Delaware Senator Kyra Hoffner [D]

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DESB299Intro
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Under Title 29, Section 5805, no state employee, no state officer, and no private enterprise in which a state employee or state officer has a legal or equitable ownership of more than 10% (more than 1% in the case of a corporation whose stock is regu...
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2024-05-13
To Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee
DESB300Intro
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This Act requires crisis pregnancy centers in this state to provide notice if the center is not licensed by this state as a medical facility and does not have a licensed medical provider who provides or directly supervises, in person, the provision o...
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2024-05-13
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee
DESB301Intro
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This Act requires public universities in this state to provide access to medication for the termination of pregnancy and emergency contraception. The medication and contraception must be provided on-site, but consultation to provide them may be perfo...
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2024-05-13
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee
DEHB200Engross
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This Act establishes a mental health services unit for Delaware high schools. The unit is phased in over 3 years, beginning in FY2024, to arrive at a final ratio of 250 full-time equivalent students grades 9-12 for a full-time school counselor, schoo...
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2024-05-09
To Senate Education Committee
DEHB204Intro
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This bill grants authority to the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) to adopt regulations related to the operation of temporary staffing agencies that staff temporary nurses and other staff positions in long-term care facilities in the S...
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2024-05-09
Amendment HA 1 to HB 204 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DEHB326Engross
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This is a substitute for House Bill No. 326.
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2024-05-09
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee
DESB22Engross
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This Act establishes the Delaware Workforce Housing Program" (DWHP). Modeled after the Downtown Development District Program, the DWHP allows a qualified workforce housing investor to be reimbursed through a grant up to 20 percent of the capital...
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2024-05-09
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING
DESB259Engross
50%
This Act is a result of the Delaware Interscholastic Association ("DIAA") Task Force. Based on the findings of the task force, this Act updates and modernizes the DIAA Board of Directors' composition. This Act also makes technical corre...
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2024-05-09
To House Education Committee
DESCR155Engross
50%
This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes May 9, 2024, as Delaware Local Government Day in the State of Delaware.
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2024-05-09
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DEHB280Intro
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This Act makes several changes to the civil asset forfeiture proceedings of this state.
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2024-05-09
[Hearing: May 14 @ 11:00 am]
To House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee
DEHB399Intro
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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 Comm...
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2024-05-09
[Hearing: May 15 @ 3:00 pm]
To House Veterans Affairs Committee
DEHB389Intro
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This Act provides for an annual raffle license that will allow for the holding of up to 20 raffle events a year. If such license is obtained, the organization must provide notice to the Board at least 7 days prior to any raffle event but does not hav...
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2024-05-09
To House Gaming & Parimutuels Committee
DESCR157Engross
50%
This resolution designates May 5-11, 2024, as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week and encourages anyone experiencing uncontrollable, abnormal, and repetitive movements to consult their healthcare provider regarding their symptoms.
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2024-05-09
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESB203Engross
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Senate Bill 67, from the first session of the 152nd General Assembly, updated the crime of official misconduct. Senate Bill 67 intended to change the penalty for official misconduct from a class A misdemeanor to a graded system, where the penalty is ...
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2024-05-08
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
DESB223Engross
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This Act is the product of the work of stakeholders who, with the encouragement of Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 50 (152nd General Assembly), met to examine how to integrate mobile-integrated healthcare and community paramedicine into existing reg...
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2024-05-08
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 3 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits
DEHB313Engross
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This Act ensures that all female inmates in DDOC custody, at level IV or V, receive annual or biennial screening mammograms as recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force.
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2024-05-08
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 7 Favorable
DEHB337Engross
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This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the LP Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amend...
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2024-05-08
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
DEHB339Engross
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This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act (the GP Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments to...
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2024-05-08
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
DEHB336Engross
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This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the LLC Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments to ...
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2024-05-08
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
DEHB338Engross
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This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (the Statutory Trust Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of proposed amendments to th...
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2024-05-08
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
DEHB348Engross
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This Act removes the requirement for a lifeguard at a pool exclusively serving a residential or apartment community not accessible to the general public. Under existing law, a lifeguard is not required at a hotel, motel, or campground. A lifeguard is...
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2024-05-08
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
DESB252Engross
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Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 252 is identical to Senate Bill No. 252 except that SS 1 for SB 252 corrects a spelling error in the synopsis to avoid confusion.
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2024-05-08
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 10 On Its Merits
DEHB190Engross
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This bill updates the current law relating to the Spay Neuter Fund and the administration of that fund to make it easier to administer the fund and animal population control programs.
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2024-05-08
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 6 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
DESB251Engross
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The Board of Trustees of the Delaware Institute of Veterinary Medical Education (DIVME) was established in 1975 with a stated purpose of creating opportunities for Delaware residents to obtain veterinary training and strengthening factors that would ...
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2024-05-08
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 10 On Its Merits
DESB198Engross
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This Act revises existing animal cruelty laws to include people who knowingly possess, own, buy, sell, transfer, or manufacture animal fighting paraphernalia with the intent to engage in or otherwise promote or facilitate such fighting as guilty of a...
