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SCR21 - Designating June 9, 2023, As "freshwater Wetlands Day" In The State Of Delaware.
Stephanie L. Hansen, Russ Huxtable, Bryan Townsend
Last updated over 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
This Senate Concurrent Resolution designates June 9, 2023, as "Freshwater Wetlands Day" in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
SCR22 - Designating March 26, 2023, As "epilepsy Awareness Day" In Delaware.
Kyra L. Hoffner, Krista Griffith, Darius Brown
Last updated over 1 year ago
35 Co-Sponsors
This resolution designates March 26, 2023, as "Epilepsy Awareness Day" in Delaware and calls upon State agencies and the people of Delaware to undertake suitable efforts to increase epilepsy awareness.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB127 - An Act To Amend Title 9 And Title 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To County Fire Protection Fees.
Paul S. Baumbach, Russ Huxtable, Bryan Townsend
Last updated 4 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
This Act provides each county with the ability to impose, by duly enacted ordinance, a fire protection fee (fee). A county that enacts this fee must do all of the following:
STATUS
Passed
HCR22 - Recognizing The 4th Thursday In March As National Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day.
Sherry Dorsey Walker, Darius Brown, Elizabeth Lockman
Last updated over 1 year ago
36 Co-Sponsors
This Concurrent Resolution supports Congressional efforts to proclaim the 4th Thursday in March a National Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB8 - An Act To Amend Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Medical Debt.
Spiros Mantzavinos, Kimberly Williams, Sherry Dorsey Walker
Last updated about 1 year ago
17 Co-Sponsors
This Act is the second substitute for Senate Bill No. 8. Like Senate Bill No. 8 and its first substitute, this Act protects patients from unfair debt collection practices for medical debt, including prohibiting large health care facilities from charging interest and late fees, requiring facilities to offer reasonable payment plans, limiting the sale of debt to debt collectors unless an agreement is made to keep protections in place, providing minimum time before certain collections actions may be taken, limiting liability for the medical debt of others, and preventing the reporting of medical debt to consumer credit reporting agencies for at least one year after the debt was incurred. Violations of the provisions of this Act are considered Prohibited Trade Practices and Consumer Fraud violations. Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill No. 8 differed from Senate Bill No. 8 as it required large health-care facilities to provide information to uninsured patients regarding eligibility and the application process for medical assistance. This information must be provided at the time of service or prior to discharge and again with each billing statement. It also created a minimum threshold for eligibility for payment plans, and it reduced the timeframe in which a bill under a payment plan may be first due. The first substitute also defined medical assistance and time of service, which were not defined in Senate Bill No. 8.
STATUS
Passed
SB81 - An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Wrongful Death Actions.
Bryan Townsend, Krista Griffith, Sherry Dorsey Walker
Last updated over 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
This statutory addition to Delawares Wrongful Death Act will permit the spouse, parents, children, and siblings of a deceased person to recover punitive damages when the actions resulting in the death of another person were maliciously intended or the result of willful or wanton misconduct by the at fault party. Punitive damages are intended to deter the at fault party from future similar conduct and to punish the at fault party for reckless conduct. Presently, an estate can recover punitive damages under a survival action pursuant to 10 Del C. § 3701. A survival action involves the death of an individual as the result of the at fault party where that individual suffers for a period of time before dying. Whereas, a wrongful death action involves the instantaneous death of an individual as the result of the at fault party. This led to cases where the issue of whether a defendant faced punitive damages depended not on the defendant's own actions, but on whether the deceased had suffered long enough for a survival action. This Act also clarifies the definitions of "child" and "parent."
STATUS
Passed
HB115 - An Act To Amend Titles 11 And 16 Relating To Civil Asset Forfeiture.
Kimberly Williams, Kyle Evans Gay, Bryan Townsend
Last updated over 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
This Act does all of the following:
STATUS
Introduced
HB263 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Meal Debt Restrictions On Student Participation In Extracurricular Activities.
Sherry Dorsey Walker, Brian Guy Pettyjohn, Laura Sturgeon
Last updated 4 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
This Act prohibits local education agencies and charter schools from prohibiting a student from participating in a school sponsored extracurricular activity on the basis the student has an outstanding debt for unpaid school meals.
STATUS
Passed
HB147 - An Act To Amend Title 12, Title 25, And Title 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Uniform Real Property Transfer On Death Act.
Paul S. Baumbach, Kyle Evans Gay, Stephanie L. Hansen
Last updated 5 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
This Act is a substitute for House Bill No. 147. Like House Bill No. 147, this Act provides a mechanism for the nonprobate transfer of real estate. This is done by permitting an owner of an interest in real estate to execute and record a transfer on death (TOD) deed designating a beneficiary who will automatically receive the real estate on the owner's death without a probate procedure. During the owner's lifetime the beneficiary of a TOD deed has no interest in the real estate and the owner retains full power to transfer or encumber the real estate or to revoke the deed.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB241 - An Act To Amend Titles 25 And 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Housing Agreement Advisors.
Kerri Evelyn Harris, Marie Pinkney, Kyra L. Hoffner
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
This Act makes clear that buyers and renters of residential real property have the right to be accompanied by advisors during all phases of the property transfer process, and requires sellers and landlords to provide written notice of this right to prospective buyers and tenants. This Act also provides for a civil penalty for landlords and their agents who fail to comply with this requirement.
STATUS
Introduced
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