AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ATTORNEY GENERAL ACCESS TO STATE DOCUMENTS.
Summary
This Act clarifies that the Attorney General’s right of access under Title 29, Section 2508(b) to the books, papers, records, and other documents of the State does not apply for purposes of discovery in any civil litigation brought by or on the relation of the Attorney General, except for the Department of Justice’s own documents. This Act is intended to ensure that state agencies, departments, boards, officers, instrumentalities, and commissions will have the discovery protections afforded to non-parties in such litigation by applicable rules of civil procedure or state or federal law.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2022
Committee Review
Jun 2022
Senate Passage
May 2022
House Passage
Jun 2022
Signed into Law
Sep 2022
Introduced May 11, 2022
Signed Sep 9, 2022
Floor votes · Senate May 19, 2022 · House Jun 29, 2022
How they voted
20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
May 19, 2022
D
Democratic13
100% Yea
R
Republican7
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Sep 9, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 29, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
lower
Jun 22, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits
lower
Jun 2, 2022
Introduced
Assigned to Administration Committee in House
lower
May 19, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
May 18, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
upper
May 11, 2022
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate
upper
3 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
P
Krista Griffith
DDemocratic
P
Kyle Gay
DDemocratic
Co
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
Co
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
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