SCR134 - Recognizing The Week Of April 7 - 13, 2024 As Delaware Saves Week 2024.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Nicole Poore, Larry D. Lambert, Stephanie L. Hansen
Last updated 6 months ago16 Co-Sponsors
This resolution recognizes the week of April 7 - 13, 2024 as Delaware Saves Week.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB20 - An Act To Amend Title 14 And Title 29 Of The Delaware Code And Chapter 187 Of Volume 81 Of The Laws Of Delaware Relating To Donated Leave.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Bryan Townsend, Laura Sturgeon, Cyndie Romer
Last updated 3 months ago34 Co-Sponsors
The primary purpose of this Act is to remove the requirement that a public school district employee who donates leave to another employee must donate 2 days of leave for the other employee to receive 1 day of leave.
STATUS
Passed
SB143 - An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Health Insurance.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Spiros Mantzavinos, William G. Bush, John Walsh
Last updated over 1 year ago4 Co-Sponsors
This Act makes several changes intended to improve the claims payment process by health insurers. Specifically, the Act: (i) codifies the definition of clean claim adopted in Department of Insurance regulations; (ii) requires an insurer to treat erroneously denied claims as timely filed without the provider having to resubmit the claim; (iii) requires carriers that engaged in coordination of benefits verify an insureds other coverage is effective for the date and type of service associated with the applicable claim before taking any recovery action against a provider; (iv) requires that a carrier who recovers payment from a provider through coordination of benefits and thereafter receives reimbursement for the same claim from another insurer issue notice to the provider of the payment so that the provider may seek payment for the amount recovered; (v) allows a provider 12 months to submit a claim for reimbursement after a retroactive denial by a carrier; (vi) requires prompt payment of clean claims within 30 days and after a successful appeal by a provider from a carriers denial of payment, with interest accruing on late payments. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
STATUS
Introduced
SCR68 - Recognizing The First Full Week In June As "delaware Gun Violence Prevention Week" In Delaware.
Delaware - 152nd General Assembly
Last updated over 1 year ago0 Co-Sponsors
This resolution proclaims the first full week of June as the "Delaware Gun Violence Prevention Week" in the State of Delaware, in which we remember and honor all survivors of gun violence and ask that all Delawareans consider ways that we as a community can reduce gun violence - including storing all firearms securely.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB202 - An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Line Of Duty Death Benefits.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Russ Huxtable, Kyra L. Hoffner, Bryan Townsend
Last updated 3 months ago30 Co-Sponsors
For claims for line of duty death benefits for covered persons, which include police officers, firefighters, auxiliary and volunteer ambulance and rescue company members, paramedics, and others, submitted on July 1, 2023, and thereafter, this Act increases the benefits for the beneficiary or beneficiaries from $200,000 to $375,000, payable in annual installments, with the maximum amount paid in any 1 calendar year being $50,000.
STATUS
Enrolled
SB93 - An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Public Employment Relations Act.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
John Walsh, Bryan Townsend, Edward S. Osienski
Last updated about 1 year ago12 Co-Sponsors
This bill amends the Delaware Public Employment Relations Act by requiring that the Board, consistent with the Boards Rules and Regulations, issue written decisions following hearings on unfair labor practice charges within 30 days of the close of the record.
STATUS
Passed
SB169 - An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Wrongful Conviction Compensation And Services.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Kyra L. Hoffner, Sean M. Lynn, Darius Brown
Last updated 3 months ago38 Co-Sponsors
This Act creates the Delaware Wrongful Conviction Compensation and Service Act. The Act provides compensation and reintegration services to individuals who have served sentences of incarceration, wrongful incarceration in a psychiatric institution, parole, probation, and sex offender registration in the State for crimes that they did not commit. An individual claiming wrongful conviction or, if deceased, that individual's heirs, may bring a petition for compensation in Delaware Superior Court. A petitioner who makes the required showing is entitled to damages based on the type and period of wrongful incarceration, probation, parole, or registration, and other amounts, such as reasonable attorney fees in obtaining relief, subject to requirements of proof. However, a petitioner is not entitled to such compensation if the Department of Justice establishes that the petitioner was an accomplice in the commission of the crime or that the petitioner intentionally and voluntarily caused the conviction at issue by committing perjury or fabricating evidence at trial in order to prevent the conviction of the true perpetrator. In addition, an individual released from incarceration as the result of the reversal, overturning, or vacation of a conviction is entitled to emergency assistance and services.
