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DEHB209Intro

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This Act protects the rights of individuals who do not receive COVID-19 vaccinations. This will prohibit the state, schools, political subdivisions, and certain recipients of state funds from denying access or services to such persons.
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2021-06-03
To House Administration Committee
DEHB189Intro

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This Act codifies what valid forms of identification are to be included with the statement an elector must prepare to request an absentee ballot. It also allows for an elector submitting the statement by mail to include a clear photocopy of one of th...
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2021-05-18
To House Administration Committee
DEHB188Intro

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This Act makes fraudulent voting a class G felony level crime, with a fine of not less than $1,000 for a first offense or not less than $2,000 for a subsequent offense. Upon conviction, the person shall forfeit their right of suffrage for 5 years.
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2021-05-18
To House Administration Committee
DEHCR23Intro

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This Resolution requires the Department of Elections to review practices in Delaware and other states and make recommendations relating to verifying signatures on absentee ballots.
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2021-05-18
To House Administration Committee
DEHB187Intro

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This Act specifies the duty of election officers to establish the identity of a voter by requesting explicit forms of identification. Any citizen presenting themselves as a voter at a polling place, but who is unable to provide an acceptable form of ...
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2021-05-18
To House Administration Committee
DEHB154Intro

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This Act makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to discriminate against any individual because of their political affiliation or political belief.
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2021-05-12
Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
DESB108Intro

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This Act requires a physician to offer a patient ultrasound imaging and auscultation of fetal heart tone services before terminating a pregnancy and provides civil and criminal penalties for the failure of a physician to comply with this requirement....
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2021-04-14
To Senate Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee
DEHB139Intro

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In 2018, the General Assembly enacted House Bill No. 204 of the 149th General Assembly, Chapter 200, Volume 81 of the Laws of Delaware, ("HB 204"), with "the goal of modernizing the pretrial process, reducing reliance on monetary condi...
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2021-03-30
To House Judiciary Committee
DEHB67Intro

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This bill closes a loophole in existing Delaware law by making it a crime for a person who is not otherwise legally eligible to own, possess, or purchase a firearm or ammunition to attempt to obtain same through fraud, deceit, or deception.
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2021-03-23
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 3 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
DESB17Intro

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This Act requires a physician to offer a patient ultrasound imaging and auscultation of fetal heart tone services before terminating a pregnancy and provides civil and criminal penalties for the failure of a physician to comply with this requirement....
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2021-03-16
Stricken in Senate
DEHB117Intro

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House Bill No. 292 of the 149th General Assembly established a 3 year pilot program (program) to implement the recommendations in the 2015 Autism Educational Task Force report. The pilot program revised the Delaware Autism Program toward a system whe...
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2021-03-16
To House Education Committee
DEHB69Intro

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This bill establishes a 2-year residential drinking water purification system pilot program to be administered through the Department of Health and Social Services with funding through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.
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2021-03-10
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 6 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits
DEHB12Intro

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This Act fully exempts county property taxes and local school taxes for a disabled veteran with a 100% VA rated service-connected, permanent and total disability or for a disabled veteran who is receiving 100% disability compensation due to individua...
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2021-03-09
Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in House with 11 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
DEHCR10Intro

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Requesting the Division of Research, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Delaware Department of Technology & Information to cooperate in creating a detailed and implementable plan to stream audio and video of all floor and committee acti...
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2021-03-09
To House Administration Committee
DESB62Intro

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This Act sets the minimum educational course requirements for each grade. It does not set the curriculum for these courses or how they will be presented within the classroom. The life skills program replaces the half credit currently listed as part o...
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2021-02-26
To Senate Education Committee
DESB71Intro

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In almost every mass murder that has occurred in the United States over the past 2 decades, subsequent investigations have revealed that the perpetrator had displayed what have become known as red flag indicators which, if known, identified, and repo...
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2021-02-26
To Senate Education Committee
DESB70Intro

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Currently, under § 718 of Title 7 of the Delaware Code, it is unlawful for an individual to hunt any wildlife, except migratory game birds, during deer season without displaying at least 400 square inches of hunter orange material. This Act requires...
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2021-02-26
To Senate Environment & Energy Committee
DEHB108Intro

