SEE LATEST
SPONSORED LEGISLATION
HCR80 - Recognizing Our Common Humanity And Our Concern Regarding The Israel-hamas War.
Melissa Minor-Brown, David P. Sokola, Bryan Townsend
Last updated 10 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
HB285 - An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Medical Marijuana.
Edward S. Osienski, Kyra L. Hoffner, William Charles Paradee
Last updated 6 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
This Act amends the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act by removing the requirement that a patient have a debilitating medical condition to qualify for a registry identification card, instead allowing health-care providers to make the determination of whether a patient has a diagnosed medical condition for which the patient would receive therapeutic or palliative benefit from the use of medical marijuana. As a result, this Act removes the CBD-rich and compassionate use programs, which previously allowed for the use of marijuana for the treatment of conditions that otherwise did not qualify a patient for a registry identification card.
STATUS
Passed
HB271 - An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Regulations And Prohibitions Concerning Game And Fish.
William J. Carson, John Walsh, Eric Buckson
Last updated 6 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Currently, section 712 of Title 7 of the Delaware Code prohibits the hunting of any game birds or game animals (except deer) on Sundays. This Bill eliminates the prohibition against hunting game birds on Sundays. The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control still has authority to establish and regulate season dates, bag limits and enforcement for the hunting of game birds.
STATUS
Passed
HB286 - An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Genetics Based Discrimination.
Jeffrey N. Spiegelman, Stephanie L. Hansen, Debra J. Heffernan
Last updated about 1 month ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Like House Bill No. 286, House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill No. 286 prohibits discrimination in life insurance based on genetic characteristics, genetic information, or the result of any genetic test.
STATUS
Passed
SCR25 - Recognizing April 2023 As "child Abuse Prevention Month" In The State Of Delaware.
Bryant L. Richardson, Kyle Evans Gay, Ruth Briggs King
Last updated over 1 year ago
23 Co-Sponsors
This Resolution recognizes April 2023 as "Child Abuse Prevention Month" in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB275 - An Act To Amend Title 6, Title 11, Title 18, Title 19, And Title 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Definition Of Sexual Orientation.
Eric A. Morrison, Laura Sturgeon, Sarah McBride
Last updated 5 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
This Act updates the definition of "sexual orientation" throughout the Delaware Code by adding asexuality and pansexuality. Asexuality refers to individuals with little to no sexual attraction to other individuals, although asexual individuals may desire emotionally intimate relationships with other individuals. Pansexuality refers to individuals who are attracted sexually or romantically, or both, to another individual regardless of that individual's sex or gender identity.
STATUS
Enrolled
SCR34 - Congratulating The Winners Of The 32nd Annual Delaware High School Mock Trial Program.
Kyle Evans Gay, Darius Brown, Krista Griffith
Last updated over 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
This resolution congratulates the winning teams from the 2023 Delaware High School Mock Trial Program.
STATUS
Engrossed
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
HB185 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Health Care Insurance And Elimination Of The State Share Waiting Period.
Debra J. Heffernan, Nicole Poore, Kyle Evans Gay
Last updated about 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
This legislation prioritizes recruitment and retention of State employees by removing the 3-month waiting period for the state to pay its share of premium or subscription charges for health care coverage under § 5202 of Title 29 for benefit eligible state employees hired on or after January 1, 2024 by revising the definition of a regular office or employee.
STATUS
Passed
HB184 - An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Discrimination In Employment.
Cyndie Romer, Bryan Townsend, Kyle Evans Gay
Last updated over 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Delaware law expressly prohibits employment discrimination based upon surviving domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Such discrimination includes: (1) failing or refusing to hire or discharging an employee because the individual was a victim of domestic violence, sexual offense, or stalking; or (2) failing or refusing to make reasonable accommodations to the limitations known to the employer and related to domestic violence, a sexual offense, or stalking. Current statute requires the victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking to provide verification to their employer. This bill provides employers with the option to require verification in order to receive accommodations.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Delaware district HD-025
COMMITTEES
Delaware House
BIRTH
--
ABOUT
--
OFFICES HELD
Delaware House from Delaware
NEXT ELECTION
