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SB88 - An Act To Amend Title 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Realty Transfer Tax.
Russ Huxtable, Elizabeth Lockman, Larry D. Lambert
Last updated over 1 year ago
13 Co-Sponsors
This Act alters the State realty transfer tax credit offered to first-time home buyers.
STATUS
Introduced
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
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
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
HB125 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Free School Meals.
Sherae'a A. Moore, Elizabeth Lockman, Bryan W. Shupe
Last updated 4 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
This House Substitute bill eliminates any reference to § 4137 in Title 11 since it will remain as a separate section in the Delaware Code. This House Substitute requires all public schools to offer only students who qualify for a reduced-price meal, under the federal School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program, a free breakfast and lunch every school day. This House Substitute also eliminates a requirement that all schools and local education agencies, who qualify, must participate in the federal Community Eligibility Provision, under 42 U.S.C. §1759a (a)(1)(F) since there is no such federal mandate. This Act also removes the requirement that a parent or guardian for each student complete a household income form since that requirement is already set forth in this title. This Substitute bill also removes the delayed effective date. This Act will take effect beginning the school year following its enactment.
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
SB87 - An Act To Amend Title 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Realty Transfer Tax.
Russ Huxtable, Elizabeth Lockman, Paul S. Baumbach
Last updated over 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 87. Like Senate Bill No. 87, this Act does the following:
STATUS
Passed
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
HB248 - An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Pre-permit Community Outreach In Underserved Communities.
Kendra Johnson, Bryan Townsend, Franklin D. Cooke
Last updated 6 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
This House Substitute bill clarifies it is only for new or substantially modified permits and specifies it is only for the following permits: (1) Clean Air permit; (2) Coastal Zone Act permit; (3) Solid waste permit; (4) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit and (5) Hazardous waste permit. As in the original bill the applicant is still required to go through a community outreach process for any qualified project, defined as a project within an underserved community or within 3 miles of an underserved community that meets the definition of a qualified project under DNRECs Regulations. Underserved community is defined as (1) A specified geographic area where the percentage at poverty level is greater than twice the State Average Median Household Income as determined by the most recent United States Census or (2) Any specified community in the most current community mapping tool on the Departments website. It is anticipated that DNREC will have an environmental justice area viewer, or similar tool, as a link on its website.
STATUS
Introduced
HCR37 - Recognizing The Month Of April 2023 As "national Donate Life Month" In Delaware.
Peter C. Schwartzkopf, Russ Huxtable, Sherry Dorsey Walker
Last updated over 1 year ago
24 Co-Sponsors
This Resolution recognizes the month of April 2023 as "National Donate Life Month" in Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
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