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HB282 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The State Employee Benefits Committee.
Paul S. Baumbach, Bryan Townsend, Brian Guy Pettyjohn
Last updated 3 months ago
49 Co-Sponsors
This Act adds procedural requirements to meetings of the State Employee Benefits Committee (SEBC), revises the membership of the SEBC, and requires that the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources inform State employees and retired State employees (eligible pensioners) about changes in benefits coverages affecting eligible pensioners who are receiving or eligible to receive retirement benefits under the state employees' pension plan, including proposed changes.
STATUS
Vetoed
HB281 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To State Health Care Insurance.
Paul S. Baumbach, Bryan Townsend, Brian Guy Pettyjohn
Last updated 3 months ago
49 Co-Sponsors
This Act repeals the option of providing health care insurance to state pensioners under Medicare part C, known as a Medicare Advantage Plan.
STATUS
Passed
HB30 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Disabled Veteran Property Tax Credit.
William G. Bush, Spiros Mantzavinos, Kyra L. Hoffner
Last updated almost 2 years ago
18 Co-Sponsors
This Act removes the 3 year residency requirement to qualify for the disabled veteran tax credit.
STATUS
Introduced
SB30 - An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Silviculture.
Russ Huxtable, William J. Carson, Darius Brown
Last updated about 1 year ago
24 Co-Sponsors
This Act clarifies what constitutes a sawmill under Delaware law and adds definitions related to agriculture and silviculture. This Act recognizes forest products as unadulterated materials and makes clear their importance to support a thriving industry that maintains sustainable and healthy forests. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
STATUS
Passed
SB32 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Education.
Nicole Poore, Debra J. Heffernan, Michael Ramone
Last updated about 1 year ago
14 Co-Sponsors
The bill adds visual impairments including blindness to the list of programs to be conducted on a 12-month schedule.
STATUS
Passed
HB76 - An Act Making A One-time Supplemental Appropriation For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2024 To The Office Of Management And Budget.
Peter C. Schwartzkopf, David P. Sokola, Bryan Townsend
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Governor's Recommended One-Time Supplemental Bill
STATUS
Introduced
SB55 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Establishing The Delaware Rare Disease Advisory Council.
Nicole Poore, Krista Griffith, Stephanie L. Hansen
Last updated about 1 year ago
15 Co-Sponsors
This bill establishes the Delaware Rare Disease Advisory Council which, among other things, is intended to educate medical professionals, government agencies, legislators, and the public about rare diseases. There are about 7,000 known rare diseases, and they create major public health challenges. The Advisory Council is charged with engaging in activities intended to benefit rare disease patients in Delaware, including encouraging and securing funding for the development of new treatments for rare diseases.
STATUS
Passed
SB28 - An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code And Chapter 420 Of Volume 83 Of The Laws Of Delaware Relating To Dentistry And Dental Hygiene.
Sarah McBride, Gerald W. Hocker, Melissa Minor-Brown
Last updated over 1 year ago
24 Co-Sponsors
This Act provides that if a dentist holds a community health license to care for underserved populations through a federally-qualified health center or a government-operated dental clinic and continues to practice in compliance with § 1132B(b) of Title 24 of the Delaware Code, the dentists license is renewable and shall be renewed biennially by the State Board of Dentistry and Dental Hygiene.
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
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
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Representative from Delaware district HD-028
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Delaware House
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William J. Carson is the U.S. Representative from Indiana's 7th Congressional District, serving since 2008. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to his election to Congress, Carson served as an investigator for the Indiana State Excise Police from 1989 to 1995 before being elected to the Indianapolis City-County Council. On the Council, he chaired the Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee.read less
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