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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
SB46 - An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Missing Persons.
Darius Brown, Kendra Johnson, Sherry Dorsey Walker
Last updated about 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, an estimated 800,000 children are reported missing each year.
STATUS
Passed
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
SCR2 - Recognizing January 9, 2023, As "law Enforcement Appreciation Day" In Delaware.
Brian Guy Pettyjohn, Jesse Rawlins Vanderwende, Eric Buckson
Last updated almost 2 years ago
30 Co-Sponsors
This Concurrent Resolution recognizes January 9, 2023, as "Law Enforcement Appreciation Day" in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB52 - An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Adult Correction Healthcare Review Committee.
Melissa Minor-Brown, Marie Pinkney, Kyra L. Hoffner
Last updated over 1 year ago
17 Co-Sponsors
This bill adds a Delaware licensed psychiatrist as a voting member of the Adult Correction Healthcare Review Committee.
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
SB32 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Education.
Nicole Poore, Debra J. Heffernan, Michael Ramone
Last updated over 1 year ago
14 Co-Sponsors
The bill adds visual impairments including blindness to the list of programs to be conducted on a 12-month schedule.
STATUS
Passed
SB24 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Seizure Safe Schools Act.
Kyra L. Hoffner, Nicole Poore, Madinah Wilson-Anton
Last updated almost 2 years ago
14 Co-Sponsors
This Act requires all schools with a student diagnosed with a seizure disorder to train at least 2 employees in the administration of rescue medication or treatment prescribed to treat a student with a seizure disorder. Training includes the administration of a manual dose of prescribed electrical stimulation using a Vagus Nerve Stimulator magnet. A school nurse employed full-time by a school is not required to meet these training requirements but may serve as 1 of the 2 required employees that are trained in the administration of seizure rescue medications.
STATUS
Introduced
HB65 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Bereavement Leave.
Debra J. Heffernan, Nicole Poore, Valerie J. Longhurst
Last updated over 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
According to the Mayo Clinic, miscarriages occur in about 20% of all pregnancies, and generally, in the first 12 weeks. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 1 out of every 100 American pregnancies ends in stillbirth. Black women have a significantly higher risk of miscarrying 43% higher when compared to white women. Black mothers are also more than twice as likely to experience stillbirth compared to Hispanic and white mothers.
STATUS
Passed
SB30 - An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Silviculture.
Russ Huxtable, William J. Carson, Darius Brown
Last updated over 1 year ago
24 Co-Sponsors
This Act clarifies what constitutes a sawmill under Delaware law and adds definitions related to agriculture and silviculture. This Act recognizes forest products as unadulterated materials and makes clear their importance to support a thriving industry that maintains sustainable and healthy forests. 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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