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133 Representative Smith deferred to Representative Davis. Representative Davis brought HB....2.1.2, jointly sponsored by Representatives Buckworth, D. Ennis, DiPinto, Fallon, Lofink, Maier, Maroney, Smith, Banning, Brady, Houghton, Keeley, Plant, Schroeder, Scott, West & Williams & Senators Bunting, McDowell, Henry & Reed, before the House for consideration. HB....2.1.2 - An Act Proposing an Amendment to Article V, Section 2, of the Constitution of the State of Delaware Relating to Qualifications for Voting and Forfeiture of Right. (2/3 bill) Representatives Davis & Oberle made comments. Representative Cloutier brought HA I to HB 219 before the House for consideration. Representatives Cloutier, Ewing, Davis, VanSant, Cloutier, Davis, VanSant, Cloutier, Gilligan & Davis made comments. HA.J. was adopted by voice vote. Representative Banning introduced and brought HA 2 to HB 219 before the House for consideration. Representatives Banning & Welch made comments. ~ was adopted by voice vote. The roll call on HB 219 w/HA I & 2 was taken and revealed: YES: 31. NO: Representatives B. Ennis, Ewing, Mack, Oberle, Petrilli, Quillen, Welch, Mr. Speaker Spence - 8. ABSENT: Representatives Maroney, Roy - 2. Therefore, having received a constitutional majority of at least two-thirds Members of the House, HB. 219 w/HA I & 2 was sent to the Senate for concurrence. Representative Smith deferred to Representative Price. Representative Price brought HB...22Q, jointly sponsored by Senator Voshell & Representatives Banning, Buckworth, Capano, B. Ennis, Ewing, Fallon, Gilligan, Houghton, Keeley, Lee, Plant, Quillen, Roy, Spence, Stone, VanSant, Wagner, Welch, West & Williams & Senators Adams, Blevins, Bunting, Cook, Henry, Marshall, McBride, McDowell, Reed, Sokola, Still, Vaughn & Venables, before the House for consideration. HB..22Q- An Act to Amend Title 18 of the Delaware Code Relating to Line-of-Duty Death Benefits. (FIN) Representative Price brought HA 1 to HB 220 before the House for consideration. Representative Price made a comment. HA.J. was adopted by voice vote. Representatives Smith, Price, Wagner, Ewing, B. Ennis & Oberle made comments. Representative Spence announced that he will not voting on HB 220 w/HA 1 because of a possible conflict of interest. Representatives Price, Ulbrich, VanSant & Welch made comments. The roll call on HB 220 w/HA I was taken and revealed: YES: 37. NOT VOTING: Representative Spence - I. ABSENT: Representatives Maroney, Petrilli, Roy - 3. Therefore, having received a constitutional majority, HB 220 w/HA 1 was sent to the Senate for concurrence. Representatives Gilligan & Oberle requested and were granted personal privilege of the floor to make comments. Representative Welch deferred to Representative Keeley. Representative Keeley brought HB..lli, jointly sponsored by Representatives DiPinto, D. Ennis, Gilligan, Maier, Maroney, Plant, Scott, VanSant & Williams & Senators Hauge & Marshall, before the House for consideration. HB..lli - An Act to Amend Title 22 of the Delaware Code Relating to Parking Authorities. Representative Keeley made a comment. Representative Keeley brought HA I to HB I 53 before the House for consideration. HA..l was adopted by voice vote. Representatives Stone, Wagner, Keeley, Reynolds, Welch, B. Ennis, DiPinto, Oberle, Keeley, Ewing, Wagner, Scott, West & Petrilli made comments. The roll call on HB !53 w/HA I was taken and revealed: YES: 37. ABSENT: Representatives Maroney, Price, Roy, Smith- 4. Therefore, having received a constitutional majority, HB I 53 w/HA I was sent to the Senate for concurrence. Representatives Keeley, Welch & Oberle made comments. The Chief Clerk read the following committee reports into the record: POL ANAL & GOV ACCT: HIU0.5. - 4M,IU; SB....1..22 - 5M. 134 ED: HCE....26 - 6M; SB...12.6 - 6M. Representative Welch deferred to Representative Ewing. Representative Ewing brought HB..lli, jointly sponsored by Senator Henry, before the House for consideration. HB..23.Q -An Act to Amend Title 21, Delaware Code Relating to the Uniform Commercial Drivers Act. Representative Ewing made comments. The roll call on ~ was taken and revealed: YES: 32. ABSENT: Representatives Banning, Gilligan, Houghton, Maroney, Price, Roy, Scott, Smith, VanSant - 9. Therefore, having received a constitutional majority, HB..2l6 was sent to the Senate for concurrence. Representative Welch deferred to Representative Wagner. Representative Wagner brought H.B....2,U, jointly sponsored by Representative Reynolds & Senator Sokola, before the House for consideration. H.B....2,U - An Act to Amend Title 14 of the Delaware Code Relating to Charter Schools. Representative Wagner made comments. The roll call on H.B....2,U was taken and revealed: YES: 34. ABSENT: Representatives Gilligan, Houghton, Maroney, Price, Roy, Smith, VanSant - 7. Therefore, having received a constitutional majority, H.B....2,U was sent to the Senate for concurrence. Representative Welch moved to suspend the rules which interfere with action on SJ..B..A. The motion was seconded by Representative Buckworth and adopted by voice