SCR4 - Providing For A Joint Session Of The Senate And The House Of Representatives To Be Convened For The Purpose Of Hearing An Address By The Honorable John C. Carney, Jr., Governor Of The State Of Delaware.

10 Co-Sponsors

This Concurrent Resolution provides for Joint Session of the Senate and the House of Representatives to be convened for the purpose of hearing an address by the Honorable John C. Carney, Jr., Governor of the State of Delaware.

SCR13 - Directing The Department Of Education To Review And Provide Recommendations On Mandatory Educator Trainings.

28 Co-Sponsors

This Concurrent Resolution requests the Department of Education conduct a review of mandatory trainings for educators and report back to the General Assembly their findings and recommendations.

SR4 - Relating To The Office Of The Secretary Of The Senate.

5 Co-Sponsors

This Resolution elects Ryan C. Dunphy to be the Secretary of the Senate of the 152nd General Assembly.

SB29 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The State Employee Benefits Consolidation Act.

10 Co-Sponsors

To foster sustainability in state retiree healthcare benefits and the development of a plan for strong benefits beyond the current Medicare Supplement plan offered through January 1, 2024, this Act does all of the following:

HB40 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Grants-in-aid.

15 Co-Sponsors

This bill creates the Grants-In-Aid Committee. The Committee is a joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives. The purpose of the Committee is to view applications for grants-in-aid and to develop and recommend to the Joint Finance Committee the grants-in-aid appropriations bill.

HB26 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To State Employee Leave.

36 Co-Sponsors

This Act provides state employees 30, rather than 15, days of paid leave per year to attend training camp or serve special duty as ordered by the military reserves or Delaware National Guard.

HB67 - An Act To Amend Title 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Realty Transfer Tax.

6 Co-Sponsors

This Act creates an exemption from the realty transfer tax if 1 or more of the individuals otherwise subject to this tax paid the realty transfer tax for a different transaction within the previous 12 months and files personal income taxes using the addresses of both properties subject to the realty transfer tax to meet the requirements to be that individual's place of abode under § 1103 of Title 30.

HB63 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Employment Of Pensioners.

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.

SR6 - Appointing A Committee To Notify The House Of Representatives That The Senate Is Organized.

5 Co-Sponsors

HB44 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Redistricting Of The General Assembly.

6 Co-Sponsors

The constitutional requirement to create new legislative districts following the U.S. Census was intended to ensure equal representation at all levels of government. However, Delawares current process of redistricting is deeply flawed. It allows the majority party in each legislative chamber to gerrymander state legislative maps in a self-serving attempt to preserve and expand partisan political power. All other considerations have become secondary in this process. This defect is common to many states and some have tried to address the issue by creating election commissions charged with redrawing legislative lines. The challenge in such a system is ensuring that these commissions can conduct their function in a balanced, objective, and non-partisan fashion. This bill proposes a new method that avoids this significant hurdle by leveraging partisan self-interest to create a protocol that results in an equitable outcome. This fresh approach to reapportionment is described in a paper by 3 Carnegie Mellon University professors entitled: A Partisan Districting Protocol with Provably Nonpartisan Outcomes. It utilizes a system analogous to a proven, prudent method for instructing 2 children to fairly divide a piece of cake between themselves. The first child cuts the cake, while the second has the option of selecting which piece he or she wishes to consume. In the protocol outlined in this bill, the two competing parties are the partisan caucuses of each General Assembly chamber. The first caucus will initially draw all the legislative districts, observing established legal redistricting standards. The second caucus will have the ability to freeze a set number of the districts, locking their boundaries into place. They will then be able to redraw the remaining districts as they wish, delivering the new maps back to the first caucus. This group will then also engage in the freeze and redraw process, with the cycles continuing until all the districts have been defined. With both sides getting equal bites of the apple, each has a practical ability to affect the outcome and a reason to work together to achieve a mutually acceptable conclusion. The bill also includes safeguards to ensure public notification and participation in the process, as well as a contingency to allow the judicial branch to draw the new legislative maps should the General Assembly be unable to achieve the task. This legislation assumes calling the General Assembly into special session to approve the finalized maps, providing enough time for the process to be conducted in a deliberative manner.