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SCR48 - Recognizing May 2023 As "older Americans Month" In The State Of Delaware.
Spiros Mantzavinos, Darius Brown, Melissa Minor-Brown
Last updated over 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes May 2023 as "Older Americans Month" in the State of Delaware.
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
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
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
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
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
HB231 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Basic Salary Schedule For Certain School Employees.
William G. Bush, Nicole Poore, Sherae'a A. Moore
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
This Act provides clarity on the type of certification and the accepted certifying agencies for increases over the basic salary schedule.
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
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 about 2 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
Passed
SB197 - An Act To Amend Chapter 256, Volume 81 Of The Laws Of Delaware And Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Native Plants.
Stephanie L. Hansen, Debra J. Heffernan, Eric Buckson
Last updated about 2 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
This Act revises State procurement rules to require that beginning January 1, 2026, state agencies under Chapter 69 of Title 29 must purchase only native plants, including cultivars and hybrids of native plants, in the development of new landscaped areas and in the rehabilitation of exiting landscaped areas. Beginning January 1, 2025, the Department of Agriculture, with the advice of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the Delaware Native Species Commission, must maintain a list of native plants that are generally available and appropriate for the needs of agencies.
STATUS
Passed
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