Delaware Senator David Lawson [R]

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
DE	HB27	Intro Prefile	This Act makes changes to the operating requirements for the Delaware Anti-Trafficking Action Council. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-12-19 To House Judiciary Committee
DE	HB32	Intro Prefile	This Act establishes school officer units to fund school resource officers or constables in all Delaware public schools. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-12-19 To House Education Committee
DE	HB1	Intro Prefile	This Act establishes a new state-level Department of Veterans Affairs led by a cabinet-level Secretary to advocate for and administer programs relating to veterans in the State of Delaware. It is the intent of this legislation that current staff of t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-12-19 To House Veterans Affairs Committee
DE	HB23	Intro Prefile	This Act makes the following changes to human trafficking law: [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-12-19 To House Judiciary Committee
DE	HB29	Intro Prefile	Each year, the Department of Education (Department) publishes data regarding all Delaware public schools, currently known as School Performance Data Reports (reports). These reports are available on the Departments website as the Delaware Report Card... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-12-19 To House Education Committee
DE	HB328	Pass	Senate Bill No. 288 of the 151st General Assembly (Chapter 371 of Volume 83 of the Laws of Delaware) created a pilot program whereby motorcyclists are permitted to use pulsating headlights as a way to alert other drivers of their presence, without al... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-23 Signed by Governor
DE	HB293	Pass	Federal and Delaware law protect the right to vote and the rights of individuals with disabilities to have equal access to voting places and public facilities. Nonetheless, recent information suggests that a substantial number of polling places in De... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-23 Signed by Governor
DE	HB434	Pass	This substitute bill requires the Secretary of DNREC to follow certain procedures when conducting public hearings, while giving discretion to the Secretary in choosing which hearings the procedures apply to. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-23 Signed by Governor
DE	SJR4	Pass	This Joint Resolution directs the Division of Motor Vehicles to opt into the FMCSAs federal exemption that allows for first time CDL applicants seeking a school bus only endorsement on their drivers license. An applicants school bus only endorsement ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-01 Signed by Governor
DE	SB274	Pass	Affordable housing is key to building strong communities and neighborhoods. This act provides that the developer of a residential subdivision is provided a percentage credit towards the expense of offsite improvements to state-maintained highways con... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-30 Signed by Governor
DE	SB16	Pass	The governance of this State relies on the qualifications and performance of the members of the Governors cabinet. The General Assembly finds that the confirmation process is an important step to ensure the qualifications and performance of the Gover... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-30 Signed by Governor
DE	SB197	Pass	This Act revises State procurement rules to require that beginning January 1, 2026, state agencies under Chapter 69 of Title 29 must purchase only native plants, including cultivars and hybrids of native plants, in the development of new landscaped a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-26 Signed by Governor
DE	SB279	Pass	Section 2306 of Title 14 requires that when a new school is constructed or a major renovation is undertaken, the construction or renovation must include certain safety features, including a secured vestibule and the installation of "ballistic re... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-26 Signed by Governor
DE	SB273	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-26 Signed by Governor
DE	SB169	Pass	This Act creates the Delaware Wrongful Conviction Compensation and Service Act. The Act provides compensation and reintegration services to individuals who have served sentences of incarceration, wrongful incarceration in a psychiatric institution, p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-26 Signed by Governor
DE	SB329	Pass	This Act defines United States military pension for the exclusion for taxable income. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-26 Signed by Governor
DE	SB314	Pass	This Act removes supervision from the scope of practice of a masters social worker. This Act also prohibits a masters social worker from providing supervision to a licensed clinical social worker applicant. The Board of Social Work Examiners (Board) ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-26 Signed by Governor
DE	SB272	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-24 Signed by Governor
DE	SB202	Pass	For claims for line of duty death benefits for covered persons, which include police officers, firefighters, auxiliary and volunteer ambulance and rescue company members, paramedics, and others, submitted on July 1, 2023, and thereafter, this Act inc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-19 Signed by Governor
DE	SB221	Pass	This Act provides that the next of kin of a deceased police officer, member of a fire department, or member of the Delaware National Guard is entitled to a Delaware state flag if the deceased person served in at least 1 qualifying entity for at least... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-19 Signed by Governor
DE	HB382	Pass	This Act requires that public school students receive a vision screening, including a test for color blindness, in kindergarten. Students must also receive vision screenings at appropriate intervals in grades 1 through 12, to be determined by the DOE... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-19 Signed by Governor
DE	HB411	Pass	This bill seeks to amend sections of Chapter 66 concerning the members of Delaware Volunteer Fire Departments. This bill will hold current members to the same standards as applicants with relation to criminal activity. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-19 Signed by Governor
DE	SB198	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-29 Signed by Governor
