DE HB 35
died on adjournmentAN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO PROHIBITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY.
Delaware · 2025-2026 Regular Session (153rd General Assembly) · lower
Description
This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty. Amending the Delaware Constitution requires not only the passing of the changes in this Act, but also passage of the same changes after the next general election by the next General Assembly. This Act requires a greater than majority vote for passage because § 1 of Article XVI of the Delaware Constitution requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly to amend the Delaware Constitution. This Substitute for House Bill No. 35 makes technical corrections and omits the changes to § 12 of Article I to avoid confusion as there is a different currently pending amendment to that section.
- Introduced
- 2025-06-17
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2025-06-30 — Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Ray Seigfriedprimary
- Spiros Mantzavinosprimary
- Mara Gormanprimary
- Melanie Ross Levinprimary
- Kerri Evelyn Harrisprimary
- Eric Morrisonprimary
- Trey Paradeeprimary
- William Bushprimary
- Claire Snyder-Hallprimary
- Sean M. Lynnprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-06-17
was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 35
introduction
2025-06-24
Passed By House. Votes: 28 YES 12 NO 1 VACANT
passage
2025-06-24
Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
introduction,referral-committee
2025-06-26
Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO
passage
Versions
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Documents
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Votes
2/3
2025-06-24 · pass · 28-12
Member-level votes (40)
- Shannon Morris: no
- Stephanie T. Bolden: yes
- Frank Burns: yes
- William Bush: yes
- William J. Carson: yes
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha: yes
- Richard G. Collins: no
- Franklin D. Cooke: yes
- Daniel B. Short: no
- Timothy D. Dukes: no
- Mara Gorman: yes
- Ronald E. Gray: no
- Krista Griffith: yes
- Kerri Evelyn Harris: yes
- Debra Heffernan: yes
- Kevin S Hensley: yes
- Jeff Hilovsky: no
- Valerie Jones Giltner: no
- Kendra Johnson: yes
- Kimberly Williams: yes
- Kamela T Smith: yes
- Larry Lambert: yes
- Sean M. Lynn: yes
- Michael F. Smith: yes
- Melissa Minor-Brown: yes
- Eric Morrison: yes
- DeShanna U Neal: yes
- Josue O Ortega: yes
- Edward S. Osienski: yes
- Sophie Phillips: yes
- Charles S Postles Jr.: no
- Cyndie Romer: yes
- Melanie Ross Levin: yes
- Sherae'a Moore: yes
- Bryan W. Shupe: no
- Claire Snyder-Hall: yes
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman: no
- Jesse R. Vanderwende: no
- Madinah Wilson-Anton: yes
- Lyndon D. Yearick: no
2/3
2025-06-30 · pass · 14-7
Member-level votes (21)
- Darius J. Brown: no
- Eric Buckson: no
- Daniel Cruce: yes
- Stephanie L. Hansen: yes
- Gerald W. Hocker: no
- Kyra L. Hoffner: yes
- Russell Huxtable: yes
- Dave G. Lawson: no
- S. Elizabeth Lockman: yes
- Spiros Mantzavinos: yes
- Trey Paradee: yes
- Brian Pettyjohn: no
- Marie Pinkney: yes
- Nicole Poore: yes
- Bryant L. Richardson: no
- Ray Seigfried: yes
- David P. Sokola: yes
- Laura V. Sturgeon: yes
- Bryan Townsend: yes
- John "Jack" Walsh: yes
- David L. Wilson: no
Related bills
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