Delaware House of Representatives
The House of Representatives of Delaware (Delaware House of Representatives ) is the lower house of the Delaware General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Delaware.
The chamber of parliament is made up of 41 members, representing an electoral district respectively. Deputies are elected for two -year terms; limiting the terms of office does not exist.
The conference hall of the House of Representatives is located together with the State Senate in Delaware State Capitol in the capital Dover.
History
The Parliament chamber was 1776-1792 known as the House of Assembly. There was a general name for the lower house of the colonial legislatures and later states, came together under the Articles of Confederation. Due to the state constitution of 1792 the name was changed, what happened in approach to the new House of Representatives of the United States. Delaware was in 1787 the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. With its renaming started a course, which ended with the division of the U.S. state legislatures in the upper and lower houses, as well as the adoption of the same name.
Structure of the chamber
Speaker of the House is the Speaker of the House. He is initially elected by the majority faction of the chamber before the confirmation by the whole Parliament follows. The Speaker is also responsible for the course of legislation and monitors the shutdowns in the various committees. Current Speaker is Democrat Robert F. Gilligan.
Other important office holders are the Majority Leader ( Majority Leader ) and the leader of the opposition (minority leader), who are elected by the respective fractions. The majority leader decides which bills come to discussion on the agenda of speakers. He also directs the debates and the chamber votes. Majority leader of the Democrats is Peter Schwartzkopf, Minority leader of the Republican Gregory Lavelle.
Admission requirements to the chamber
Each member of the House of Representatives must be citizens of the United States and have already lived at least three years in Delaware. Furthermore, it at least a year in the constituency must have been resident and be at his election at least 24 years old before his election.