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HCR43 - Recognizing May 3, 2023, As World Press Freedom Day In The State Of Delaware.
Bryan W. Shupe, Brian Guy Pettyjohn, Stephanie L. Hansen
Last updated over 1 year ago
14 Co-Sponsors
This Resolution recognizes May 3, 2023, as "World Press Freedom Day".
STATUS
Engrossed
SCR54 - Proclaiming May 11, 2023, As Home Care Advocacy Day In The State Of Delaware.
Kyra L. Hoffner, Kerri Evelyn Harris, Valerie J. Longhurst
Last updated over 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
The resolution proclaims May 11, 2023, as "Home Care Advocacy Day" in Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB7 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The State Energy Office.
Stephanie L. Hansen, William Charles Paradee, Laura Sturgeon
Last updated over 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
This Bill amends the Delaware Energy Act, Title 29 of the Delaware Code, Chapter 80, Subchapter II, by updating and expanding upon the duties of the State Energy Office (located in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Controls Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy). In Section 1 of the Bill, the General Assembly finds and declares that: (a) Planning for Delaware's energy future is vitally important to Delawares economy and all of its citizens; (b) Developments in the energy sector of the economy are proceeding at a fast pace, and devoting state resources to the energy sector will be beneficial; and (c) Transforming the delivery of energy to end users is expected to require new programs, planning, and workforce training. Section 1 of the Bill also declares the intent of the General Assembly to provide for the development and implementation of State energy policy and programs in accordance with the State Energy Plan, the State Climate Action Plan, and other documents developed by the Governor's Energy Advisor Council and adopted by the State Energy Office.
STATUS
Passed
SB67 - An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Misconduct By Public Officials.
Sarah McBride, Kimberly Williams, Kyle Evans Gay
Last updated about 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
This Act updates the crime of official misconduct to ensure appropriate accountability of public servants who abuse their positions of power and public trust. The statute establishes a grade in the penalty for the official misconduct to be commensurate to the gravity of the misconduct. In addition, this statute conforms the discrimination language to the language used in the Hate Crimes statute. It also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
STATUS
Passed
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
HB137 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Pupil And Student Identification Cards.
Krista Griffith, Sarah McBride, Darius Brown
Last updated over 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
This Act corrects the Delaware crisis text number and the National Suicide Prevention call or text line that is required to be printed on pupil identification cards for all public schools serving pupils in grades 7 to 12 and for all students attending public institutions of higher learning in Delaware. This Act takes effect for the 2023-2024 school year.
STATUS
Passed
SB108 - An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Gold Alert Program For Certain Missing Persons.
Nicole Poore, Krista Griffith, William G. Bush
Last updated about 1 year ago
28 Co-Sponsors
This Act revises the State's Gold Alert Program to include missing children and increase dissemination of information to the public to better assist the State's search efforts.
STATUS
Passed
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 over 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
HCR23 - In Celebration Of The 85th Anniversary Of The Claymont Lions Club.
Larry D. Lambert, Kyle Evans Gay, Sarah McBride
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
This Concurrent Resolution recognizes 2023 as the 85th Anniversary of the founding of the Claymont Lions Club.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB63 - An Act To Amend Title 9 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Farms.
David G. Lawson, Sherry Dorsey Walker, Darius Brown
Last updated over 1 year ago
24 Co-Sponsors
This bill updates the criteria for agriculture, horticulture, or forestry land use.
STATUS
Passed
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