Legislative Council Committee, Delaware State Legislature
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The Legislative Council Committee is a joint committee of the Delaware General Assembly.
Per the House and Senate Rules, joint committees of the Delaware General Assembly are assigned by the Speaker in the House and the President Pro Tempore in the Senate. The rules do not specify when joint committees are assigned.[1][2]
See rules: House Resolution 3
See rules: Senate Resolution 2
Function
| “ | Legislative Council is made up of the leadership from the Senate and the House of Representatives. Legislative Council oversees the two nonpartisan, confidential legislative agencies, the Division of Research and the Office of the Controller General. Staff support for Legislative Council is provided by the Division of Research.[3][4] | ” |
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Legislative Council Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Legislative Council Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Legislative Council Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Legislative Council Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members(0) |
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Legislative Council Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (4) | |||
| • David McBride, Chair | • Gary Simpson | |||
| • Peter Schwartzkopf, Co-chair | • Gregory Lavelle | |||
| • Margaret Rose Henry | • Daniel Short | |||
| • Nicole Poore | • Deborah Hudson | |||
| • Valerie Longhurst | ||||
| • John Viola | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Delaware State Senate, "Relating to the Rules of the Delaware State Senate," January 12, 2021
- ↑ House of Representatives, "Relating to the Permanent Rules of the House of Representatives of the 151st General Assembly," January 12, 2021
- ↑ Delaware General Assembly, "Legislative Council," accessed February 18, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
Current members of the Delaware State Senate
Leadership
Majority Leader:Bryan Townsend
Minority Leader:Gerald Hocker
Senators
District 1
Dan Cruce (D)
District 2
Darius Brown (D)
District 3
District 4
Laura Sturgeon (D)
District 5
District 6
Russ Huxtable (D)
District 7
District 8
David Sokola (D)
District 9
Jack Walsh (D)
District 10
Stephanie Hansen (D)
District 11
Bryan Townsend (D)
District 12
Nicole Poore (D)
District 13
Marie Pinkney (D)
District 14
Kyra Hoffner (D)
District 15
David Lawson (R)
District 16
Eric Buckson (R)
District 17
Trey Paradee (D)
District 18
David Wilson (R)
District 19
Brian Pettyjohn (R)
District 20
Gerald Hocker (R)
District 21
Democratic Party (15)
Republican Party (6)
Current members of the Delaware House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Melissa Minor-Brown
Majority Leader:Kerri Harris
Minority Leader:Timothy Dukes
Representatives
District 1
District 2
Stephanie Bolden (D)
District 3
Josue Ortega (D)
District 4
Jeff Hilovsky (R)
District 5
Kendra Johnson (D)
District 6
Debra Heffernan (D)
District 7
Larry Lambert (D)
District 8
Sherae'a Moore (D)
District 9
Kevin Hensley (R)
District 10
District 11
District 12
Krista Griffith (D)
District 13
DeShanna Neal (D)
District 14
District 15
Kamela Smith (D)
District 16
Franklin Cooke (D)
District 17
District 18
Sophie Phillips (D)
District 19
District 20
Alonna Berry (D)
District 21
Frank Burns (D)
District 22
Michael Smith (R)
District 23
Mara Gorman (D)
District 24
Edward Osienski (D)
District 25
Cyndie Romer (D)
District 26
District 27
Eric Morrison (D)
District 28
William Carson (D)
District 29
William Bush (D)
District 30
Shannon Morris (R)
District 31
Sean Lynn (D)
District 32
Kerri Harris (D)
District 33
Charles Postles (R)
District 34
District 35
District 36
Bryan Shupe (R)
District 37
District 38
Ronald Gray (R)
District 39
Daniel Short (R)
District 40
Timothy Dukes (R)
District 41
Richard Collins (R)
Democratic Party (27)
Republican Party (14)