vote. Representative Welch brought SJ.R...4, sponsored by Senator Sharp on Behalf of All Senators & Representative Spence on Behalf of All Representatives, before the House for consideration. SJ.R...4- Observing the Centennial Celebration of the Constitution of the State of Delaware of 1897. Representative Welch made comments. The roll call on SJ.R...4 was taken and revealed: YES: 33. ABSENT: Representatives Gilligan, Houghton, Maroney, Price, Roy, Smith, VanSant, Williams - 8. Therefore, having received a constitutional majority, SJ.R...4 was returned to the Senate. Representative Welch introduced and brought SCR...13., sponsored by Senator Sharp & Representative Spence, before the House for consideration. SCR...13. - Providing for a Joint Session of the Senate and House and Extending an Invitation to the GoYernor for the Purpose of Observing the Centennial Celebration of the Constitution of the State of Delaware ofl897. Representative Welch made a comment. s.cR...13. was adopted by voice vote and returned to the Senate. Representative Welch introduced and brought~, jointly sponsored by Senators Bair & Blevins & Representative Maroney & Senators Connor, Amick, Reed, Hauge, Sorenson, Adams, Cook, Henry, McBride & McDowell & Representatives Capano, Fallon, Maier, Stone, Ulbrich, Wagner, Roy, Ewing, Carey, Reynolds, Buckworth, Lofink, Boulden, Lee, Petrilli, Cloutier, DiPinto, Mack, Quillen, Price, Houghton, Gilligan, Keeley, Scott, Brady, DiLiberto, Williams, VanSant & Plant, before the House for consideration. ~ - Recognizing June 5, 1997 as "Economic Equity for Working Women Day" and Commending the Women's Bureau of the United States Department of Labor and the Delaware Commission for Women for Their Collaboration on the National Working Women's Summit. Representative Welch made a comment. ~ was adopted by voice and returned to the Senate. The Reading Clerk read the following communications into the record: HOUSE TRIBUTE ANNOUNCEMENT #44 DATE: June 5, 1997 The following tributes and memoriams have been issued through the office of the Chief Clerk of the House at the request of the sponsor: llillnm ~ Presentation Date ~ Description Hl39-562 Buckworth 5/05/97 T Elizabeth Maciarello/ I st Place Superstars in Education Hl39-563 Spence 5/17/97 T Mark Seifert & Cynthia Fallon/ cosponsor: All House Members Marriage Hl39-564 Brady 5/31/97 T Gordon L. Strazella/Birthday & Retirement 135 Hl39-565 Welch 5/08/97 T Richmond S. Wright, Jr./Rescued Staffer Jane Welch from Elevator Hl39-566 Fallon 3/17/97 T Charles C. Allen, Jr./Contributions/ U. ofD. Bio-Technology Lab H139-567 Fallon 5/21/97 T Hazel Tokley/Custodian/Central Elementary School/Retirement H139-568 Fallon 5/21/97 T Barbara Nancarrow/Teacher/Seaford Middle School./Retirement Hl39-569 Fallon 5/21/97 T Marjorie Nielson/Nurse/Central Elementary School/Retirement H139-570 Fallon 5/21/97 T Elma Yoder/Teacher/Seaford Senior High/Retirement H139-571 Fallon 5/21/97 T David Baker/Teacher/Seaford High/Retirement Hl39-572 Fallon 5/16/97 T Ashley Lutton/Seaford High School/ Parent Group Scholarship Hl39-573 Capano 5/17/97 T Edgar H. Johnson/10th Birthday Hl39-574 Fallon 4/12/97 T C. Wallace & Helen P. Hicks/50th & Wagner Wedding Anniversary HOUSE TRIBUTE ANNOUNCEMENT #45 DATE: June 5, 1997 The following tributes and memoriams have been issued through the office of the Chief Clerk of the House at the request of the sponsor: ~ ~ Presentation Date ~ Description Hl39-575 Fallon 5/01/97 M John A. Kem Hl39-576 Maroney 5/20/97 T Freddie M. Anderson/Jane Maroney Award Recipient/Excellence in Early Childhood Education Hl39-577 Fallon 5/11/97 M Michael C. "Mickey" Drugash H139-578 Roy 5/15/97 T Back Burner/Best Restaurant in Delaware /News Journal Reader's Choice Poll Hl39-579 Quillen 5/15/97 T Rourke B. Jones/U.S. National Award Winner in Science Hl39-580 Ewing 5/19/97 T Dr. Vincent Lobo, Jr./Outstanding cosponsor: Quillen Service to Community/Medical Care Hl39-581 Ewing 5/19/97 T Dr. Steve 0. Quillin/Outstanding cosponsor: Quillen Service to Community/Medical Care Hl39-582 Wagner 5/17/97 T Cheryl Fischer/Girl Scout Gold Award/Troop 150 Hl39-583 Wagner 5/17/97 T Erin Kirk/Girl Scout Gold Award /Troop 150 H139-584 Quillen 5/17/97 T Beth Alexander/Girl Scout Gold Award/Troop 150 Hl39-585 Wagner 5/17/97 T Marcia Lang/Girl Scout Gold Award/Troop 150 Hl39-586 Maier 5/15/97 T Judith Austin/Jennie Smith Elementary School/Teacher of the Year Hl39-587 Schroeder 5/06/97 T Lesley A. Kroon/Secretary of Education Scholar for 1997 T -Tribute M-Memoriam The Majority Whip moved to recess to the call of the Chair at 5:55 p.m. 34th LEGISLATIVE DAY 139th GENERAL ASSEMBLY First Session June 10, 1997 Mr. Speaker Spence called the House to order at 1:20 p.m. The Reading Clerk read the following communications into the record: The Senate wishes to inform the House that it has passed: SB 144 HB 56 w/HA 1,2 & 3 SB 78 w/SA HB 170 HB 193 w/HA 1 HB 174 HCR 30 & HCR 31 136 MEMORANDUM TO: Speaker Terry Spence FROM: Representative Richard Davis DATE: June 4, 1997 RE: Absence from Session Due io an unexpected business trip, I will be required to be absent from Session on June 11 and June 12, 1997.