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This act restores the $500 senior real property tax credit.
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2021-02-19
To House Administration Committee
DESB58Intro

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This Act removes the States authority to forcibly isolate, quarantine, vaccinate, or treat individuals against their will for COVID-19 during a state of emergency relating to COVID-19.
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2021-02-12
To Senate Executive Committee
DESJR1Intro

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This joint resolution rejects the 2021 report of the Delaware Compensation Commission in its entirety.
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2021-01-27
Defeated By Senate. Votes: 7 YES 14 NO
DESB53Intro

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On November 3, 2015, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a report titled "Elevated Rates of Urban Firearm Violence and Opportunities for Prevention Wilmington, Delaware" in which the CDC made 2 majo...
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2021-01-26
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee
DESR7Intro

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This Senate Resolution proclaims January 22, 2021 as "Sanctity of Human Life Day" in Delaware.
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2021-01-21
Defeated By Senate. Votes: 7 YES 12 NO 2 NOT VOTING
DESB43Intro

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Title 3 and Title 7 do not currently define the term farm and Title 3 does not currently define the term farm operations. This Act defines farm and farming operations for the purposes of Title 3 and Title 7. This Act amends the definition of farm ope...
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2021-01-21
To Senate Agriculture Committee
DESB16Intro

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This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment to establish the right to hunt and fish in Delaware. Twenty-one other states have preserved the rights of their citizens to hunt, fish, or trap wildlife. This Act is modeled after the constituti...
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2021-01-12
To Senate Executive Committee
DESB241Intro

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This Act provides supplementary appropriations to certain Grants-in-Aid for Fiscal Year 2021.
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2020-06-23
Defeated By Senate. Votes: 12 YES 9 NOT VOTING
DEHB357Intro

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In 48 states, the presidential candidate winning the majority of the popular vote is awarded that states total electoral votes.
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2020-06-18
To House Administration Committee
DESB234Intro

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Title 3 and Title 7 do not currently define the term farm and Title 3 does not currently define the term farm operations. This Act defines farm and farming operations for the purposes of Title 3 and Title 7. This Act amends the definition of farm ope...
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2020-06-10
Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate
DESB217Intro

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This Act limits the use of certain Class B firefighting foams (Class B foams) in Delaware. Class B foams are used to put out fires caused by flammable liquids like gasoline, oil, and jet fuel, and can be divided into 2 categories: those with PFAS che...
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2020-06-10
Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate
DESB232Intro

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This Act clarifies that yard waste is included in the types of trash and litter that it is illegal to discard on a highway. This Act also defines yard waste.
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2020-06-10
Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate
DESB221Intro

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Under current law, only a premises that qualifies as a restaurant or is operated by a not-for-profit group may allow customers to bring alcoholic beverages onto the premises.
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2020-06-10
Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate
DESB216Intro

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In almost every mass murder that has occurred in the United States over the past 2 decades, subsequent investigations have revealed that the perpetrator had displayed what have become known as red flag indicators which, if known, identified, and repo...
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2020-06-10
Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate
DESB222Intro

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In 2018, the General Assembly enacted House Bill No. 204 of the 149th General Assembly, Chapter 200, Volume 81 of the Laws of Delaware, ("HB 204"), with "the goal of modernizing the pretrial process, reducing reliance on monetary condi...
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2020-06-10
Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate
DEHB327Intro

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Transporters of mobile homes must have a hauling permit under Title 21, Chapter 45 to transport mobile homes on public roadways. This bill eliminates the need to also obtain a temporary registration to transport the mobile home.
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2020-03-27
To House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee
DEHB322Intro

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In 1994 the 137th General Assembly created the crime of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony. In the intervening decades, the length of the minimum required sentence of 3 years and 5 years for defendants with 2 prior felonies has...
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2020-03-27
To House Judiciary Committee
DEHB294Intro

