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SB200 - An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Property Insurance Contracts.
David P. Sokola, Paul S. Baumbach, Stephanie L. Hansen
Last updated 5 months ago
28 Co-Sponsors
This bill provides important consumer protections for property insurance contracts by improving the reliability of mailed notifications of policy cancellation or renewal. Section 1 of this bill requires insurers to deliver any homeowners notices of cancellation or nonrenewal by USPS certified mail or USPS Intelligent Mail barcode. Further, whereas currently an insurer can cancel or non-renew a policy because of two non-weather-related claims over the lifetime of the policy, this legislation provides a reasonable claims lookback period for non-weather-related claims, as is already the case for claims in other portions of this subsection of the Code. Section 2 of this bill precludes an insurance carrier from refusing to renew a homeowners policy based on non-weather claims unless 2 or more claims occur within the 36-month period immediately preceding the expiration of the current policy period.
STATUS
Passed
HB291 - An Act To Amend Title 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Campaign Contributions And Expenditures.
Eric A. Morrison, Russ Huxtable, Eric Buckson
Last updated 5 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
This Act requires that a candidates political committees contribution and expense report, provided to the Department of Elections, include the primary employer and job title of each person contributing to the committee. This Act also requires the Department of Elections to provide a telephone number and online form for reporting alleged campaign financing violations. The informant must provide their name and contact information to the Department. The information provided to the Department is not to be considered a public record under FOIA. This Act also allows reporting parties who unintentionally receive a prohibited contribution or make a prohibited expenditure to return or reimburse the contribution or pay the contribution to the State Treasurer. This Act also eliminates the ability of anyone who makes or accepts a prohibited campaign contribution from donating the money to a designated Title 30 charitable organization. The Act requires anyone who knowingly accepts an unlawful campaign contribution to pay the money to the State Treasurer for deposit to the General Fund.
STATUS
Enrolled
HB143 - An Act To Amend Title 5 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Interest Rates On Loans To Individuals.
Sean M. Lynn, Elizabeth Lockman, Marie Pinkney
Last updated over 1 year ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Delaware is one of a handful of states that has no cap other than unconscionability on interest rates for short-term consumer loans. Under Delaware case law, the unconscionability of an interest rate is decided by a court on a case by case basis. This Act caps interest rates at 20% for short-term consumer loans of $1,000 or less that must be repaid in less than 60 days and motor vehicle title loans.
STATUS
Introduced
HB333 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Artificial Intelligence Commission.
Krista Griffith, Stephanie L. Hansen, Cyndie Romer
Last updated 4 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
This Act creates the Delaware Artificial Intelligence ("AI") Commission. This Commission shall be tasked with making recommendations to the General Assembly and Department of Technology and Information on AI utilization and safety within the State of Delaware. The Commission shall additionally conduct an inventory of all Generative AI usage within Delaware's executive, legislative, and judicial agencies and identify high risk areas for the implementation of Generative AI. The Commission will terminate 10 years from enactment unless extended by the General Assembly.
STATUS
Passed
HCR82 - Designating January 21-27, 2024 As Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists' Week In The State Of Delaware.
Melissa Minor-Brown, Sherry Dorsey Walker, Nicole Poore
Last updated 10 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
This concurrent resolution designates January 21-27, 2024 as Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists' (CRNA) Week in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB193 - An Act To Amend Titles 14 And 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Concussion Protection In Youth Athletic Activites.
Debra J. Heffernan, Nicole Poore, Kyle Evans Gay
Last updated about 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
In 2016, the General Assembly passed HB 404, the Concussion Protection in Youth Athletic Activities Act (CPYAAA). This Act clarifies the requirements of CPYAAA and enables the Division of Public Health, in consultation with the State Council for Persons with Disabilities, to promulgate regulations to broadly implement the Act. This Amendment adds the requirement for non-scholastic athletic activity organizations to develop policies and procedures for advising athletes, coaches, officials, parents, and guardians of the signs and symptoms of concussion and explaining the risk of continuing to practice or compete in athletic events or activities after sustaining a concussion, as well as providing information about returning to academic and athletic events or activities after sustaining a concussion.
STATUS
Passed
HB286 - An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Genetics Based Discrimination.
Jeffrey N. Spiegelman, Stephanie L. Hansen, Debra J. Heffernan
Last updated about 1 month ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Like House Bill No. 286, House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill No. 286 prohibits discrimination in life insurance based on genetic characteristics, genetic information, or the result of any genetic test.
STATUS
Passed
HB160 - An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To 988 Behavioral Health Crisis Intervention Services.
Valerie J. Longhurst, Nicole Poore, Kyle Evans Gay
Last updated over 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
The National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020 established 988 as the universal phone number for "the national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system operating through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline." This Act provides the framework to maximize the benefits of 988 and provide crucial support to Delawareans in need through the implementation of a practical, modern, and comprehensive, integrated crisis care system.
STATUS
Passed
HB219 - An Act To Amend Title 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Tax Credits For Creation Of Employment And Qualified Investment In Business Facilities.
William G. Bush, Russ Huxtable, Stephanie L. Hansen
Last updated over 1 year ago
10 Co-Sponsors
This Act expands eligibility for the investment and employment credit against corporation income tax available under 30 Del. C. § 2011 to the operators of climate-controlled fruit or vegetable growing facilities with at least 400,000 square feet of enclosed space. Eligibility for the expanded tax credit is conditioned on a qualified investment of at least $40 million.
STATUS
Passed
SB187 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Education.
Laura Sturgeon, Bryan Townsend, Kimberly Williams
Last updated 3 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
This Act ensures that educators hired after the effective date of this Act, who earned graduate degrees prior to becoming educators, receive credit on the salary schedule for those degrees regardless of the specific subject area of those degrees. Once an individual is employed as an educator, in order to receive credit for any graduate degrees earned after that time, such degree must be in the subject area in which the educator is employed.
STATUS
Passed
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