STATUS
Enrolled
SB276 - An Act To Rename The Newark Regional Transportation Center In Honor Of United States Senator Thomas R. Carper.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
David P. Sokola, John Walsh, Bryan Townsend
Last updated 5 months ago29 Co-Sponsors
This bill names the Newark Regional Transportation Center after United States Senator Thomas R. Carper.
STATUS
Passed
SB256 - An Act To Amend Titles 6 And 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Consumer Protection.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Kyle Evans Gay, Krista Griffith, Elizabeth Lockman
Last updated 3 months ago9 Co-Sponsors
This Act clarifies the Attorney Generals existing authority to enforce the States consumer protection laws, specifically the Attorney Generals ability to pursue non-penalty civil remedies, such as damages and restitution, without having to show that a persons violation of a law or regulation enforced by the Department of Justices Division of Consumer Protection was wilful. This Act does not change the requirement that the Attorney General show that such a violation was wilful in order to obtain civil penalties from a court or hearing officer. Every other state that has a similar state of mind requirement in their consumer fraud law does not impose that state of mind requirement for non-penalty civil remedies. By harmonizing the language in the Consumer Fraud Act (Subchapter II, Chapter 25, Title 6 of the Code) and the Division of Consumer Protections enabling statute (Subchapter II, Chapter 25, Title 29 of the Code), this Act clarifies that Delaware is line with the other states.
STATUS
Enrolled
SB64 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The State Lottery.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
William Charles Paradee, Eric Buckson, David G. Lawson
Last updated over 1 year ago17 Co-Sponsors
This Act promotes increased capital investment at Delaware casinos by restructuring the table games licensing fee reduction currently received by video lottery agents to allow capital investments greater than the minimum amounts required under § 4815(b)(3)a. of Title 29 of the Delaware Code to count toward the allowable license fee reductions. For ease of administration, this Act also aligns time periods for both table games and video lottery calculations.
STATUS
Passed
SB130 - An Act To Amend Title 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Restrictive Covenants.
Delaware - 152nd General Assembly
Last updated over 1 year ago0 Co-Sponsors
This Act prohibits restrictive covenants that prohibit or unreasonably restricts the owner of real property from installing or using a clothesline. The average electric dryer requires 2.1 kilowatt hours (kwh) to complete each load of laundry, although, depending on the settings, this may be as much as 6 kwh per load. This translates to significant CO2 emissions and costs. Seven states have enacted laws that protect the ability of a homeowner to use a clothesline.
STATUS
Introduced
SB59 - An Act To Establish A Statewide Rate Of Purchase Of Care For Child Care Providers.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Kyle Evans Gay, Brian Guy Pettyjohn, Russ Huxtable
Last updated over 1 year ago29 Co-Sponsors
This bill directs the Department to pay a statewide rate to all child care providers that is aligned with the New Castle County rate through existing program funds. This service provides support for families with children birth to 12 years of age with access to child care to enable the caretaker to hold a job, obtain training or meet the special needs of the parent or child. The bill would pay licensed child care providers statewide at the reimbursement rate of New Castle County as determined by the 2021 Delaware Local Child Care Market Rate Survey.
STATUS
Introduced
SB257 - An Act To Amend Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Rental Car Insurance Coverage.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
William Charles Paradee, William G. Bush, Bryan Townsend
Last updated 3 months ago6 Co-Sponsors
This Act changes Delawares law related to liability insurance for rental vehicles. Under the Act, the minimum level of coverage required for a vehicle owners policy of liability insurance under § 2902 of this title is also required for a vehicle owners rental of a vehicle.
STATUS
Enrolled
SR3 - Relating To The Election Of The President Pro Tempore.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Bryan Townsend, Elizabeth Lockman, Gerald W. Hocker
Last updated over 1 year ago4 Co-Sponsors
This Resolution elects David P. Sokola to be the President Pro Tempore of the Senate of the 152nd General Assembly.
STATUS
Engrossed
SCR114 - Extending The Deadline Of The Enhancing Lifelong Community Supports For The Aging, Individuals With Disabilities, And Their Family Caregivers Task Force.
Delaware - 152nd General Assembly
Last updated 8 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
This concurrent resolution extends the deadline for the task force to compile and submit a report from March 2, 2024, to May 31, 2024.
STATUS
Engrossed