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SCR59 - Recognizing May 22, 2023 As National Maritime Day.
Russ Huxtable, Peter C. Schwartzkopf, Gerald W. Hocker
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
This Concurrent Resolution recognizes May 22, 2023 as National Maritime Day in Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB149 - An Act To Amend Title 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Presidential Primary Elections.
David P. Sokola, Peter C. Schwartzkopf, Gerald W. Hocker
Last updated about 1 year ago
10 Co-Sponsors
This Act would move the 2024 presidential primary election for major political parties from the fourth Tuesday in April to the first Tuesday of April.
STATUS
Passed
HCR60 - Recognizing The Young Men From Across The State Of Delaware Participating In The 2023 Session Of Delawares Boys State.
Peter C. Schwartzkopf, David P. Sokola, Bryan Townsend
Last updated over 1 year ago
11 Co-Sponsors
This Concurrent Resolution recognizes the young men participating in the 2023 session of Delawares Boys State and commends its sponsor, the American Legion Department of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB202 - An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Possession Of A Firearm At A Polling Place.
Cyndie Romer, David P. Sokola, Debra J. Heffernan
Last updated about 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
This Act limits those individuals who may possess a firearm at a polling place on an Election Day to the following: (1) law enforcement officers, (2) commissioned security guards acting in their official capacity, (3) constables acting in their official capacity, and (4) active-duty members of the United States Armed Forces and Delaware National Guard acting in their official capacity. This Act is applicable to any in-person election held under Title 15, any local school election held under Title 14, and any municipal election held in accordance with the municipality's charter, ordinance, or code, and includes locations designated for early voting. This Act also provides an exemption for individuals who reside or visit private property adjacent to a polling place, or who are traveling from private property to another location.
STATUS
Passed
HCR55 - Directing The Delaware Department Of Health And Social Services To Issue A Report Analyzing Long-term Care.
Kendra Johnson, Spiros Mantzavinos, Brian Guy Pettyjohn
Last updated over 1 year ago
14 Co-Sponsors
This Resolution requires the Department of Health and Social Services to submit a report no later than April 1, 2024 detailing recommendations for the revision of the Delaware Code and the Delaware Administrative Code related to long-term care. The report is also required to outline an implementation plan for a person-centered acuity model of long-term care staffing.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB247 - An Act To Amend Titles 9 And 17 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Traffic Safety.
Edward S. Osienski, Stephanie L. Hansen, Kyle Evans Gay
Last updated 3 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
There were 139 traffic fatalities in Delaware in 2021, the highest number of traffic fatalities since 2006. Senate Concurrent Resolution 94 of the 151st Delaware General Assembly set a goal of no more than 100 traffic fatalities per year and tasked state agencies to meet that goal by 2025. Instead of moving towards meeting the General Assemblys goal, however, traffic fatalities increased to 165 in 2022, deepening the crisis on Delawares roads. To reverse this situation, the Everyone Gets Home Act makes changes to the Delaware Code to sharpen the Department of Transportations focus on the three most common types of fatal crashes: intersection (including driveway); roadway departure; and mid-block pedestrian. This Act clarifies the Departments authority to designate controlled-access facilities as a safety countermeasure for both intersection and midblock pedestrian crashes and, when the facility designation has received the consent of county government, requires counties to use their own authority to assist the Department in consolidating vehicle entrances and exits to and from the facility. In addition, this Act authorizes the Department to designate roadways as low-speed streets and low-speed local roads in order to address fatal roadway departure crashes related to vehicle speed, and permits counties to request such designations to meet their own traffic safety goals. Finally, this Act expands the Departments discretion to deploy new traffic-control devices in order to reduce fatal crashes.
STATUS
Enrolled
HCR82 - Designating January 21-27, 2024 As Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists' Week In The State Of Delaware.
Melissa Minor-Brown, Sherry Dorsey Walker, Nicole Poore
Last updated 8 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
This concurrent resolution designates January 21-27, 2024 as Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists' (CRNA) Week in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
HCR80 - Recognizing Our Common Humanity And Our Concern Regarding The Israel-hamas War.
Melissa Minor-Brown, David P. Sokola, Bryan Townsend
Last updated 9 months ago
50 Co-Sponsors
This concurrent resolution expresses the State of Delaware General Assemblys concern for the loss of life in the Israel-Hamas war and calls on the legislature and the citizens of Delaware to recognize our common humanity and the shared strength of our diversity.
STATUS
Enrolled
SB123 - An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Patient Abuse.
Spiros Mantzavinos, Brian Guy Pettyjohn, Kendra Johnson
Last updated about 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
This Act provides that any adult day care facility required to be licensed under Chapter 1 of Title 16 is subject to the existing reporting obligations for facilities under Subchapter III of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Delaware Code.
STATUS
Passed
SCR72 - Congratulating The Class Of 2022 Eagle Scouts For Having Attained The Highest Rank One Can Earn In The Boy Scouts Of America.
David G. Lawson, William Charles Paradee, William J. Carson
Last updated over 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
This Senate Concurrent Resolution congratulates the class 2022 Eagle Scouts for having attained the highest rank one can earn in the Boy Scouts of America.
STATUS
Engrossed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Delaware district SD-011
COMMITTEES
Delaware Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Bryan Townsend earned his BA from Yale University and his JD from Vanderbilt University Law School. He has practiced law for small businesses, non-profit organizations, and government entities. Townsend served on the board of directors for the Delaware Center for Justice. In 2012, Townsend won election to the Delaware House of Representatives to represent District 27. He serves on the Education, Health & Human Development, and Revenue & Finance committees. His legislative priorities include education funding, criminal justice reform, and health care.read less
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