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HB37 - An Act To Amend Title 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Landlord Obligations And Tenant Remedies.
Sherry Dorsey Walker, Marie Pinkney, Larry D. Lambert
Last updated almost 2 years ago
4 Co-Sponsors
It is the policy of this State that meaningful sanctions be imposed upon those who allow dangerous conditions and defects to exist in leased premises and that an effective mechanism be established for repairing these conditions and halting their creation. This Act allows tenants to bring an action of rent escrow to pay rent into the court because of asserted defects or conditions. Alternatively, the tenant may refuse to pay rent and raise the existence of the asserted defects or conditions as an affirmative defense to an action for summary possession or an action for nonpayment of rent. This Act requires the tenant to give proper notice and allow the landlord the opportunity to effect repairs. This Act requires the court to make appropriate findings of fact and to make any order that justice of the case may require, which may include termination of the lease and return of the leased premises to the landlord, order that the action for rent escrow be dismissed, order that the amount of rent be reduced in amount determined by the court to be fair and equitable, or order the landlord to make the repairs or correct the conditions complained of by the tenant.
STATUS
Introduced
SR10 - Recognizing Senator Nicole Poore, Her Son Luke Poore, And Their Family For Historic Success In Delaware Wrestling.
Bryan Townsend, David P. Sokola, Elizabeth Lockman
Last updated over 1 year ago
20 Co-Sponsors
This resolution recognizes Senator Nicole Poore, her son Luke Poore, and the entire Poore wrestling family for historic success in Delaware wrestling.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB80 - An Act To Amend Title 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Coverage Of Doula Services.
Melissa Minor-Brown, Marie Pinkney, Darius Brown
Last updated over 1 year ago
24 Co-Sponsors
This Act requires that doula services be covered by Medicaid in Delaware by January 1, 2024. It follows up on HB 343 from the 151st General Assembly which required the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance to submit a plan for implementing this coverage, and draws on that completed report.
STATUS
Passed
HCR2 - Commemorating January 22nd, 2023 As The 50th Anniversary Of The United States Supreme Court Ruling In Roe V. Wade
Melissa Minor-Brown, Kyle Evans Gay, Stephanie L. Hansen
Last updated almost 2 years ago
24 Co-Sponsors
This Concurrent Resolution commemorates January 22nd, 2023 as the 50th Anniversary of the United States Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB55 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Establishing The Delaware Rare Disease Advisory Council.
Nicole Poore, Krista Griffith, Stephanie L. Hansen
Last updated over 1 year ago
15 Co-Sponsors
This bill establishes the Delaware Rare Disease Advisory Council which, among other things, is intended to educate medical professionals, government agencies, legislators, and the public about rare diseases. There are about 7,000 known rare diseases, and they create major public health challenges. The Advisory Council is charged with engaging in activities intended to benefit rare disease patients in Delaware, including encouraging and securing funding for the development of new treatments for rare diseases.
STATUS
Passed
SCR12 - Declaring Gun Violence A Public Health Crisis.
Marie Pinkney, Cyndie Romer, Melissa Minor-Brown
Last updated over 1 year ago
20 Co-Sponsors
This Senate Concurrent Resolution declares that gun violence is a public health crisis, that ending the gun violence devastating Delaware is a policy priority, and supporting policy and legislative solutions that will make schools safe, confront armed hate and extremism, prevent suicide, and center and support survivors of gun violence.
STATUS
Engrossed
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
SB37 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The State Dog.
John Walsh, Bryan W. Shupe, Kyle Evans Gay
Last updated over 1 year ago
13 Co-Sponsors
This act designates rescue dogs as the official state dog.
STATUS
Passed
SB4 - An Act To Amend Title 11, Title 13, And Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Criminal Justice System, Including Probation.
Marie Pinkney, Bryan Townsend, Melissa Minor-Brown
Last updated 6 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 4, replacing Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 4. and Senate Substitute No. 2 for Senate Bill No. 4. Like Senate Bill No. 4, Senate Substitute No. 1, and Senate Substitute No. 2 for Senate Bill No. 4, this Act modernizes Delawares probation system, including by directing the courts, the Board of Parole, and the Bureau of Community Corrections to use the least restrictive probation and parole conditions and the most minimally intrusive reporting requirements necessary to achieve the goals of community supervision.
STATUS
Introduced
HCR11 - Recognizing March 2023 As Social Work Month In The State Of Delaware.
Nnamdi Chukwuocha, Marie Pinkney, Darius Brown
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
This Resolution recognizes the pertinent work of social workers throughout Delaware and the entire country, encourages the creation and expansion of Social Work programs, and recognizes March 2023 as Social Work Month in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
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