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SJR2 - Designating August 31, 2023, As "international Overdose Awareness Day" In The State Of Delaware.
Stephanie L. Hansen, Sherry Dorsey Walker, Paul S. Baumbach
Last updated about 1 year ago
15 Co-Sponsors
This resolution designates August 31, 2023, as "International Overdose Awareness Day" in the State of Delaware, affirms the importance of overdose awareness, and encourages expanded efforts to keep Delaware residents properly informed of the grief that comes from losing a loved one to overdose.
STATUS
Passed
HB142 - An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Crimes And Criminal Procedure
Eric A. Morrison, Sarah McBride, Bryan Townsend
Last updated about 1 year ago
35 Co-Sponsors
This bill precludes the so-called LGBTQ+ "panic" defense that seeks to partially or completely excuse or justify a defendant from full accountability for the commission of a crime on the grounds that the actual or perceived sexual orientation, sex, gender, gender identity, or sex assigned at birth of the victim is sufficient to explain, excuse, or justify the defendant's conduct, or contributes to or causes the defendant's mental state, or that the defendants reaction thereto constitutes a mental illness, mental defect, or mental disorder sufficient to excuse or justify the defendant's conduct (including under circumstances in which the victim made a nonviolent romantic or sexual advance toward the defendant or in which the defendant and the victim dated or had a romantic or sexual relationship). Sections 1 and 3 of this bill move the definitions for gender identity and sexual orientation currently in the hate crimes statute to the general definitions section of the Criminal Code to maintain standard definitions of these terms throughout the Criminal Code. Section 2 of this bill provides that in any prosecution or sentencing for an offense: (i) a defendant is not justified in using force against another based on the discovery of, knowledge or belief about, or the potential or actual disclosure of the victims actual or perceived sexual orientation, sex, gender, gender identity, or sex assigned at birth; (ii) for the purposes of determining whether there is a reasonable explanation or excuse for the existence of extreme emotional disturbance or other asserted mitigating factor or circumstance, such explanation or excuse is not reasonable if it is based on the discovery of, knowledge or belief about, or the potential or actual disclosure of the victims actual or perceived sexual orientation, sex, gender, gender identity, or sex assigned at birth; and (iii) a defendant does not suffer from a mental illness, mental defect, mental disorder, serious mental disorder, psychiatric disorder, or other impairment affecting or impacting the defendants mental state relating to any questions of intent, knowledge, capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of the defendant's conduct, disturbance of the defendant's thinking, feeling or behavior, culpability, willpower to choose whether to do or refrain from doing an act, or ability to distinguish right from wrong, based on the discovery of, knowledge or belief about, or the potential or actual disclosure of the victims actual or perceived sexual orientation, sex, gender, gender identity, or sex assigned at birth.
STATUS
Passed
HB154 - An Act To Amend Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Personal Data Privacy And Consumer Protection.
Krista Griffith, Bryan Townsend, Kyle Evans Gay
Last updated about 1 year ago
26 Co-Sponsors
This bill creates the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act. The Act delineates a consumers personal data rights and provides that residents of this State will have the right to know what information is being collected about them, see the information, correct any inaccuracies, or request deletion of their personal data that is being maintained by entities or people.
STATUS
Passed
SB146 - An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Discrimination In Employment.
Laura Sturgeon, Bryan Townsend, John Walsh
Last updated about 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Under current law, an individual can file a charge of employment discrimination by sending the verified charge to the Delaware Department of Labor (Department). This Act clarifies that a verified charge of discrimination is deemed to be filed on the date it is sent to the Department.
STATUS
Passed
SCR60 - Designating May 25, 2023, As Africa Day In The State Of Delaware.
Marie Pinkney, Madinah Wilson-Anton, Melissa Minor-Brown
Last updated over 1 year ago
35 Co-Sponsors
This Senate Concurrent Resolution designates May 25, 2023, as Africa Day in Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
SCR42 - Recognizing May 1 To May 6, 2023, As "auctioneers Week" In The State Of Delaware.
David L. Wilson, Daniel B. Short, Darius Brown
Last updated over 1 year ago
28 Co-Sponsors
This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes May 1 to May 6, 2023, as "Auctioneers Week" in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB194 - An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Practice Of Pharmacy.
Sarah McBride, Kerri Evelyn Harris, Eric A. Morrison
Last updated 3 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
This Act allows pharmacists, under protocol approved by the Division of Public Health, to provide HIV pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis treatments.
STATUS
Enrolled
HCR58 - Commending Dana Carey Representing The Lake Forest School District For Being Selected As Delaware's Behavioral Health Professional Of The Year For 2023 And Commending Each School District And Charter Network's Behavioral Health Professional Of The Year.
Valerie J. Longhurst, Nicole Poore, Darius Brown
Last updated over 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
This Concurrent Resolution commends the 2023 Delaware Behavioral Health Professional of the Year, Dana Carey, and all of the District/Charter Network Behavioral Health Professionals of the Year.
STATUS
Engrossed
SCR119 - Establishing The Student Behavior And School Climate Task Force.
Bryan Townsend, Sherae'a A. Moore
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
This concurrent resolution establishes the Student Behavior and School Climate Task Force.
STATUS
Engrossed
SCR106 - Recognizing March 5, 2024, As "alpha Phi Alpha Legislative Day At The Capitol" In Delaware.
Darius Brown, Sherry Dorsey Walker, Eric Buckson
Last updated 7 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
This Concurrent Resolution recognizes March 5, 2024, as Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated or Alpha Phi Alpha Day at the Capitol in Delaware. It honors Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated as an organization that has provided a voice and a strong vision to the struggle of African Americans and people of color in the State of Delaware and around the world.
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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