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HB149 - An Act To Amend Title 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Personal Income Taxes.
Richard G. Collins, Gerald W. Hocker, Bryant L. Richardson
Last updated 6 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
This Act requires personal income tax brackets to be annually adjusted for cost-of-living increases. This will prevent tax rate increases resulting from cost-of-living pay increases that push lower income taxpayers into higher tax brackets. This is referred to as "bracket creep". Cost-of-living pay increases are intended to offset inflation and not create a greater tax burden on lower income taxpayers. Social justice requires that lower income taxpayers should not face both inflation and higher tax rates at the same time. This Act will be effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SCR27 - Recognizing Christian Holy Week And Passover In The State Of Delaware.
Bryant L. Richardson, Timothy D. Dukes, Eric Buckson
Last updated over 1 year ago
20 Co-Sponsors
This Concurrent Resolution recognizes Christian Holy Week and Passover in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB89 - An Act To Amend Title 30 Of The Delaware Code And Chapter 118 Of Volume 83 Of The Laws Of Delaware Relating To Personal Income Taxes.
Paul S. Baumbach, David P. Sokola, Bryan Townsend
Last updated over 1 year ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Section 1 of this Act increases the standard deduction for personal income tax purposes of resident individuals and spouses of this State for tax years beginning after December 31, 2023. Section 3 of this Act increases the monetary filing thresholds resulting from the increases the standard deduction under Section 1.
STATUS
Engrossed
SCR40 - Celebrating The 100th Anniversary Of The Delaware State Police
David G. Lawson, Peter C. Schwartzkopf, Darius Brown
Last updated over 1 year ago
39 Co-Sponsors
This Senate Concurrent Resolution celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the Delaware State Police and recognizes them for their service to the citizens of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
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
SB96 - An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Department Of Natural Resources And Environmental Control.
Brian Guy Pettyjohn, Michael Ramone, Eric Buckson
Last updated over 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
This Act prohibits the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control from promulgating rules and regulations restricting the sale of fuel-powered cars, trucks, and SUVs in Delaware. This Act does not change the emission standards fuel-powered vehicles must currently meet. The provisions of this bill would be retroactive to March 1, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
SB69 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Exemption From The Delaware Child Care Act For Sectarian Or Religious Institutions.
David L. Wilson, Jesse Rawlins Vanderwende, Gerald W. Hocker
Last updated over 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
In 2021, the General Assembly enacted a law, Chapter 249 of Volume 83 of the Laws of Delaware (Senate Bill 169 of the 151st General Assembly) to update and expand the definition of child care to include early education programs for children below the grade of kindergarten that are operated by public or private schools, including sectarian or religious institutions. This law takes effect on July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
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
HB97 - An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Contractor Registration Act And Decreasing The Contractor Registration Fee For Certain Contractors.
Ronald E. Gray, Gerald W. Hocker, Russ Huxtable
Last updated over 1 year ago
14 Co-Sponsors
This Act decreases the Contractor Registration Fee for contractors who do not have a state contract and have 3 or less employees. This Act is to become effective July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB117 - An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Medical Care Of Police Dogs Injured In The Line Of Duty.
Brian Guy Pettyjohn, Stephanie L. Hansen, Lyndon Dean Yearick
Last updated about 1 year ago
25 Co-Sponsors
This Act authorizes paramedics and other EMS providers to provide medical care to police dogs injured at the scene of an emergency. This Act also grants civil immunity to paramedics and other EMS providers who provide medical services to police dogs, so long as their efforts to assist the police dog were in good faith. However, this Act clarifies that in a situation where a human and a police dog need emergency medical care at the same time, the medical services personnel are prohibited from providing care to the police dog over the human, if the care of the police dog would hinder the humans care.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Delaware district HD-041
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Delaware House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Richard G. Collins III was born on November 10, 1952 in Alexandria, Virginia. He received his B.A. degree from the College of William & Mary in 1974 and his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1977. Judge Collins served as a law clerk to Judge Robert R. Merhige Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia from 1977 to 1978. He worked in private practice as an associate and later partner at Hunton & Williams LLP from 1978 until his appointment to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in 1991.read less
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