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HCR158 - Designating October As Dyslexia Awareness Month In Delaware.
Kimberly Williams, Laura Sturgeon, Sherry Dorsey Walker
Last updated 5 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
This concurrent resolution designates October of each year as Dyslexia Awareness Month in Delaware. According to the United States National Institute of Health, dyslexia is a learning disability that can hinder a persons ability to read, write, spell, and sometimes speak. Dyslexia is the most common learning disability in children and persists throughout life with 10 percent of the population or one out of every 10 people in the United States suffering from dyslexia.
STATUS
Engrossed
SCR201 - Establishing The Public Education Funding Commission.
Laura Sturgeon, Kimberly Williams, Elizabeth Lockman
Last updated 5 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
This Concurrent Resolution establishes the Public Education Funding Commission to continue the comprehensive review of public education funding for all students and populations served by district and charter schools, develop a roadmap of recommendations to implement improvements to the public education funding system, and serve as an ongoing body to review the funding annually and recommend updates and changes.
STATUS
Engrossed
HR31 - Directing The Department Of Education To Expand And Support Equity And Inclusion In Financial Literacy For All Students In Delaware.
Jeff Hilovsky, Valerie J. Longhurst, Michael Ramone
Last updated 5 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
This House Resolution requests that the Department of Education does all of the following to expand and support equity and inclusion in financial literacy for all students in the State of Delaware:
STATUS
Introduced
SB327 - An Act Making Appropriations For Certain Grants-in-aid For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2025; Specifying Certain Procedures, Conditions And Limitations For The Expenditure Of Such Funds; Amending The Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations Act; Amending The Fiscal Year 2025 One-time Supplemental Appropriations Act; And Amending Certain Statutory Provisions.
William Charles Paradee, Kimberly Williams, Darius Brown
Last updated 5 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
This Act provides supplementary appropriations to certain Grants-in-Aid recipients for Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB175 - An Act To Amend Titles 9, 21, And 22 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Accessible Parking Spaces.
DeShanna U. Neal, Valerie J. Longhurst, Sherae'a A. Moore
Last updated over 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
This Act adds provisions to Title 21 defining accessible parking spaces, incorporating federal standards for accessible parking spaces found in the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable regulations. The Act also provides additional requirements that enhance these standards and better reflect the needs of persons with disabilities in Delaware. The Act increases the penalty associated with violating the statute that prohibits individuals who do not possess a parking placard or special license plate from parking in accessible parking spaces, or in the access aisles located next to accessible parking spaces. This Act adds provisions in Titles 9 and 22 to require county and municipal governments to adopt regulations and ordinances incorporating these requirements for accessible parking spaces, including the requirement that property owners have a permit and process to ensure compliance for new or modified accessible parking spaces, in order to increase compliance and uniformity statewide.
STATUS
Introduced
HB156 - An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Pet Insurance.
Kimberly Williams, Sophie Phillips, Sherry Dorsey Walker
Last updated about 1 year ago
12 Co-Sponsors
This Act establishes the comprehensive framework for the regulation of pet insurance transacted in Delaware. The Act reflects the adoption of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Pet Insurance Model Act, with adjustments made to conform the model act to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual, including using the singular tense of a word rather than the plural tense.
STATUS
Passed
HB105 - An Act To Amend Title 24 Relating To The Medical Practices Act.
Kimberly Williams, Sherry Dorsey Walker, Stephanie L. Hansen
Last updated over 1 year ago
11 Co-Sponsors
This Act requires physicians who are discontinuing business, leaving the State, or terminating a patient-physician relationship for any other reason to notify affected patients at least thirty days prior to the discontinuation of services via first class mail and an electronic message if electronic communication is available. It removes the requirement that physicians ending a patient-physician relationship publish a notice in a newspaper of daily circulation.
STATUS
Passed
HCR46 - Designating The Month Of May As "national Nurses Month" In The State Of Delaware.
Melissa Minor-Brown, Sherry Dorsey Walker, Sarah McBride
Last updated over 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
This resolution designates the month of May as "National Nurses Month" in Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB227 - An Act To Amend Titles 16 And 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Lead Poisoning Prevention.
Larry D. Lambert, Sherry Dorsey Walker, Eric A. Morrison
Last updated about 1 year ago
27 Co-Sponsors
This Act makes various amendments to the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act to improve compliance with its testing and reporting requirements. First, this Act requires physicians to take a training program every 2 years relating to the provisions of the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act. Second, it requires the Division of Public Health to develop electronic forms to be used at a childs 12 and 24 month well visit that record lead screening results and are shared with the Divison. Third, it clarifies that laboratories and health care professionals involved in blood lead level analysis must report results to the the Division of Public Health. Finally, it requires the Division of Public Health to share data with school nurses relating to whether an enrolled student has been screened for lead poisoning.
STATUS
Passed
HB151 - An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Protection From Abuse Proceedings.
Eric A. Morrison, Krista Griffith, Debra J. Heffernan
Last updated about 1 year ago
26 Co-Sponsors
This Act expressly adds the intentional restriction of another adults access to economic resources resulting in a loss of financial autonomy to the definition of abuse for protection from abuse proceedings. This Act also specifies that tangible property of the petitioner includes legal documents belonging to the petitioner. In addition, this Act codifies the existing practice of Family Court to allow relief by ordering respondents to return specific legal documents. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
STATUS
Passed
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