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SCR142 - Observing April 2024, As The "2024 Month Of The Military Child" In The State Of Delaware.
Laura Sturgeon, Eric Buckson, Nnamdi Chukwuocha
Last updated 7 months ago
29 Co-Sponsors
This Concurrent Resolution observes April 2024, as the "2024 Month of the Military Child" in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB399 - An Act To Amend The Delaware Code Relating To The Creation Of A Department Of Veterans Affairs.
William J. Carson, Nicole Poore, Kyra L. Hoffner
Last updated 7 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
This Act creates a new state-level Department of Veterans Affairs, headed by a cabinet-level Secretary appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Department will take over most of the duties currently handled by the Commission on Veterans Affairs and its staff. The Commission will continue in its current form, but under the Department of Veterans Affairs rather than the Department of State, and it will continue to advise on the duties of the Department and make recommendations regarding the welfare of veterans in the State. The Department will assume the assets and liabilities of the Commission and current staff of the Commission will become staff of the Department.
STATUS
Introduced
HB415 - An Act To Amend Title 6 And Title 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Individuals Who Are Experiencing Homelessness.
Sophie Phillips, Kyra L. Hoffner, Marie Pinkney
Last updated 6 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
This Act ensures that all individuals, regardless of housing status, have equal opportunity to live in decent, safe, sanitary, and healthful accommodations and enjoy equality of opportunities. To that end, this Act sets forth the rights of individuals experiencing homelessness, many of which are existing constitutional rights, and creates a process by which the State Human and Civil Rights Commission and the Division of Human and Civil Rights may accept and investigate complaints of discriminatory treatment, attempt conciliation, and refer enforcement actions to law enforcement Internal Affairs if necessary. These entities already exist and administer Delawares Fair Housing and Equal Accommodations laws. This act is intended to prohibit discrimination on the sole basis that one is experiencing homelessness. It does not give preferential treatment to those experiencing homelessness, but merely prohibits discriminatory treatment.
STATUS
Introduced
HB413 - An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Police Officer Arrest Powers.
Lyndon Dean Yearick, Eric Buckson, Gerald W. Hocker
Last updated 6 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
This Act provides enhanced statewide jurisdiction for police officers, including county and municipal police officers. Specifically, this Act does the following:
STATUS
Introduced
HB424 - An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Appeals Of Superior Court Denials Of Reverse Amenability Orders.
Cyndie Romer, Marie Pinkney, William G. Bush
Last updated 6 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Currently, if a child files an application in Superior Court to have their criminal case transferred to Family Court and the Superior Court denies the application, there is no recourse for appeal until the childs criminal case is finally adjudicated in Superior Court. In State v. Roberts, Del.Supr. 282 A.2nd 603 (1971) the Delaware Supreme Court stated its jurisdiction, over such appeals by an accused, may only be by operation of law. This Act permits the child to enter a plea of guilty or nolo contendere and appeal an amenability denial to the Delaware Supreme Court within 30 days of being sentenced by the Superior Court. This Act also prohibits any plea being conditioned on waiving this right of appeal. This Act also clarifies that the Superior Court will not retain jurisdiction over the child if the Supreme Court reverses the Superior Courts Order.
STATUS
Introduced
SCR88 - Extending Heartfelt Best Wishes To The Members Of The Delaware State Bar Association, As That Venerable Organization Celebrates The 100th Anniversary Of Its Establishment As A Modern State Bar Association.
Kyle Evans Gay, Krista Griffith, Stephanie L. Hansen
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
This Senate Concurrent Resolution extends heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to members of the Delaware State Bar Association on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the establishment of the modern bar association in 1923.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB453 - An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Building And Plumbing.
Sean M. Lynn, William Charles Paradee, William G. Bush
Last updated 5 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
This Act protects Delawares fresh water supply while also reducing costs for small businesses and single-family residential homeowners by eliminating the requirements for installation and yearly inspections of backflow preventors on low-hazard water users. However, an otherwise low hazard property that has fire sprinkler systems, in-ground lawn sprinklers, swimming pools, hot tubs, or similar systems connected to its fresh water supply will be required to install a backflow preventor.
STATUS
Failed
HB131 - An Act To Amend Title 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Conveyance Of Real Estate Between Spouses.
William G. Bush, Krista Griffith, Sean M. Lynn
Last updated over 1 year ago
15 Co-Sponsors
This Act resolves ambiguities in the current law and confirms the ability of a spouse who owns real property as tenant by the entirety, acting alone, to convey that spouses interest in such real property to both spouses, as tenants by the entirety or otherwise, or to the other spouse.
STATUS
Passed
HB118 - An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Prohibition Of Smoking In Vehicles When A Minor Is In The Vehicle.
Kevin S. Hensley, Timothy D. Dukes, Melissa Minor-Brown
Last updated about 1 year ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Due to continuing concerns over the negative health effects secondhand smoke will have on the youth of Delaware, this bill adds Smoking Restrictions within vehicles if a person under the age of eighteen (18) is in the vehicle. Also, it makes clear that a police officer will not stop or detain a car solely on suspicion of having violated this Statute.
STATUS
Passed
HB175 - An Act To Amend Titles 9, 21, And 22 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Accessible Parking Spaces.
DeShanna U. Neal, Valerie J. Longhurst, Sherae'a A. Moore
Last updated over 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
This Act adds provisions to Title 21 defining accessible parking spaces, incorporating federal standards for accessible parking spaces found in the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable regulations. The Act also provides additional requirements that enhance these standards and better reflect the needs of persons with disabilities in Delaware. The Act increases the penalty associated with violating the statute that prohibits individuals who do not possess a parking placard or special license plate from parking in accessible parking spaces, or in the access aisles located next to accessible parking spaces. This Act adds provisions in Titles 9 and 22 to require county and municipal governments to adopt regulations and ordinances incorporating these requirements for accessible parking spaces, including the requirement that property owners have a permit and process to ensure compliance for new or modified accessible parking spaces, in order to increase compliance and uniformity statewide.
STATUS
Introduced
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