SEE LATEST
SPONSORED LEGISLATION
SB187 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Education.
Laura Sturgeon, Bryan Townsend, Kimberly Williams
Last updated 3 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
This Act ensures that educators hired after the effective date of this Act, who earned graduate degrees prior to becoming educators, receive credit on the salary schedule for those degrees regardless of the specific subject area of those degrees. Once an individual is employed as an educator, in order to receive credit for any graduate degrees earned after that time, such degree must be in the subject area in which the educator is employed.
STATUS
Passed
HB293 - An Act To Amend Title 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Elections.
William J. Carson, Kyra L. Hoffner, Stephanie L. Hansen
Last updated about 1 month ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Federal and Delaware law protect the right to vote and the rights of individuals with disabilities to have equal access to voting places and public facilities. Nonetheless, recent information suggests that a substantial number of polling places in Delaware are either inaccessible to persons with disabilities or lack accessible parking, infringing on the right of all eligible persons to vote in this State.
STATUS
Passed
SB151 - An Act To Amend Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Mandatory Disclosure Of Information In Long-term Care Facilities Offering Dementia Care Services.
Spiros Mantzavinos, Brian Guy Pettyjohn, Kendra Johnson
Last updated 4 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 151. Like Senate Bill No. 151, this Act requires included facilities to disclose information related dementia care services in the form determined by the Department of Health and Social Services, and it establishes requirements for the dissemination of that information. Like Senate Bill No. 151, any violation of this Act is an unlawful practice under § 2513 of Title 6 and a violation of subchapter II of Chapter 25 of Title 6 of the Delaware Code. This Act differs from Senate Bill No. 151 in the following ways: (1) it narrows the scope of the disclosure requirements to apply only to assisted living facilities that advertises, markets, or otherwise represents that the facility provides dementia care services; (2) it revises the definition of dementia care services, and defines direct care, memory care services, and secured memory care unit; (3) it replaces the term agent with the term authorized representative; (4) it revises the list of information that must be included in the disclosure form; (5) it clarifies the Departments and the facilitys role in preparing and completing the disclosure; (6) it removes the requirement that an included facility must publish the disclosure on the facilitys website; and (7) it grants the Department of Health and Social Services the authority to investigate potential violations and refer cases to the Department of Justice.
STATUS
Passed
SCR79 - Recognizing The Month Of June 2023 As Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month In The State Of Delaware.
John Walsh, Sophie Phillips, Spiros Mantzavinos
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
This Concurrent Resolution recognizes the month of June 2023 as Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB196 - An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To 24/7 Emergent Physician Care Centers.
Nicole Poore, Valerie J. Longhurst, Darius Brown
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
This legislation establishes a voluntary certification program for 24/7 Emergent Physician Care Centers and is designed to help Delawareans chose the right level of walk-in, medical care. The importance of 24/7 Physician Care Centers in the delivery of urgent and emergent health care services in times of crisis was exhibited during the recent COVID-19 Pandemic. Currently, Delawareans have no assistance in determining the varying levels of services available at urgent care facilities. This legislation creates the category of and defines the minimum level of services necessary for 24/7 Emergent Physician Care Centers. The minimum requirements for 24/7 Emergent Physician Care Centers include being open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, having a Delaware licensed physician and registered nurse on site at all times, providing lab and diagnostic imaging services, providing on-site splinting, fracture care and suturing, and not refusing care to any person due to inability to pay or lack of identification.
STATUS
Introduced
SB200 - An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Property Insurance Contracts.
David P. Sokola, Paul S. Baumbach, Stephanie L. Hansen
Last updated 5 months ago
28 Co-Sponsors
This bill provides important consumer protections for property insurance contracts by improving the reliability of mailed notifications of policy cancellation or renewal. Section 1 of this bill requires insurers to deliver any homeowners notices of cancellation or nonrenewal by USPS certified mail or USPS Intelligent Mail barcode. Further, whereas currently an insurer can cancel or non-renew a policy because of two non-weather-related claims over the lifetime of the policy, this legislation provides a reasonable claims lookback period for non-weather-related claims, as is already the case for claims in other portions of this subsection of the Code. Section 2 of this bill precludes an insurance carrier from refusing to renew a homeowners policy based on non-weather claims unless 2 or more claims occur within the 36-month period immediately preceding the expiration of the current policy period.
STATUS
Passed
HB286 - An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Genetics Based Discrimination.
Jeffrey N. Spiegelman, Stephanie L. Hansen, Debra J. Heffernan
Last updated about 2 months ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Like House Bill No. 286, House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill No. 286 prohibits discrimination in life insurance based on genetic characteristics, genetic information, or the result of any genetic test.
STATUS
Passed
HCR80 - Recognizing Our Common Humanity And Our Concern Regarding The Israel-hamas War.
Melissa Minor-Brown, David P. Sokola, Bryan Townsend
Last updated 11 months ago
50 Co-Sponsors
This concurrent resolution expresses the State of Delaware General Assemblys concern for the loss of life in the Israel-Hamas war and calls on the legislature and the citizens of Delaware to recognize our common humanity and the shared strength of our diversity.
STATUS
Enrolled
SB198 - An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Animal Fighting.
Stephanie L. Hansen, John Walsh, Krista Griffith
Last updated 3 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
This Act revises existing animal cruelty laws to include people who knowingly possess, own, buy, sell, transfer, or manufacture animal fighting paraphernalia with the intent to engage in or otherwise promote or facilitate such fighting as guilty of a class E felony.
STATUS
Passed
SB182 - An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Contractor Registration Act.
John Walsh, Edward S. Osienski, Kyra L. Hoffner
Last updated about 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 182. Like Senate Bill No. 182, this act does all of the following:
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Delaware district SD-009
COMMITTEES
Delaware Senate
BIRTH
--
ABOUT
--
OFFICES HELD
Delaware Senate from Delaware
NEXT ELECTION
