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HB282 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The State Employee Benefits Committee.
Paul S. Baumbach, Bryan Townsend, Brian Guy Pettyjohn
Last updated 3 months ago
49 Co-Sponsors
This Act adds procedural requirements to meetings of the State Employee Benefits Committee (SEBC), revises the membership of the SEBC, and requires that the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources inform State employees and retired State employees (eligible pensioners) about changes in benefits coverages affecting eligible pensioners who are receiving or eligible to receive retirement benefits under the state employees' pension plan, including proposed changes.
STATUS
Vetoed
HB281 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To State Health Care Insurance.
Paul S. Baumbach, Bryan Townsend, Brian Guy Pettyjohn
Last updated 3 months ago
49 Co-Sponsors
This Act repeals the option of providing health care insurance to state pensioners under Medicare part C, known as a Medicare Advantage Plan.
STATUS
Passed
HB34 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To School Boards.
Kimberly Williams, Elizabeth Lockman, Kyle Evans Gay
Last updated over 1 year ago
20 Co-Sponsors
House Bill No. 34 requires school boards, including charter schools, to permit public comment on each agenda item presented for a vote at a school board meeting. The public comment period must take place before the school board vote on an agenda item. The school board may reasonably restrict the time, place, and manner of the public comment period.
STATUS
Passed
SB1 - An Act To Amend Title 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Residential Landlord-tenant Code.
Bryan Townsend, Kyra L. Hoffner, Marie Pinkney
Last updated about 1 year ago
33 Co-Sponsors
This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 1. Like Senate Bill No. 1, this Act creates a right to representation for tenants in evictions and other landlord-tenant actions.
STATUS
Passed
SB52 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Sterile Needle And Syringe Exchange Program.
Marie Pinkney, Kerri Evelyn Harris, Melissa Minor-Brown
Last updated about 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
This Act directs the States current needle exchange program to take a needs-based approach.
STATUS
Passed
SR4 - Relating To The Office Of The Secretary Of The Senate.
David P. Sokola, Bryan Townsend, Elizabeth Lockman
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
This Resolution elects Ryan C. Dunphy to be the Secretary of the Senate of the 152nd General Assembly.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB26 - An Act Concurring In A Proposed Amendment To Article V Of The Delaware Constitution Relating To Elections.
Bryant L. Richardson, Ruth Briggs King, Timothy D. Dukes
Last updated over 1 year ago
11 Co-Sponsors
This Act is the second leg of a constitutional amendment that would update the minimum voting age in the Delaware Constitution from twenty-one years to eighteen years. The first leg of this constitutional amendment was Senate Bill No. 294 of the 151st General Assembly, which became Chapter 350 of Volume 83 of the Laws of Delaware. On passage of this second leg by this General Assembly this amendment will become part of the Delaware Constitution.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB61 - An Act To Amend Title 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Authority.
Paul S. Baumbach, John Walsh, Kyra L. Hoffner
Last updated over 1 year ago
12 Co-Sponsors
The Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Authority administers the Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund. This Act provides members of the board of directors of the Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Authority with $100 in compensation for each Board meeting a member attends. This compensation may only be paid from money appropriated by the General Assembly for this purpose.
STATUS
Passed
SCR14 - Recognizing March 14, 2023, As "pi Day" In Delaware.
Marie Pinkney, Sherae'a A. Moore, Kyle Evans Gay
Last updated over 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
This Senate Concurrent Resolution designates March 14, 2023, as Pi Day in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB63 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Employment Of Pensioners.
Timothy D. Dukes, Darius Brown, Gerald W. Hocker
Last updated about 1 year ago
15 Co-Sponsors
This bill allows pensioners to earn $50,000 (instead of $40,000) before incurring a $1.00 deduction to their state pension for every $2.00 earned over that amount.
STATUS
Passed
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Senator from Delaware district SD-008
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Delaware Senate
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David P. Sokola is currently serving his 4th term representing the 8th Senatorial District in the Delaware State Senate. He serves on the Capital Improvement, Finance, Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset, and Rules Committees. He also serves on the Kent County Delegation. Prior to being elected, Senator Sokola founded several successful technology companies in Delaware. He is a member of the Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council and serves on the Board of Directors of the Food Bank of Delaware. Senator Sokola received a B.S. in economics from the University of Richmond and a M.A. in economics from the University of Delaware.read less
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