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2024-05-08
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 7 On Its Merits
DEHB373Intro
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This Act amends Chapter 49 of Title 29 to enable the Office of Highway Safety to solicit and receive subscriptions, donations, and other funds from individuals or organizations for the purpose of implementing highway safety programs and projects that...
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2024-05-08
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits
DEHB372Intro
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This Substitute bill clarifies that the definition of day does not include Saturday, Sunday, any federal holiday, or any State legal holiday when the specified number of days is 12 or less. When the specified number of days is more than 12 days, day ...
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2024-05-08
To House Housing Committee
DESB270Intro
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This Act is the statutory recognition of the recommendations set forth in the June 2, 2023, report of the DEFAC Benchmark Evaluation and Review Panel.
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2024-05-08
Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
DESB272Intro
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Pharmacists in Delaware provide some of the same medical services as physicians, advance practice registered nurses, and physician assistants, including immunizations. The General Assembly has recently added to the services that pharmacists may provi...
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2024-05-08
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
DEHB395Intro
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This Act replaces a temporary hospital cost containment provision from the implementing legislation for the Diamond State Hospital Cost Review Board that was based on Medicare reference pricing with a provision that limits growth based on a formula a...
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2024-05-08
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits
DESB289Intro
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This Act amends Title 16, Chapter 76 of the Delaware Code relating to energy conservation identified in county and municipal building and plumbing codes. Consistent with codes in other States, including New York, Rhode Island, and Washington, among o...
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2024-05-08
[Hearing: May 15 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee
DEHB310Engross
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The United States Space Force was established on December 20, 2019 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act. The Space Force became the 6th branch of the United States Armed Forces. This Act inserts the Space Force in those sections of the D...
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2024-05-08
Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in Senate with 8 Favorable
DESB290Intro
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This Bill institutes a State nontidal wetlands program and leaves intact the current State tidal wetlands program under Chapter 66 of Title 7. Prior to these amendments, the only regulatory protection of the State's nontidal wetlands was through ...
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2024-05-08
[Hearing: May 15 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee
DESB194Engross
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This Act allows pharmacists, under protocol approved by the Division of Public Health, to provide HIV pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis treatments.
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2024-05-07
[Hearing: May 14 @ 1:00 pm]

Not Worked in Committee
DEHB333Engross
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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 th...
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2024-05-07
[Hearing: May 15 @ 11:00 am]
To Senate Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee
DEHB302Engross
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According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of death from cancer in men. It is estimated that about 1 in 41 men will die of prostate cancer. According to ZERO Prostate Cancer, Black men face serious health ca...
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2024-05-07
To Senate Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee
DESB233Engross
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This Act establishes employment protections for certain service employees during changes of ownership by requiring all of the following:
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2024-05-07
Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 3 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
DEHB353Engross
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This Act provides civil and criminal remedies for the wrongful disclosure of deep fakes that depict individuals in the nude or engaging in sexual conduct. It provides the same remedies as those available under: (1) the Delaware Uniform Civil Remedies...
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2024-05-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee
DESB276PassThis bill names the Newark Regional Transportation Center after United States Senator Thomas R. Carper.
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2024-05-07
Signed by Governor
DEHCR123Engross
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This Concurrent Resolution recognizes the contributions of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. chapters in the State of Delaware and declares May 7, 2024, to be Delta Day at the Delaware Capital.
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2024-05-07
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
DESCR152Engross
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This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes the month of May 2024 as "Healthy Vision Month" in the State of Delaware.
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2024-05-07
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DEHCR124Engross
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This resolution designates May 6-12 as "National Nurses Week" in Delaware.
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2024-05-07
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
DESCR153Engross
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This Senate Concurrent Resolution designates May 2024 as "Small Business Month" in the State of Delaware.
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2024-05-07
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESB288Intro
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The Act allows the Kent County Levy Court to impose a lodging tax not greater than 3% in Kent County.
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2024-05-07
To Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee
DESB273Intro
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This Act legalizes the sale and distribution of raw milk and products derived from raw milk by dairy producers directly to consumers for human consumption. This Act also removes the unused definitions of Delaware fresh milk and northeastern fresh mil...
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2024-05-02
[Hearing: May 15 @ 11:00 am]
To Senate Agriculture Committee
DESB220PassMedicaid is generally the payer of last resort, meaning that Medicaid only pays claims for covered items and services if there are no other liable third-party payers for the same items and services. When Medicaid beneficiaries have one or more additi...
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2024-04-30
Signed by Governor
DEHB381Intro
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This Act requires the Delaware Real Estate Commission to create a comprehensive, statewide rights & responsibilities guide (guide) for landlords and tenants. This guide will reference responsibilities that a tenant or landlord must follow, includ...
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2024-04-25
Reported Out of Committee (Housing) in House with 8 On Its Merits
DESCR131Engross
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This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes May 2024 as "Older Americans Month" in the State of Delaware.
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2024-04-25
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESCR148Engross
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This Resolution recognizes May 1, 2024, as "Maternal Mental Health Awareness Day" in Delaware.
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2024-04-25
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESCR149Engross
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This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes April 29 to May 4, 2024, as "Auctioneers Week" in the State of Delaware.
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2024-04-25
Passed In House by Voice Vote
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