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HB386 - An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Massage And Bodywork.
Sophie Phillips, Nicole Poore, Kimberly Williams
Last updated 3 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Section 1 of this Act revises the definition of massage establishment by repealing the exemption for all business establishments licensed under other chapters of Title 24. This exemption allows a massage practitioner to work in a licensed cosmetology shop that does not hold a massage establishment license. In that situation, the cosmetology shop can have an identified professional-in-charge responsible for the operation of the cosmetology shop and its employees, but that individual is not responsible for the massage practitioners. This means that the professional-in-charge responsible for the cosmetology shop cannot be held responsible for the wrongful actions of a massage practitioner, which adversely impacts the disciplinary process. With this exemption repealed, a cosmetology shop offering massage services is required to have both a massage establishment license and a licensed massage practitioner as the professional-in-charge responsible for the actions of all massage practitioners providing services on the premises.
STATUS
Passed
HB378 - An Act To Amend Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Health Spa Regulation.
Kevin S. Hensley, Laura Sturgeon, Sophie Phillips
Last updated about 1 month ago
19 Co-Sponsors
This Act requires health spas selling subscription services online to provide a prospective buyer of such a subscription the right to cancel the automatic renewal online. The option to cancel is also to be presented on the website in a clear and conspicuous manner to simplify such cancellation for the buyer.
STATUS
Passed
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
HB280 - An Act To Amend Titles 11 And 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Civil Asset Forfeiture.
Kimberly Williams, Kyle Evans Gay, Bryan Townsend
Last updated 3 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
This Act makes several changes to the civil asset forfeiture proceedings of this state.
STATUS
Passed
HB422 - An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Environmental Permits In Overburdened Communities.
Kendra Johnson, Bryan Townsend, Larry D. Lambert
Last updated 6 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
This Act defines certain facilities which will require an applicant seeking a permit for a new facility, or expansion of an existing facility, or renewal of an existing permit, located in an overburdened community, as defined in the Act, to provide an environmental justice impact report. Facility includes the following commercial, municipal, or industrial businesses located in, or within, a ½ mile radius of an overburdened community: (1) manufacturers of animal food, meat, seafood, tobacco, manufactured homes, chemicals, cement, asphalt, ready-mix concrete, primary metal, nonmetallic mineral products, ammunition or transport equipment; (2) manufacturers of fossil or bio-based fuels, distillates, chemicals and pharmaceuticals; or industrial scale storage of such materials; (3) pulp, paper, paperboard and sawmills; (4) commercial rail, port or water freight docks; (5) landfills, transfer stations, resource recovery, scrap metal or recycle centers or compost operators; (6) warehouses, and distribution, trucking and logistic centers larger than 75,000 square feet; (7) industrial or municipal sewage treatment centers, animal waste management or processing operations and sludge processors; (8) large, concentrated animal feeding operations, as defined by the size threshold in the federal Clean Water Act, regardless of their discharge status; (9) energy generators, as defined in §1001 of Title 26; (10) medical waste incinerators (with the exception of those attendant to a hospital or university intended to process self-generated medical waste); and (11) commercial, municipal, or industrial projects or installations that are not listed in (1) through (10) that are similar in scale, and that currently contribute or upon permit approval would contribute to the cumulative pollution in an overburdened community, which are identified by the Department in conjunction with the Environmental Justice Board.
STATUS
Introduced
SB282 - An Act To Amend Title 11 And Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Elimination Of Certain Fees.
Darius Brown, Sean M. Lynn, Franklin D. Cooke
Last updated 4 months ago
33 Co-Sponsors
This Act repeals the Senior Trust Fund Fee, the Interstate Compact Fee, and the Substance Abuse, Rehabilitation, Treatment, Education and Prevention Fund Fee imposed on criminal defendants. The elimination of these fees was recommended by the Criminal Legal System Imposed Debt Study Group created by House Bill 244, as amended by House Amendment No 2, of the 151st General Assembly, in its December 7, 2023 report. The Criminal Legal System Imposed Debt Study Group also recommended replacement of lost revenue for affected agencies as needed with General Funds. In repealing these fees, the General Assembly also intends to eliminate any outstanding balances owed on these fees.
STATUS
Passed
HB301 - An Act Proposing An Amendment To Section 11, Article I Of The Delaware Constitution Relating To Prohibiting The Imposition Of The Death Penalty.
Sean M. Lynn, Kyle Evans Gay, Kyra L. Hoffner
Last updated 5 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
This Act is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty.
STATUS
Failed
HB70 - An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Death Penalty.
Sean M. Lynn, Kyle Evans Gay, Eric A. Morrison
Last updated 2 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
This Act eliminates the death penalty in Delaware. As such, the penalty for a person who is convicted of first-degree murder for an offense that was committed after the persons 18th birthday is imprisonment for the remainder of the persons natural life without benefit of probation or parole or any other reduction.
STATUS
Passed
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
HB403 - An Act To Amend Title 9 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Assessment Functions In All County Governments.
Peter C. Schwartzkopf, Russ Huxtable, Gerald W. Hocker
Last updated 2 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
This Act transfers the sections pertaining to assessment functions and the New Castle County Board of Assessment Review from the subchapter governing the functions of the Department of Land Use to the subchapter governing the functions of the Department of Administration and updates reference to the Department of Land Use to the Office of Finance in Chapter 83 of Title 9. It changes the New Castle County Board of Assessment Review from 8 members appointed by New Castle County Council and 1 member appointed by the County Executive, with the advice and consent of County Council, to 8 regular members and 3 alternate members appointed by New Castle County Council and 1 regular member appointed by the County Executive, with the advice and consent of County Council.
STATUS
Passed
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