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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]

DocumentIcon.jpg See rules: House Resolution 3
 DocumentIcon.jpg 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

Legislative Council Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (6) Republican members (4) Third-party members(0)

2023-2024 legislative session

Legislative Council Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (6) Republican members (4) Third-party members(0)

2021-2022 legislative session

Legislative Council Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (6) Republican members (4) Third-party members(0)

2019-2020 legislative session

Legislative Council Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (6) Republican members (4) Third-party members(0)


2017 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Legislative Council Members, 2017
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

  1. ↑ Delaware State Senate, "Relating to the Rules of the Delaware State Senate," January 12, 2021
  2. ↑ House of Representatives, "Relating to the Permanent Rules of the House of Representatives of the 151st General Assembly," January 12, 2021
  3. ↑ Delaware General Assembly, "Legislative Council," accessed February 18, 2021
  4. ↑ 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
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District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
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
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
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District 26
District 27
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District 31
Sean Lynn (D)
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39
District 40
District 41
Democratic Party (27)
Republican Party (14)


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