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SCR20 - Recognizing March 25th As "greek Independence Day" In Delaware.
Spiros Mantzavinos, Sherry Dorsey Walker, Stephanie L. Hansen
Last updated over 1 year ago
15 Co-Sponsors
This resolution recognizes March 25th as Greek Independence Day in Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
SCR24 - Recognizing April 2 Through 8, 2023, As "week Of The Young Child" In Delaware.
Kyle Evans Gay, Sherae'a A. Moore, Michael F. Smith
Last updated over 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
This resolution recognizes April 2 through 8, 2023, as Week of the Young Child in Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB141 - An Act To Amend Titles 11 And 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Criminal History Background Checks For Candidates For State And County Public Office.
Eric A. Morrison, Kyle Evans Gay, Kimberly Williams
Last updated about 1 year ago
12 Co-Sponsors
This Act requires all candidates for statewide office, the General Assembly, and all elected county offices, to request a criminal history background check, no later than the filing deadline, from the State Bureau of Identification. The State Bureau of Identification must, within 10 days of receipt of the request, provide the Commissioner of Elections with a report of the candidates criminal history or a statement that the Bureaus Repository contains no information relating to the candidate. The Commissioner of Elections must then determine if the candidate is qualified under Section 21 of Article II of the Delaware Constitution to be considered a candidate and have their name appear on the ballot. The candidate will be considered a provisional candidate until the Commissioner of Elections determines the candidate is qualified. The information obtained by the Commissioner of Elections, from the Bureau, will not fall under the definition of public record in Chapter 100 of Title 29. The candidate must pay the cost of the criminal history background check, but the cost may be reimbursed from the candidates campaign funds as an authorized campaign expenditure. This Act will take effect January 1 after enactment.
STATUS
Passed
HB103 - An Act To Amend Title 17 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Traffic Impacts Of Development.
William G. Bush, John Walsh, Michael F. Smith
Last updated over 1 year ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Transportation infrastructure is critical to the safe and efficient movement of people as well as goods and services throughout the State. The Delaware Strategies and Spending identifies various investment levels to help prioritize State infrastructure funding, with investment levels 1 and 2 representing the areas of highest priority. However, there are many transportation facilities within these areas which do not meet the current standards and rely on development projects to construct improvements resulting in unpredictable costs and fragmented infrastructure. This act creates a transportation impact fee for areas within state strategies and spending levels 1 and 2 that are not currently within an approved Transportation Improvement District. The impact fee ensures that development contributes a reasonable, responsible share of the transportation impact to fund off-site improvements including but not limited to bringing substandard roads to current standards, improving pedestrian facilities, and upgrading deficient intersections while allowing the Department of Transportation to implement the improvements in a more cohesive way. The fees are to be utilized within the counties where they are collected.
STATUS
Introduced
SCR23 - Recognizing March 29, 2023, As "national Vietnam War Veterans Day In The State Of Delaware.
David G. Lawson, Darius Brown, William J. Carson
Last updated over 1 year ago
33 Co-Sponsors
This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes March 29, 2023, as "National Vietnam War Veterans Day" in Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB98 - An Act To Amend Titles 7 And 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Notice Requirements For Dnrec Permits.
Kimberly Williams, John Walsh, Larry D. Lambert
Last updated about 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
This Act creates certain uniform, minimum requirements for public notice related to permits and permit renewals issued by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. In particular, the notice must include instructions for electronic submission of public comment or request for hearing, the permit application to which the notice applies must be available electronically and a link to a page where the application may be accessed electronically shall be provided in the text of the notice, a copy of the notice shall be posted on the Department's website in addition to whatever other means of delivery is required for the notice, and elected officials whose district includes the location of the permitted activity must be individually notified by e-mail. Where the application materials are too voluminous to post online the Department may provide instructions for alternative access.
STATUS
Passed
HCR14 - Recognizing March 10th As Harriet Tubman Day.
Sherry Dorsey Walker, Marie Pinkney, Darius Brown
Last updated over 1 year ago
50 Co-Sponsors
This Concurrent Resolution recognizes March 10th as "Harriet Tubman Day".
STATUS
Engrossed
SB100 - An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Designation Of Violent Felonies.
Spiros Mantzavinos, Bryan Townsend, Stephanie L. Hansen
Last updated over 1 year ago
14 Co-Sponsors
This Act adds Drug Dealing or Possession - Tier 3 to the list of violent felonies under section 4201(c) of Title 11 in recognition of the association of higher drug volumes and gun violence. Nothing in this act is intended to affect the violent felony status of pre-2019 Title 16 convictions, which are explicitly preserved in 11 Del. C. 4201(c).
STATUS
Introduced
SCR76 - Honoring Uso Delaware For Its Important And Inspiring Work Supporting Military Members And Their Families.
David G. Lawson, William G. Bush, William J. Carson
Last updated over 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
This resolution honors USO Delaware for their important and inspiring work supporting military members and their families.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB7 - An Act To Amend Title 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Pediatric Inpatient Behavioral Health Enhancement.
Valerie J. Longhurst, Nicole Poore, Debra J. Heffernan
Last updated over 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
This Act requires Delaware Medicaid to provide an enhancement to the acute care per diem rate for psychiatric facilities for hard to place pediatric behavioral health inpatients. The per diem enhancement is limited to an inpatient stay of 14 days. The applicability of the per diem enhancement is determined based on whether admission criteria is met. This Act also creates a Quality Oversight Committee designed to identify quality metrics for facilities admitting patients as well as provide biennial recommendations to the General Assemblys Joint Finance Committee regarding eligibility categories and enhancement rates.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Delaware district HD-022
COMMITTEES
Delaware House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Michael F. Smith is a native of Tunnel Hill, where he graduated from Northwest Whitfield High School. After high school, Michael attended Shorter College where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science. Michael is an active member of the Dalton Rotary Club where he has served on the Board of Directors. Michael currently serves on the Whitfield County Planning Commission. He attends Christ Church United Methodist, where he has served on the Administrative Board and Education Committee. Michael has also served as an assistant coach for recreation league baseball and basketball.read less
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