Bill
HCR 74
Delaware creates an 8-member Housing Department Task Force to study forming a cabinet-level Department of Housing and migrating housing programs, staff, and budgets.
Note on source material and inconsistencies
- The materials provided for HCR 74 contain text from multiple, different concurrent resolutions (most prominently a Delaware “Department of Housing” task‑force resolution and a Hawaii “doula” sunrise review), and metadata (title, sponsors, legislative actions) that do not consistently match those texts. The bill title you gave (“JUDGES: Requests that the Louisiana Supreme Court develop rules that prohibit judges from attending campaign events for other elected officials”) does not appear in the body text provided. This summary describes the distinct substantive texts included in the document and flags the inconsistent metadata. For the authoritative text and status, consult the official legislative clerk or website for the relevant state.
1) Delaware — “Department of Housing / Housing Department Task Force” (concurrent resolution text)
- Purpose: Create a legislative Task Force to study and make recommendations on establishing a new Delaware Department of Housing and how existing housing authorities, programs and entities would relate to it.
- Key provisions:
- Establishes an 8‑member Housing Department Task Force: two legislative co‑chairs (majority leader appointments), one minority senator and one minority representative, plus the Director (or designee) of the Delaware State Housing Authority, Secretary of Health & Social Services (or designee), Controller General (or designee), and Director of OMB (or designee).
- Assigns specific study duties (7 items) including: DSHA’s role, interaction with city housing authorities (Dover, Newark, Wilmington), roles of non‑profits, what divisions/agencies/programs should move to or be created in the new Department, staffing and budget needs, and a proposed timeline.
- Organization/operational rules: quorum = majority; official action requires majority approval; co‑chairs to set meetings, notify members, supervise notices/minutes, and provide final report distribution.
- Deadlines: first meeting no later than September 19, 2025; final report due April 9, 2026.
- Legislative support: General Assembly to provide staff support (including legislative attorney) and materials.
- Who is affected: state agencies and authorities involved in housing (DSHA, local housing authorities), non‑profit housing providers, OMB, Controller General, and the General Assembly (through oversight and budget implications).
- Potential impact: Could lead to reorganization or consolidation of state housing functions into a Cabinet‑level Department of Housing, with staffing, budget and program migrations recommended by the Task Force.
2) Hawaii — “Doula registration/regulation sunrise review” (concurrent resolution text)
- Purpose: Request the State Auditor to perform a “sunrise review” (cost/need/impact analysis) of proposed regulation or registration of doulas as set out in House Bill No. 434 (Regular Session 2025).
- Key provisions:
- Directs the Auditor to analyze whether doulas (non‑medical childbirth support providers) should be subject to registration or regulation, per HB 434.
- Timing: Auditor’s report requested no later than 20 days prior to the Regular Session of 2026.
- Transmission: certified copy to the Auditor.
- Who is affected: doulas, Department(s) that would regulate them (e.g., Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs if HB 434 proceeds), Medicaid programs if reimbursement is implicated, and statewide maternal‑health stakeholders.
- Potential impact: The review would inform whether legislative/regulatory controls and possibly licensure or Medicaid reimbursement for doulas are appropriate.
Procedural/status notes and sponsors
- Provided header status: “Rules suspended.” Legislative actions listed in the materials span multiple dates and appear to mix actions from different jurisdictions and sessions; several entries note passage, amendments, committee referrals, and signatures, but these cannot be reliably reconciled to a single resolution from the supplied text.
- Sponsors listed in the metadata: Kerri Evelyn Harris; ILAGAN; Robert Carter. Related bill: HR 59 (companion).
- Recommendation: Because the document conflates texts from different states and subjects and the bill title does not match the body text, verify the correct, final text and status on the official legislative website or clerk’s office for the relevant chamber/state before relying on this summary for formal use.
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