Joint Legislative Council Committee Meeting

Thursday, January 15, 2026·1h 50m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Joint Legislative Council approved all eight motions brought before it unanimously, including a request for the Joint Sunset Committee to review legislative reporting requirements and a scope-determination study for publishing reports online, while also authorizing Capitol Police to review security recommendations and re-establishing a Building Committee regarding an expansion discussed in executive session.

Key Actions

·Approval of December 2, 2025 Meeting MinutesPassed

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Notable Quotes

“Our librarian noted that he could not find a report for the 2016 review process. We learned that the 2020 review process did not occur due to Covid and the 2024 review process did not begin until 2025.”
Mark Cotrona, Director of Division of Legislative Services — Cotrona was reporting on the status of the executive branch regulatory review required every four years under Section 10407 of Title 29 of Delaware Code, explaining gaps in the review cycle.

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Votes

Approve the minutes of the December 2, 2025 Legislative Council meetingPassed

Yes (10)Representative Dukes, Representative Harris, Senator Hocker, Senator Lockman, Madam Speaker, Representative Osienski, Senator Pettyjohn, Mr. Pro Tem, Representative Spiegelman, Senator Townsend

Accept the donation of the plaque for the Chair of HonorPassed

Legislative Council requests of the Joint Sunset Committee a review of this topic in front of us for one of their yearly review topicsPassed

Legislative Council approve the Division of Legislative Services to determine the scope of the reports that would be published if we then were to go ahead and approve the publishing of themPassed

Legislative Council approve the scheduling of Legislative Council meetings as presentedPassed

Enter executive session to discuss documents excluded from the definition of a public record under Delaware 29C subsection 10002017 as these documents could jeopardize the security of Legislative HallPassed

Capitol Police review the recommendations and report back on which recommendations to move forward withPassed

The Building Committee resume their efforts and report back to Legislative Council regarding the expansionPassed

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TranscriptPreview

It. Welcome, everyone. This meeting is being held in person and is broadcasted on the General Assembly's House chamber page. If you have any questions or comments about this meeting, please direct them to legislative.curselelaware.gov or you can call the Division of legislative services at 302-744-4114. We will begin by asking Mr. Cotrona to call the roll. Good morning. Representative Dukes. Representative Dukes. Present. Representative Harris. Present. Representative Harris? Present. Senator Hocker. Senator Hocker. Present. Senator Lockman. Here. Senator Lockman? Here. Madam Speaker. Present. Madam Speaker. Present. Representative Osinski. Present. Representative Osinski. Present. Senator Pettyjohn. Senator Pettyjohn. Present. Mr. Pro Tem. Present. Mr. Pro Tem? Present. Representative Spiegelman. Representative Spiegelman. Present. Senator Townsend. Senator Townsend. Absent. Madam Speaker. The Senator Townsend. Senator Townsend. From Senator Townsend. From absent to present. Madam Speaker. The Roll call reveals 10 present. Thank you, Mark. A quorum being present. Legislative Council is in session. With that said, the first order of business is the approval of the December 2, 2025 meeting minutes. Is there a motion, Speaker? I make a motion. We approve the minutes. Thank you. Is there a second? Second. It was a motion made by the pro tem and seconded by…

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