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SB4 - An Act To Amend Title 11, Title 13, And Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Criminal Justice System, Including Probation.
Marie Pinkney, Bryan Townsend, Melissa Minor-Brown
Last updated 4 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 4, replacing Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 4. and Senate Substitute No. 2 for Senate Bill No. 4. Like Senate Bill No. 4, Senate Substitute No. 1, and Senate Substitute No. 2 for Senate Bill No. 4, this Act modernizes Delawares probation system, including by directing the courts, the Board of Parole, and the Bureau of Community Corrections to use the least restrictive probation and parole conditions and the most minimally intrusive reporting requirements necessary to achieve the goals of community supervision.
STATUS
Introduced
HB50 - An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Theft.
Kimberly Williams, John Walsh, Gerald W. Hocker
Last updated over 1 year ago
17 Co-Sponsors
This Act creates a separate offense for the theft of mail, including packages, from a residential dwelling. A first offense of mail theft is a class A misdemeanor unless the value of the stolen property is $1,500 or more, in which case it is a class G felony. A second offense of mail theft, within the previous 5 years is a class G felony, regardless of the value of the stolen property.
STATUS
Introduced
HB29 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Elderly Property Tax Relief And Education Expense Fund By Increasing The Elderly Property Tax Credit.
Kevin S. Hensley, Bryant L. Richardson, Kyra L. Hoffner
Last updated almost 2 years ago
16 Co-Sponsors
This Act increases the Senior Real Property Tax credit to $750 from $400 as authorized in the Appropriations Bill for fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, which effectively amended Title 29, § 6102(q)(3) from $500 to $400.
STATUS
Introduced
HB32 - An Act To Amend Title 23 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Boat Licensing Agents.
William G. Bush, Kyra L. Hoffner, Paul S. Baumbach
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
This Act raises the permissible service charge for a boat registration from $5 to $10 and the permissible service charge for a boat ramp certificate from $1.50 to $5.00.
STATUS
Passed
HB33 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Funding For Prekindergarten Special Education.
Kimberly Williams, Laura Sturgeon, Debra J. Heffernan
Last updated over 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
This Act increases funding for preschool children with disabilities who are not counted in either "intensive" or "complex" special education units by revising the current ratio of 12.8 students per unit to 8.4 students per unit for preschool children included in the basic unit count. This is the same ratio in effect as of July 1, 2023, for K-3 basic special education. The Act also consolidates the K-3 Basic Special Education Unit with the 4-12 Basic Special Education Unit as the ratio is the same for each group as of July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Passed
SB36 - An Act To Amend Title 11 And Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To 911 Dispatchers.
Spiros Mantzavinos, William G. Bush, Kyle Evans Gay
Last updated about 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
This Act provides a definition for 911 Dispatchers. While referenced in other sections of the Code, including being identified as a first responder in § 4319 of Title 11 for purposes of confidentiality of communications by first responders for critical incident stress management services, Dispatchers have not otherwise been defined.
STATUS
Passed
HB80 - An Act To Amend Title 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Coverage Of Doula Services.
Melissa Minor-Brown, Marie Pinkney, Darius Brown
Last updated about 1 year ago
24 Co-Sponsors
This Act requires that doula services be covered by Medicaid in Delaware by January 1, 2024. It follows up on HB 343 from the 151st General Assembly which required the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance to submit a plan for implementing this coverage, and draws on that completed report.
STATUS
Passed
HB49 - An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Unemployment Benefits And Employer Assessments.
Edward S. Osienski, Bryan Townsend, John Walsh
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
This Act provides post-pandemic related relief to both claimants receiving unemployment benefits and employers who are assessed unemployment taxes. This bill will increase the maximum weekly benefit amount payable to claimants seeking unemployment compensation benefits from the Delaware Department of Labor, Division of Unemployment Insurance from $400.00 a week to $450.00 a week. The funds necessary to pay the increased weekly benefit amounts will be paid from the Unemployment Trust Fund. Delaware currently pays unemployment claimants less per week in benefits than claimants are paid in each neighboring state. The maximum weekly benefit amount has not changed since 2019.
STATUS
Passed
SB35 - An Act To Amend The Laws Of Delaware Relating To The Bond And Capital Improvements Act Of The State Of Delaware And Certain Of Its Authorities For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2023.
John Walsh, Debra J. Heffernan, Spiros Mantzavinos
Last updated over 1 year ago
12 Co-Sponsors
This Act amends the Fiscal Year 2023 Bond and Capital Improvements Act to (1) authorize the use of School Safety and Security Funds for school extracurricular activities; (2) authorize local funding to support Enhanced Minor Capital Improvements and the remediation of lead contaminated drinking water infrastructures; (3) adjust the procurement thresholds for the issuance of formal bids or RFPs; (4) authorize the Department of Transportation to use Community Transportation Funds for one-time reimbursements for various projects; (5) make changes to the Criminal Legal System Imposed Debt Study Group; (6) authorize the Department of Transportation Reprogramming Transfer; (7) authorize funding to complete the facility drainage project of Absalom Jones Performing Arts Center; (8) authorize the donation of the Division of Communications Shelter to the University of Delaware; (9) authorize the use of funding until the new Troop 6 facility is complete and available for occupancy; (10) allow New Castle County Vocational School District to proceed with construction of new athletic fields; (11) authorize the use of Irrigation System Conversion funds to reimburse a new poultry house demolition assistance program; (12) clarify the calculation of 3% limit of GF net revenue estimate for finance capital projects is applied to revenues identified in the revenue resolution for the fiscal year of the budget being adopted; (13) authorize Fort DuPont Redevelopment and Preservation Corporation to use funds for capital projects; (14) authorize Municipal Infrastructure Funds to be used for the North Bayshore Drainage Improvements; (15) authorize the Office of Management and Budget to engage in a pilot program to include Community Workforce Agreements; (16) authorize the Department of Transportation to engage in a Community Workforce Agreement for no more than two large public works projects; and (17) require a report from the Office of Management and Budget regarding State Facilities Market Pressure.
STATUS
Passed
HB47 - An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Authorization Of Insurers And General Requirements.
William G. Bush, Spiros Mantzavinos, John Walsh
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Delawares capital and surplus requirements for insurers have been in place for over fifty years and are currently among the lowest in the country. This bill increases the minimum amount of capital stock and free surplus an insurer must possess and maintain in order to transact business in the State of Delaware, making them more in line with other jurisdictions.
STATUS
Passed
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Representative from Delaware district HD-029
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Delaware House
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William G. Bush is the Republican nominee for Texas Land Commissioner. Bush graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in English. He later received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law. After law school, Bush worked as an attorney and businessman in the energy, real estate, and financial industries. He served on the Texas Private Security Board under Governor Rick Perry. Bush has been involved with several charitable organizations, including the Stand Up for Kids National Board of Directors, the Texas Nature Conservancy, and the M.D. Anderson Board of Visitors. He lives in Austin with his wife and three children.read less
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