DOVER, Del. — The Delaware House of Representatives on March 12, 2025, passed Consent Calendar No. 2 by voice vote, advancing House Concurrent Resolutions 13, 16 and 17. Representative Johnson addressed the chamber in support of HCR 13, which calls attention to endometriosis and urges greater public education about the condition.

Representative Johnson told colleagues that endometriosis affects about "1 in 10 women of reproductive age" and that "the average woman experiences a delay of 3 to 11 years from the onset of her symptoms to finally receiving diagnosis." She said the condition can cause "debilitating chronic pain" that interferes with work and fertility and argued that "endometriosis is not just a woman's issue. It is a societal issue that affects families, communities, and workplaces." Representative Johnson also introduced two guests, including Lindsay Griffin, who attended the session.

The consent calendar was brought forward after Representative Moore moved to bring Consent Calendar No. 2 before the House and the chief clerk read the calendar by resolution number. Leader Harris asked for a voice vote; the ayes were recorded and the calendar "is clear to pass the house." The consent calendar as read included House Concurrent Resolution No. 13, House Concurrent Resolution No. 16 and House Concurrent Resolution No. 17; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript for those resolutions.

Separately, the chief clerk read a communication from the Senate notifying the House that the Senate had passed, on March 11, 2025, Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 5 and was requesting the House's concurrence. The chief clerk also read a written memorandum reporting that Representative Deshauna Neal would be absent from the March 12 session for a personal matter.

Representative Bush introduced several guests from the Noble Pond community — Joyce Jamieson and her husband, David; Denise Key; Joyce Rawlings; and Sherry Yea — who attended the session.

Before leaving, Leader Harris moved that the House recess to the call of the speaker; the House stood in recess and the clerk announced the chamber would reconvene at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.

Votes at a glance

- Consent Calendar No. 2 (HCR 13; HCR 16; HCR 17) — Action: passed by voice vote. Vote method: voice; tally: not specified in transcript.

What happened and why it matters

HCR 13 drew the most substantive floor remarks on the calendar when Representative Johnson described the prevalence and diagnostic delays associated with endometriosis and urged increased public education. The resolution joins other measures the House moved on a consent calendar, a procedural device that typically advances noncontroversial measures together by single vote.

Next steps

The transcript records only the House's passage of the consent calendar by voice vote; it does not record separate roll-call votes on the individual resolutions. The Senate's communication asking for concurrence on Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 5 was received and read on the floor; the transcript does not record any House action on that communication during this session.