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HB83 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Oral Health Screenings.
Kimberly Williams, Sarah McBride, Sherry Dorsey Walker
Last updated about 1 year ago
23 Co-Sponsors
This Act requires every public school and charter school to provide students enrolled in kindergarten with an oral health screening by the last student attendance day of each school year. Notification to the parent or guardian must be done and a copy of the oral health screening results sent home. A referral to a dentist, if required, will be provided by the Bureau of Oral Health and Dental Services. The Division of Public Health (DPH), through the Delaware Smile Check Program, offers school-based oral screenings, at no cost to the school districts, schools, including charter schools, or the students. This Substitute Bill takes out the requirement to advise teachers of the results of the oral health screenings, including Special Education Coordinators and Educational Diagnosticians of students with an IEP. This Substitute Bill also removes any follow-up requirements, by the school, with the students parent or guardian. The Substitute Bill also makes the school requirements, under this Act, contingent on the Delaware Smile Check Program remaining in effect or a comparable program to provide free oral health screenings to all enrolled kindergarten students. This Act takes effect for the 2024-2025 school year.
STATUS
Passed
SCR24 - Recognizing April 2 Through 8, 2023, As "week Of The Young Child" In Delaware.
Kyle Evans Gay, Sherae'a A. Moore, Michael F. Smith
Last updated over 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
This resolution recognizes April 2 through 8, 2023, as Week of the Young Child in Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
SCR41 - Recognizing 2023 As The 100th Anniversary Of The Founding Of The Seaford Kiwanis Club.
Bryant L. Richardson, Daniel B. Short, Stephanie L. Hansen
Last updated over 1 year ago
11 Co-Sponsors
This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes 2023 as the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the Seaford Kiwanis Club.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB120 - An Act To Amend Title 9 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Expenditure Of Real Estate Transfer Tax Proceeds.
Eric Buckson, Russ Huxtable, Ruth Briggs King
Last updated about 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
This bill adds workforce and affordable housing programs to the current list of realty transfer tax eligible expenditures for New Castle, Kent, and Sussex Counties.
STATUS
Passed
SB152 - An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Rights Of Long-term Care Facility Residents.
Spiros Mantzavinos, Brian Guy Pettyjohn, Kendra Johnson
Last updated about 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
This Act expands the rights of long-term care facility residents by ensuring that long-term care facility residents are entitled to care that recognizes cultural differences and preferences and that long-term care facility residents are made aware of their rights in a language and format that is accessible to the resident. This Act also requires the Department of Health and Social Services to prepare a standardized notice listing all rights detailed in § 1121 of Title 16 in a language and format that is accessible to each resident or their authorized representative.
STATUS
Passed
HB87 - An Act To Amend Title 3 Of The Delaware Code Relating To A Delaware Agricultural Production Insurance Assistance Program.
William J. Carson, Russ Huxtable, Gerald W. Hocker
Last updated about 2 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
This Act establishes the Delaware Agricultural Production Assistance Program. The Program will provide a subsidy of up to 30% of the premium for eligible producers multi-peril crop insurance premium, or whole farm revenue protection premium up to a maximum of $10.00 per acre. The subsidy would be directly paid by the Delaware Department of Agriculture to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation on behalf of Delaware eligible producers. The Department would administer the Program. The Act requires the Department to provide an annual Report to the Chairs of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees.
STATUS
Passed
SCR22 - Designating March 26, 2023, As "epilepsy Awareness Day" In Delaware.
Kyra L. Hoffner, Krista Griffith, Darius Brown
Last updated over 1 year ago
35 Co-Sponsors
This resolution designates March 26, 2023, as "Epilepsy Awareness Day" in Delaware and calls upon State agencies and the people of Delaware to undertake suitable efforts to increase epilepsy awareness.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB123 - An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Department Of Natural Resources And Environmental Control.
Michael Ramone, Gerald W. Hocker, Eric Buckson
Last updated about 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
This act would require the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to obtain the consent of the General Assembly before promulgating any regulations restricting the sale of fuel-powered cars, trucks, and SUVs in Delaware. This Act does not change the emission standards fuel-powered vehicles must currently meet. The provisions of this bill would be retroactive to March 1, 2023.
STATUS
Engrossed
SCR55 - Proclaiming May 2023 As "community Action Month" In The State Of Delaware.
Brian Guy Pettyjohn, Ruth Briggs King, Franklin D. Cooke
Last updated over 1 year ago
28 Co-Sponsors
This Senate Concurrent Resolution proclaims May 2023 as "Community Action Month" in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB132 - An Act To Amend Title 10, Title 12, Title 13, And Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Decedents Estates And Fiduciary Relations.
William G. Bush, Spiros Mantzavinos, Stephanie L. Hansen
Last updated about 1 year ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Section 1 of this Act amends § 6504 of Title 10 to correct two erroneous cross-references (the cross-references will now correctly reference Title 12 rather than Title 10 of the Delaware Code).
STATUS
Passed
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Senator from Delaware district SD-020
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Delaware Senate
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Gerald W. Hocker is from Ocean View. He owns several businesses including a hardware store, liquor store, and convenience store. He was elected to the House in 2002. He serves on various committees including Agriculture; Banking, Economic Development & Insurance; Energy & Natural Resources and Rules & Ethics.read less
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