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HB29 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Elderly Property Tax Relief And Education Expense Fund By Increasing The Elderly Property Tax Credit.
Kevin S. Hensley, Bryant L. Richardson, Kyra L. Hoffner
Last updated almost 2 years ago
16 Co-Sponsors
This Act increases the Senior Real Property Tax credit to $750 from $400 as authorized in the Appropriations Bill for fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, which effectively amended Title 29, § 6102(q)(3) from $500 to $400.
STATUS
Introduced
HB51 - An Act To Amend Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Inspection Of Fleet Vehicles.
Jesse Rawlins Vanderwende, David L. Wilson, William G. Bush
Last updated over 1 year ago
17 Co-Sponsors
This bill allows the fleet inspection program to be applicable to a fleet of 10 or more vehicles (instead of 15) and counts trailers requiring inspection to count as fleet vehicles.
STATUS
Passed
HB57 - An Act To Amend Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Speed Exhibitions, Drag Racing, And Other Speed Contests.
Kimberly Williams, John Walsh, Franklin D. Cooke
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
During the 151st General Assembly, House Bill No. 328 was passed updating the law relating to drag racing and other speed contests. This bill makes a small change to that law by specifying that tag-surrender in lieu of impoundment is available as a penalty only for Delaware-registered vehicles.
STATUS
Passed
HB77 - An Act Concurring In A Proposed Amendment To § 3, Article Ii Of The Delaware Constitution Relating To The Residency Of The Members Of The General Assembly.
Paul S. Baumbach, Kyle Evans Gay, David L. Wilson
Last updated over 1 year ago
26 Co-Sponsors
This Act is the second leg of a constitutional amendment to the Delaware Constitution that would require legislators to remain domiciled in the districts they represent for the entirety of their term of office. The first leg of this constitutional amendment was House Bill No. 395 of the 151st General Assembly, published in Chapter 362 of Volume 83 of the Laws of Delaware. On passage of this second leg by this General Assembly this amendment will become part of the Delaware Constitution.
STATUS
Enrolled
HB30 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Disabled Veteran Property Tax Credit.
William G. Bush, Spiros Mantzavinos, Kyra L. Hoffner
Last updated almost 2 years ago
18 Co-Sponsors
This Act removes the 3 year residency requirement to qualify for the disabled veteran tax credit.
STATUS
Introduced
HB44 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Redistricting Of The General Assembly.
Michael F. Smith, Brian Guy Pettyjohn, Gerald W. Hocker
Last updated almost 2 years ago
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.
STATUS
Introduced
HB61 - An Act To Amend Title 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Authority.
Paul S. Baumbach, John Walsh, Kyra L. Hoffner
Last updated over 1 year ago
12 Co-Sponsors
The Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Authority administers the Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund. This Act provides members of the board of directors of the Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Authority with $100 in compensation for each Board meeting a member attends. This compensation may only be paid from money appropriated by the General Assembly for this purpose.
STATUS
Passed
HB32 - An Act To Amend Title 23 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Boat Licensing Agents.
William G. Bush, Kyra L. Hoffner, Paul S. Baumbach
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
This Act raises the permissible service charge for a boat registration from $5 to $10 and the permissible service charge for a boat ramp certificate from $1.50 to $5.00.
STATUS
Passed
HB33 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Funding For Prekindergarten Special Education.
Kimberly Williams, Laura Sturgeon, Debra J. Heffernan
Last updated over 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
This Act increases funding for preschool children with disabilities who are not counted in either "intensive" or "complex" special education units by revising the current ratio of 12.8 students per unit to 8.4 students per unit for preschool children included in the basic unit count. This is the same ratio in effect as of July 1, 2023, for K-3 basic special education. The Act also consolidates the K-3 Basic Special Education Unit with the 4-12 Basic Special Education Unit as the ratio is the same for each group as of July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Passed
HJR1 - Establishing A Task Force To Improve School-based Mentoring And Literacy Education Efforts In Delaware.
Kimberly Williams, Laura Sturgeon, Bryant L. Richardson
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
This Joint Resolution creates a bi-partisan School Mentoring and Literacy Task Force, designed to expand volunteer mentoring and literacy education in Delaware schools ,with a report due on June 1, 2023.
STATUS
Passed
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