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HCR21 - Recognizing March 24, 2023 As Women And Girls In Stem Day In The State Of Delaware.
Krista Griffith, Stephanie L. Hansen, Darius Brown
Last updated over 1 year ago
34 Co-Sponsors
This concurrent resolution designates March 24, 2023 as Women and Girls in STEM Day in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
SCR21 - Designating June 9, 2023, As "freshwater Wetlands Day" In The State Of Delaware.
Stephanie L. Hansen, Russ Huxtable, Bryan Townsend
Last updated over 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
This Senate Concurrent Resolution designates June 9, 2023, as "Freshwater Wetlands Day" in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB97 - An Act To Amend Title 1, Title 2, Title 3, Title 4, Title 5, Title 7, Title 12, Title 16, Title 25, Title 26, Title 27, Title 28, Title 29, Title 30, And Title 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Gender Silencing The Delaware Code.
David P. Sokola, Bryan Townsend, Elizabeth Lockman
Last updated over 1 year ago
10 Co-Sponsors
In 1995, the General Assembly directed the Code Revisors to gender neutralize or otherwise ensure that a solely masculine or feminine designation never occurs unless it could only apply to one gender. The Code Revisors followed this direction and worked to ensure that laws enacted after 1995 were gender neutralized during the codification process. The Code Revisors also began working through the Delaware Code in existence in 1995 to gender neutralize existing law, a process that is not yet complete.
STATUS
Passed
HB110 - An Act To Amend Titles 18, 29, And 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Insurance Coverage For Termination Of Pregnancy.
Melissa Minor-Brown, Kyle Evans Gay, Elizabeth Lockman
Last updated 3 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Section 1 amends Title 31 to require all health benefit plans delivered or issued for Medicaid to cover services related to the termination of pregnancy. Coverage provided under this section is not subject to any deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement and must cover the full scope of services permissible under the law. It also moves the definition of carrier out of individual provisions and into the general definition section for the chapter.
STATUS
Passed
HCR33 - Recognizing The Month Of April 2023 As The Annual National Fair Housing Month In The State Of Delaware.
Kendra Johnson, Elizabeth Lockman, Bryan Townsend
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
This House Concurrent Resolution recognizes the month of April 2023 as National Fair Housing Month in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB9 - An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Lead-based Paint.
Sarah McBride, Larry D. Lambert, Eric Buckson
Last updated over 1 year ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Although lead-based paint is prevalent in many Delaware residences and causes extraordinary neurological damage in children, including seizures, behavioral disorders, developmental delays, and cognitive disabilities, Delaware does not have a comprehensive system to eliminate lead-based paint from those residences where children are still exposed to lead. This Act creates such a system, including:
STATUS
Passed
HB116 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Advanced Placement Examinations.
Kimberly Williams, Laura Sturgeon, Kyra L. Hoffner
Last updated 9 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
This Act requires public institutions of higher learning to grant credit for advanced placement examination scores of 3 or higher. An instution may require a score higher than 3 if the credit is to be used for meeting a course requirement for a particular major or program, provided that the student can receive course credit for that examination in an area outside of the students major or program area. The institution must publish its advance placement score policies on its website.
STATUS
Passed
HB140 - An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To End Of Life Options.
Paul S. Baumbach, Bryan Townsend, Eric A. Morrison
Last updated 5 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
This Act permits a terminally ill individual who is an adult resident of Delaware to request and self-administer medication to end the individual's life in a humane and dignified manner if both the individual's attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) and a consulting physician or consulting APRN agree on the individual's diagnosis and prognosis and believe the individual has decision-making capacity, is making an informed decision, and is acting voluntarily.
STATUS
Failed
SB110 - An Act To Amend Title 6 And Title 8 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Courthouse Municipality Fee.
Elizabeth Lockman, Darius Brown, Sarah McBride
Last updated over 1 year ago
11 Co-Sponsors
This Bill increases the courthouse municipality fee assessed on limited liability company (LLC) filings and corporate filings from $20 to $40. The fee is expected to raise $8.5 million to be distributed to the municipalities designated as the places of holding the Court of Chancery. The fee is distributed to the municipality in the county in which a business entitys registered office is located.
STATUS
Passed
SB7 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The State Energy Office.
Stephanie L. Hansen, William Charles Paradee, Laura Sturgeon
Last updated over 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
This Bill amends the Delaware Energy Act, Title 29 of the Delaware Code, Chapter 80, Subchapter II, by updating and expanding upon the duties of the State Energy Office (located in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Controls Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy). In Section 1 of the Bill, the General Assembly finds and declares that: (a) Planning for Delaware's energy future is vitally important to Delawares economy and all of its citizens; (b) Developments in the energy sector of the economy are proceeding at a fast pace, and devoting state resources to the energy sector will be beneficial; and (c) Transforming the delivery of energy to end users is expected to require new programs, planning, and workforce training. Section 1 of the Bill also declares the intent of the General Assembly to provide for the development and implementation of State energy policy and programs in accordance with the State Energy Plan, the State Climate Action Plan, and other documents developed by the Governor's Energy Advisor Council and adopted by the State Energy Office.
STATUS
Passed
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