late and short, but he just got back from hiking the trail.
Well, the big news is that SB 121 has passed both houses and has been sent to the Governor. Here is the House roll call. Anyone considering running against Greg Lavelle in his Brandywine Hundred district will want to note his ‘no’ vote here. He is the only legislator representing the entire Brandywine Hundred area who voted ‘no’.
Leadership in the Senate and the House deserve special praise. The new Senate leadership (DeLuca and Blevins) for finally getting the bill to the floor, and for following the bill through to roll call, regardless of how long it took. The House leadership deserves a special salute for not forcing the bill to go through committee (which only made sense, since it is identical to HB 5) and for bringing it up for immediate consideration (which also only made sense, since, for all intents and purposes, it was like a House bill that has passed the Senate). Leaders should lead and, in this case, they did. Anyone and everyone who supports basic civil rights for everyone, regardless of sexual orientation, owe the leadership a big thanks today.
Lotsa other news from yesterday’s session as well, and you can click here to see it. The Beast Who Slumbers was pleased that the House of Representatives proved the naysayers wrong, and passed HB 198(D. E. Williams). This bill helps provide for the popular election of the President by having Delaware joining a compact officially committing Delaware’s electors to vote for the winner of the national popular vote once states with more than 50% of the electors ratify the compact. Here’s the roll call if you’d like to see whether your elected official actually believes in real democracy.
Strawberries edged closer and closer to becoming Delaware’s Official Fruit yesterday as well with the passage of HB 203 in the House.
All of the bills in the Governor’s Tax/’Revenue Enhancement’ package (HBs 260-268) cleared the House Revenue & Finance Committee.
And, of course, the Senate officially designated its new President Pro-Tempore yesterday.
More or less (the less being SB 121, which passed the Senate yesterday) the same Senate agenda that’s been posted since Tuesday.
More or less the same House agenda that was posted yesterday, except that there is a new Consent Agenda G.
There are some meaty educational reform measures and energy efficiency measures on House Agenda 1.
El Somnambulo is a bit surprised that the ‘revenue enhancers’ haven’t been added to the agenda. That likely means that not enough R’s have come on board yet. Without some significant R’s on board, the D’s will not walk the plank by themselves.