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Delaware House notes recent bill signings, approves consent calendar and recesses for caucuses
Summary
On March 11, 2025, the Delaware House received notifications that Gov. Matt Meyer signed several bills earlier in February, the chamber approved Consent Calendar No. 1 (including HCR 15 recognizing International Women’s Day) by voice vote, and leaders recessed the House for party caucuses, leaders and the chief clerk said.
The Delaware House of Representatives on March 11, 2025, received communications that Gov. Matt Meyer signed several bills earlier in February, approved Consent Calendar No. 1 including House Concurrent Resolution No. 15, and recessed for party caucuses, the chamber’s chief clerk and House leaders said.
Chief Clerk: "Legislative advisory number 1 from the office of governor, February tenth, 2025, Governor Matt Meyer signed the following legislation on the date indicated: 02/07/2025 House Bill 40 as amended by House Amendment 1 and Senate Bill 42 as amended by Senate Amendment number 1." The chief clerk later read additional advisories saying the governor signed Senate Bill 50 and Senate Joint Resolution 1 on 02/14/2025 and House Bill 30 on 02/27/2025.
Why it matters: The governor’s signatures complete the legislative process for the listed bills and move them toward implementation, and committee reports read into the record indicate which measures are moving through the House referral process.
The chief clerk also read committee reports filed for March 11, 2025. The Technology and Telecommunications Committee reported on House Bill 16 ("3 favorable, 4 on its merits") and House Bill 53 ("3 favorable, 4 on its merits"). The Economic Development, Bank and Insurance and Commerce Committee reported House Joint Resolution 1 ("3 favorable, 9 on its merits") and House Bill 31 ("3 favorable, 6 on its merits"). The communications were entered on the record without objection.
Leader Harris moved to bring Consent Calendar No. 1 to the floor for consideration; the clerk identified Consent Calendar No. 1 as consisting of "House concur resolution number 15 and senate concur" (the clerk’s reading did not include a full text for the senate item). The House took a voice vote on the consent calendar; the presiding officer declared, "The ayes have it." The clerk announced, "Consent calendar number 1 is passed." The record does not include a roll-call tally for that vote.
Representative Bolden addressed the chamber in relation to HCR 15 and spoke about International Women’s Day, noting the historical roots of the day in the early 20th-century labor movement and urging nominations for the Delaware Women’s Hall of Fame; those remarks were presented as part of the floor recognition associated with the resolution.
A roll call at the start of the session showed 39 members present and 2 absent. House leaders then moved to recess the House for party caucuses; the majority caucus was announced to meet at 2:40 p.m., and later another recess motion set the majority caucus to meet at 2:50 p.m.; the transcript records both times as stated by leaders.
Less-critical items on the March 11 docket reported into the record included signatures, committee referrals and routine acceptance of the previous day’s minutes, all read without objection. No floor debate or recorded roll-call votes on the signed bills were taken during the portion of the session represented in the transcript.
