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HB119 - An Act To Amend Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Rules Of The Road.
Timothy D. Dukes, Gerald W. Hocker, Valerie J. Longhurst
Last updated over 1 year ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Delaware is one of five states that does not have an open container law, which is in direct violation of federal regulations. This Bill bans open containers of alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles and provides a civil penalty for an offense. A violation of this section would not be entered on an individuals driving record.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB117 - An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Professions And Occupations.
Michael Ramone, Brian Guy Pettyjohn, Kendra Johnson
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
This bill makes changes to the qualifications for professional land surveyors. This bill also makes clear that there is no civil or criminal trespass when a professional land surveyor enters upon land in the course of preparing a survey.
STATUS
Passed
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
HB163 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Educator Licensure And Certification.
Kimberly Williams, Laura Sturgeon, Jeff Hilovsky
Last updated over 1 year ago
12 Co-Sponsors
This Act authorizes the Department of Education to issue an initial or continuing license to a Junior Reserve Officer Training Core (JROTC) Instructor who has been certified by the United States Department of Defense (USDOD). This Act also removes outdated language.
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
HB207 - An Act To Amend The Charter Of The Town Of Milton.
Stell Parker Parker Selby, Russ Huxtable, David L. Wilson
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
This Act amends the Charter of The Town of Milton. Specifically, Section 1 of the Act allows for an exception to the lengthy annexation process for a contiguous property owner seeking annexation if the property is two acres or less. Section 2 of the Act then sets up that less cumbersome annexation process for properties two acres or less. Section 3 of the Act replaces the list of exceptions to competitive bidding with incorporation by reference of the more detailed Town of Milton Procurement Policy. Section 4 of the Act reinstates a prior limit on real property taxes to a function of the total of assessed values within the Town. Specifically, the cap is 0.5% of that total. Currently, the cap is a fixed number, $1,750,000. However, the Town has annexed into its limits a number of parcels that will necessarily require additional expenditures of Town funds for services such as policing and, therefore, the Town will need to collect additional real property taxes.
STATUS
Passed
SB148 - An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Topical Medical Waste Reduction Act.
Laura Sturgeon, Krista Griffith, Kimberly Williams
Last updated over 1 year ago
13 Co-Sponsors
This Act allows a practitioner with the authority to prescribe medication to give the unused portion of topical medication used during treatment to a patient upon discharge or the conclusion of the visit. This Act is based on the Model Act created by the American Academy of Ophthalmology, which has been adopted in Illinois.
STATUS
Passed
SCR74 - Proclaiming Monday, June 12, 2023, As "women Veterans Day" In The State Of Delaware.
Brian Guy Pettyjohn, David G. Lawson, William J. Carson
Last updated over 1 year ago
38 Co-Sponsors
This Senate Concurrent Resolution proclaims Monday, June 12, 2023, as Women Veterans Day in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
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
HB294 - An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Health Care Commission Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Program.
Jeff Hilovsky, Brian Guy Pettyjohn, Gerald W. Hocker
Last updated 10 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
This bill adds optometrists to those health care providers eligible for the Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Program.
STATUS
Introduced
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