DE	SB254	Pass	This Act creates the Delaware Grocery Initiative. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-29 Signed by Governor
DE	HB264	Pass	This Act makes the crime of patronizing a prostitute a class E felony rather than a misdemeanor where the person from whom prostitution is sought is a minor. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-29 Signed by Governor
DE	SB282	Pass	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 Crimina... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-12 Signed by Governor
DE	SB283	Pass	This Act repeals the DELJIS Fund fee imposed on criminal defendants. The elimination of this fee 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-12 Signed by Governor
DE	SB238	Pass	This Act adds "victim of kidnapping" to the definition section of the Address Confidentiality Act, allowing for kidnapping victims to become eligible for the protections offered by the Address Confidentiality Program. This amendment is reco... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-02 Signed by Governor
DE	SB260	Pass	This Act is a result of the work of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association ("DIAA") Task Force. The current process for promulgating DIAA-related regulations grants the regulatory authority to the Department of Education ("D... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-02 Signed by Governor
DE	SB215	Pass	This Act requires the Department of Health and Social Services to inspect long-term care facilities on an annual basis. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-01 Signed by Governor
DE	HB310	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-29 Signed by Governor
DE	HB87	Pass	This Act establishes the Delaware Agricultural Production Assistance Program. The Program will provide a subsidy of up to 30% of the premium for eligible producers multi-peril crop insurance premium, or whole farm revenue protection premium up to a m... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-25 Signed by Governor
DE	HB392	Pass	The United States Department of Agriculture runs a voluntary program that provides risk management coverage to dairy producers that pays out based on the difference between the national price of milk and the average cost of feed. This Act enables the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-25 Signed by Governor
DE	SB228	Pass	This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 228. This Act achieves the intent of Senate Bill No. 228 by providing an exception to the general prohibition against semiautomatic pistols that have the ability to accept detachable ammunition magazines t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-17 Signed by Governor
DE	SB302	Pass	This Act allows a licensed brewery-pub located within the premises of a public golf courses to apply to the Commissioner for a license to sell alcoholic beverages to patrons of the golf course if the brewery-pub and public golf course share common ow... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-17 Signed by Governor
DE	SB236	Pass	This bill: (a) extends the expiration date for any new issuance or renewal of an ADA placard from 3 years to 8 years for a specific person with a diagnosis of a permanent disability and changing the minimum age from 85 to 80 years or older, (b) exten... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-17 Signed by Governor
DE	HB442	Pass	This Act creates the Affordable Housing Production Task Force (Task Force). The purpose and mission of the Task Force is to investigate and make findings and rcommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on how the State and local governmen... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-17 Signed by Governor
DE	HB349	Pass	This bill codifies that the Superior Court Veterans Treatment Court is a qualified rehabilitation program under § 4177D of Title 21 of the Delaware Code for persons seeking to have their driver's licenses reinstated after a DUI. This Act makes t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-30 Signed by Governor
DE	SB326	Pass	This Act appropriates $168,362,517 to provide one-time funded projects through the Office of Management and Budget. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-30 Signed by Governor
DE	SB325	Pass	This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations Act. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-30 Signed by Governor
DE	SB270	Pass	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. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-30 Signed by Governor
DE	SJR9	Pass	This Resolution provides the official revenue, refund, and unencumbered funds estimates for Fiscal Year 2024. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-30 Signed by Governor
DE	SJR10	Pass	This Resolution provides the official revenue, refund, and unencumbered funds estimates for Fiscal Year 2025. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-30 Signed by Governor
DE	HCR163	Engross Sine Die	This Concurrent Resolution honors the Marine Corps 249th Birthday on November 10, 2024. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DE	SB327	Pass	This Act provides supplementary appropriations to certain Grants-in-Aid recipients for Fiscal Year 2025. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-30 Signed by Governor
DE	SCR206	Fail	This Senate Concurrent Resolution establishes the Delaware Restoring the Family Unit Task Force. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-30 Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 12 NO 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT
DE	HCR160	Engross Sine Die	This House Concurrent Resolution urges the establishment of a medical school in the State of Delaware; calls for the formation of a formal Steering Group to guide the planning and implementation of a medical school; encourages the pursuit of partners... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING
DE	HB282	Veto	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 emplo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-27 Enacted into Law
DE	SCR200	Engross Sine Die	Because of the serious consequences of the drug overdose epidemic, this Senate Concurrent Resolution respectfully requests a report from the Delaware Department of Education to follow up on the recommendations contained in the 154-page Delaware Drug ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-27 Passed in House by Voice Vote
DE	SCR204	Engross Sine Die	This Resolution designates July 26, 2024, as Americans with Disabilities Act Day in the State of Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-27 Passed in House by Voice Vote