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HB49 - An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Unemployment Benefits And Employer Assessments.
Edward S. Osienski, Bryan Townsend, John Walsh
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
This Act provides post-pandemic related relief to both claimants receiving unemployment benefits and employers who are assessed unemployment taxes. This bill will increase the maximum weekly benefit amount payable to claimants seeking unemployment compensation benefits from the Delaware Department of Labor, Division of Unemployment Insurance from $400.00 a week to $450.00 a week. The funds necessary to pay the increased weekly benefit amounts will be paid from the Unemployment Trust Fund. Delaware currently pays unemployment claimants less per week in benefits than claimants are paid in each neighboring state. The maximum weekly benefit amount has not changed since 2019.
STATUS
Passed
SCR2 - Recognizing January 9, 2023, As "law Enforcement Appreciation Day" In Delaware.
Brian Guy Pettyjohn, Jesse Rawlins Vanderwende, Eric Buckson
Last updated over 1 year ago
30 Co-Sponsors
This Concurrent Resolution recognizes January 9, 2023, as "Law Enforcement Appreciation Day" in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB35 - An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Motor Vehicle Noise.
Kimberly Williams, John Walsh, Stephanie L. Hansen
Last updated over 1 year ago
24 Co-Sponsors
This Act charges the Department of Safety & Homeland Security, in cooperation with the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the Department of Transportation, to present a report and plan to the General Assembly no later than October 1, 2023 for a comprehensive motor vehicle noise and abatement program. The agencies are charged with considering developments in technology, other state and federal standards, and proposing changes as necessary to Delaware law and recommendations for changes in equipment and procedures.
STATUS
Passed
HB26 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To State Employee Leave.
William G. Bush, William Charles Paradee, Sherry Dorsey Walker
Last updated about 1 year ago
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.
STATUS
Passed
SB33 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Department Of Services For Children, Youth And Their Families.
Kyle Evans Gay, Bryan Townsend, Krista Griffith
Last updated over 1 year ago
20 Co-Sponsors
This bill adopts a key recommendation of the Child Protection Accountability Commission Caseloads and Workloads final report approved on November 20, 2019, that Division of Family Services (DFS) caseload standards be reduced from 18 to 12 families per worker. Due to the volume of work generated by a caseload of 18 families, workers are significantly restricted in the time they can spend on critical case activities such as family engagement, assessment of safety, and face-to-face contact with children and families.
STATUS
Passed
SCR5 - Honoring The Life And Work Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On The Occasion Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day".
Elizabeth Lockman, Darius Brown, Marie Pinkney
Last updated over 1 year ago
51 Co-Sponsors
This Senate Concurrent Resolution honors and recognizes the leadership, achievements, and sacrifices of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and urges all citizens of the First State to participate fittingly in the observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on January 16, 2023.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB66 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Delaware Public Education Profiles.
Bryan W. Shupe, Brian Guy Pettyjohn, Laura Sturgeon
Last updated over 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
House Bill No. 66 adds required information to annual reports issued by the Department of Education (Department), currently known as School Performance Data Reports, and which are available on the Departments website as the Delaware Report Card.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2 - An Act To Amend Titles 4, 11, 16, And 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Creation Of The Delaware Marijuana Control Act.
Edward S. Osienski, William Charles Paradee, Kyra L. Hoffner
Last updated over 1 year ago
31 Co-Sponsors
The Delaware Marijuana Control Act regulates and taxes marijuana for recreational use in much the same manner as alcohol. It creates a framework for production, manufacture, and sale in a legal recreational marijuana industry.
STATUS
Passed
SB34 - An Act To Amend Title 24 And Title 28 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Public Accommodations.
Elizabeth Lockman, Marie Pinkney, Kendra Johnson
Last updated over 1 year ago
29 Co-Sponsors
On March 1, 1875, the federal Civil Rights Act was enacted. Following the end of the Civil War and the adoption of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments, the goal of the Civil Rights Act of 1875 was to guarantee Blacks equal treatment in places of public accommodation and on public transportation.
STATUS
Passed
SB43 - An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Display Of Human Trafficking Public Awareness Signs.
Bryant L. Richardson, Nicole Poore, Michael F. Smith
Last updated about 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 43. Both this Act and SB 43 add additional State facilities and categories of establishments to § 787 of Title 11 which would be required to display public awareness signs about human trafficking. The additional State facilities and categories are as follows:
STATUS
Passed
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