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Most commonly, persons accused of subsection (a) of this section panhandling are homeless. Transferring such matters to the Court of Common Pleas allows persons so accused increased access to social services not available to them at the Justice of ...
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2020-03-12
Amendment HA 1 to HB 294 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DEHB316Intro

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This Act creates a $250 tax credit applicable to individual personal income taxes for certain lower income, working poor, individuals. In the case of spouses filing a joint return, the tax credit is $500. If spouses file their Delaware taxes separate...
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2020-03-12
To House Revenue & Finance Committee
DEHB302Intro

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In 2009, New Hampshire was the first state to develop a statewide Gun Shop Project, reaching out to gun shops regarding the role they can play in suicide prevention. In the years since, at least 21 other states have implemented similar campaigns. Thi...
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2020-03-12
To House Health & Human Development Committee
DESB215Intro

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On November 3, 2015, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a report titled "Elevated Rates of Urban Firearm Violence and Opportunities for Prevention Wilmington, Delaware" in which the CDC made 2 majo...
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2020-02-28
To Senate Judicial Committee
DEHB295Intro

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This bill would allow a court of competent jurisdiction to dismiss minor equipment violations upon a showing that repair(s) have been made. The sections include inoperative horn, missing rear-view mirror, improper window tint, and inoperable headligh...
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2020-01-30
To House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee
DEHB292Intro

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This amendment repeals Title 16 § 7204 in its entirety. This particular section prescribes a practice that is typically unused and handled through a traditional warrant process by charging a previous section of this chapter brought by a law enforcem...
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2020-01-30
To House Health & Human Development Committee
DEHB293Intro

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This bill requires a landlord to provide 15 days notice to a single room tenant prior to the termination of a rental agreement for any reason other than a material violation. This notice provision ensures that the tenant has time to find suitable hou...
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2020-01-30
To House Housing & Community Affairs Committee
DEHB296Intro

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This bill increases the amount that a tenant may deduct from rent in order to have necessary work done on the rental premises if the landlord fails to repair or maintain the premises after proper notice. The original amount of $200 was selected at th...
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2020-01-30
To House Housing & Community Affairs Committee
DESB209Intro

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This Act removes the exclusive jurisdiction of the Superior Court for offenses under § 4836 of this Title on the basis of the voluntary and involuntary exclusion lists. This would allow the Court of Common Pleas to hold jurisdiction over these offen...
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2020-01-29
Amendment SA 1 to SB 209 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DEHB265Intro

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This Act fully exempts county property taxes and local school taxes for a disabled veteran with a 100% VA rated service-connected, permanent and total disability or for a disabled veteran who is receiving 100% disability compensation due to individua...
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2020-01-29
To House Appropriations Committee
DESB204Intro

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This Act requires public schools to begin their school year after Labor Day. There have been many economic impact reports done that show a positive impact from starting public schools after Labor Day. A report by the Virginia Hospitality and Travel A...
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2020-01-23
To Senate Education Committee
DEHB282Intro

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This bill is the first leg of a Constitutional Amendment to require a 3/5 vote of each House of the General Assembly to enact a law that would enable a county to enact a tax or increase a tax rate above a rate currently authorized by state law.
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2020-01-21
To House Administration Committee
DEHCR69Intro

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Requesting the Division of Research, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Delaware Department of Technology & Information cooperate in creating a detailed and implementable plan to stream audio and video of all floor proceedings of the Ho...
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2020-01-16
To House Administration Committee
DEHB262Intro

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This Act permits the Division of Motor Vehicles to assign special license plates for firefighters, auxiliary members, or volunteer ambulance members to vehicles owned by an artificial entity, including a corporation, company, association, firm, partn...
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2020-01-15
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 9 Favorable
DESB203Intro

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This Act makes children with disabilities who attend homeschools eligible to receive speech language pathology and audiology services in the same manner as students who attend private schools.
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2020-01-15
To Senate Education Committee
DESB202Intro

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This Act clarifies that a person with a special license plate or permit for persons with disabilities which limit or impair the ability to walk may park for an unlimited period where the length of time is otherwise limited and must be able to park in...
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2020-01-15
To Senate Transportation Committee
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