Delaware § 903 - Appointment and duties of Bill Clerks.
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§ 903. Appointment and duties of Bill Clerks.
(a) The Senate and the House of Representatives shall appoint a Bill Clerk for their respective House of the General Assembly.
(b) A Bill Clerk shall have general supervision over all bills and resolutions introduced at a session of the General Assembly. When a bill or resolution passes both Houses of the General Assembly, the Bill Clerks shall attach a parchment backing to the bill or resolution and initial and seal or stamp each page of the bill or resolution and present them to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for their signatures. The Bill Clerks shall certify with the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House, on the backing of the bill or resolution, that the bill or resolution is the same as that which passed both Houses, and the Bill Clerk of the House in which the bill or resolution was introduced shall then deliver the bill or resolution, with an engrossment under § 904(a) of this title, if necessary, to the Secretary of the Senate, for a Senate bill or resolution, or the Chief Clerk of the House, for a House bill or resolution.
27 Del. Laws, c. 12, §§ 2, 3; Code 1935, § 337; 29 Del. C. 1953, § 903; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 83 Del. Laws, c. 458, § 13;Source: official Delaware text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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