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HB142 - An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Crimes And Criminal Procedure
Eric A. Morrison, Sarah McBride, Bryan Townsend
Last updated about 1 year ago
35 Co-Sponsors
This bill precludes the so-called LGBTQ+ "panic" defense that seeks to partially or completely excuse or justify a defendant from full accountability for the commission of a crime on the grounds that the actual or perceived sexual orientation, sex, gender, gender identity, or sex assigned at birth of the victim is sufficient to explain, excuse, or justify the defendant's conduct, or contributes to or causes the defendant's mental state, or that the defendants reaction thereto constitutes a mental illness, mental defect, or mental disorder sufficient to excuse or justify the defendant's conduct (including under circumstances in which the victim made a nonviolent romantic or sexual advance toward the defendant or in which the defendant and the victim dated or had a romantic or sexual relationship). Sections 1 and 3 of this bill move the definitions for gender identity and sexual orientation currently in the hate crimes statute to the general definitions section of the Criminal Code to maintain standard definitions of these terms throughout the Criminal Code. Section 2 of this bill provides that in any prosecution or sentencing for an offense: (i) a defendant is not justified in using force against another based on the discovery of, knowledge or belief about, or the potential or actual disclosure of the victims actual or perceived sexual orientation, sex, gender, gender identity, or sex assigned at birth; (ii) for the purposes of determining whether there is a reasonable explanation or excuse for the existence of extreme emotional disturbance or other asserted mitigating factor or circumstance, such explanation or excuse is not reasonable if it is based on the discovery of, knowledge or belief about, or the potential or actual disclosure of the victims actual or perceived sexual orientation, sex, gender, gender identity, or sex assigned at birth; and (iii) a defendant does not suffer from a mental illness, mental defect, mental disorder, serious mental disorder, psychiatric disorder, or other impairment affecting or impacting the defendants mental state relating to any questions of intent, knowledge, capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of the defendant's conduct, disturbance of the defendant's thinking, feeling or behavior, culpability, willpower to choose whether to do or refrain from doing an act, or ability to distinguish right from wrong, based on the discovery of, knowledge or belief about, or the potential or actual disclosure of the victims actual or perceived sexual orientation, sex, gender, gender identity, or sex assigned at birth.
STATUS
Passed
HB231 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Basic Salary Schedule For Certain School Employees.
William G. Bush, Nicole Poore, Sherae'a A. Moore
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
This Act provides clarity on the type of certification and the accepted certifying agencies for increases over the basic salary schedule.
STATUS
Passed
HB184 - An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Discrimination In Employment.
Cyndie Romer, Bryan Townsend, Kyle Evans Gay
Last updated over 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Delaware law expressly prohibits employment discrimination based upon surviving domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Such discrimination includes: (1) failing or refusing to hire or discharging an employee because the individual was a victim of domestic violence, sexual offense, or stalking; or (2) failing or refusing to make reasonable accommodations to the limitations known to the employer and related to domestic violence, a sexual offense, or stalking. Current statute requires the victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking to provide verification to their employer. This bill provides employers with the option to require verification in order to receive accommodations.
STATUS
Passed
SB199 - An Act To Amend Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Large Health Care Facilities.
Spiros Mantzavinos, Kimberly Williams, Paul S. Baumbach
Last updated about 2 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
This Act further clarifies the application of the provisions of this chapter.
STATUS
Passed
SB91 - An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Wiretapping And Electronic Surveillance.
Kyle Evans Gay, Krista Griffith, Kyra L. Hoffner
Last updated about 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Delaware law on the application to an authorized judge for the intercept of wire communications was written prior to the creation of the statutory divisions of Family, Fraud and Consumer Protection, and Civil Rights and Public Trust, within the Delaware Department of Justice. This would allow for the divisions leading, for example, sensitive fraud, public corruption, white collar, civil rights and hate crimes investigations to apply to the Superior Court for wire intercepts, and further makes clear that such investigations fall within the purview of the electronic surveillance chapter. Human trafficking is already included in the statute, but its investigations and prosecutions now fall under the jurisdiction of the Family Division.
STATUS
Passed
HCR81 - Recognizing The 10th Anniversary Of The Office Of Animal Welfare.
Kimberly Williams, John Walsh
Last updated 10 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
This Concurrent Resolution recognizes the 10th Anniversary of the Office of Animal Welfare and its commitment to fostering a culture of responsible pet ownership and ensuring the welfare of our beloved animal companions.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB274 - An Act To Amend Title 18, Title 29, And Title 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Insurance Coverage Of Allergen Introduction Dietary Supplements For Infants.
Kimberly Williams, Laura Sturgeon, Sarah McBride
Last updated 3 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Early, sustained exposure to peanut and egg proteins in the infant diet significantly reduces the risk that an infant will develop a peanut or egg allergy, saving lives and future health care costs. Following multiple clinical studies, the current guidance of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology and the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, which is followed by pediatricians, recommends that by age 6 months, all infants should be introduced to both peanut and egg protein and that unless contraindicated, all infants should regularly consume peanut and well-cooked egg protein until they reach the age of 1 year, to reduce the risk of developing peanut or egg allergies.
STATUS
Passed
HB154 - An Act To Amend Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Personal Data Privacy And Consumer Protection.
Krista Griffith, Bryan Townsend, Kyle Evans Gay
Last updated about 1 year ago
26 Co-Sponsors
This bill creates the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act. The Act delineates a consumers personal data rights and provides that residents of this State will have the right to know what information is being collected about them, see the information, correct any inaccuracies, or request deletion of their personal data that is being maintained by entities or people.
STATUS
Passed
SB146 - An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Discrimination In Employment.
Laura Sturgeon, Bryan Townsend, John Walsh
Last updated about 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Under current law, an individual can file a charge of employment discrimination by sending the verified charge to the Delaware Department of Labor (Department). This Act clarifies that a verified charge of discrimination is deemed to be filed on the date it is sent to the Department.
STATUS
Passed
SCR25 - Recognizing April 2023 As "child Abuse Prevention Month" In The State Of Delaware.
Bryant L. Richardson, Kyle Evans Gay, Ruth Briggs King
Last updated over 1 year ago
23 Co-Sponsors
This Resolution recognizes April 2023 as "Child Abuse Prevention Month" in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
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