Delaware Senator Jack Walsh [D] | Introduced

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DEHB30Intro

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This Act amends the Public Laws of Delaware relating to the Affordable Housing Production Task Force by extending the deadline for the provision of the final report of the Task Force from March 1, 2025 to April 7, 2025.
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2024-12-19
To House Housing Committee
DEHB22Intro

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This Act provides that commissioned constables have the authority to direct traffic, if they are doing so while in the performance of the lawful duties of employment. In addition to explicitly granting constables this power under § 5609 of Title 24,...
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2024-12-19
To House Education Committee
DEHB26Intro

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This Act makes it unlawful to possess, operate any motor vehicle with, purchase, install, manufacture, sell, offer to sell, or otherwise distribute a number plate flipping device. A number plate flipping device means a manual, electric, or mechanical...
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2024-12-19
To House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee
DEHB438Intro

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This Act makes changes to the Paid Family and Medical Leave Program. It removes the employer as the party responsible for making eligibility determinations and claims decisions and instead reallocates this responsibility to the Department of Labor an...
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2024-06-25
To House Appropriations Committee
DESB333Intro

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This Act eliminates the requirement that a school, school district, or licensed child care provider keep community notifications in a binder. Instead, schools, school district, or licensed child care providers are required to provide all of the follo...
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2024-06-25
To Senate Judiciary 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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2024-06-20
Amendment HA 1 to HB 399 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DEHB435Intro

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This bill creates a new chapter in Title 30 and establishes the STEM Talent Advancement and Retention Program (STAR Program) and the STEM Talent Advancement and Retention Fund (STAR Fund). The purpose of this STAR Program is to incentivize and attrac...
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2024-06-18
To House Appropriations Committee
DESB332Intro

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This Act requires the Department of Health and Social Services, in consultation with persons interested in the sale and pricing of prescription drugs as well as interested federal and state officials and agencies, to design and implement a wholesale ...
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2024-06-13
To Senate Executive Committee
DESB324Intro

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This Act amends provisions in Title 19 and Title 29 of the Delaware Code relating to the Department of Labors enforcement procedures and wage and hour enforcement.
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2024-06-11
To Senate Labor Committee
DEHB421Intro

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This bill amends section 1318 of Title 14 to provide an education employee paid time off to recover from injury incurred in the performance of duty.
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2024-06-06
To House Education Committee
DEHB406Intro

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This bill grants the Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement the ability to enter into offers in compromise with importers to resolve alleged violations of Title 4 and Office of the Delaware Alcoholic Beverage Control Commissioner Rules. Currentl...
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2024-05-23
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 8 On Its Merits
DEHB388Intro

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This Act updates the Clean Indoor Air Act to include the burning of marijuana or the use of marijuana in an electronic smoking device as a prohibited activity in all the same locations where smoking a tobacco product or using an electronic smoking de...
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2024-05-09
To House Health & Human Development Committee
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
DESB255Intro

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This Act does the following:
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2024-04-24
Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
DEHB331Intro

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This Act creates a scholarship for students who have completed a Delaware Teacher Academy and are enrolled in a Delaware Educator Preparation Program. This scholarship supplements the Educator Support Scholarship and is intended to fill a $2500 fundi...
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2024-03-28
To House Appropriations Committee
DEHB303Intro

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This Act modifies the eligibility standard from 100% disability to 80% disability or greater for veterans to qualify for the credit against taxation on qualified property and corrects a typographical error.
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2024-03-27
Not Worked in Committee
DESB240Intro

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This Act requires the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance (Division) to produce a report by March 31, 2025, that documents home care services as measured using the most common billing codes for the home care industry. The Act identifies the s...
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2024-03-27
To Senate Finance Committee
DEHB115Intro

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This Act does all of the following:
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2024-03-21
Stricken in House
DEHB289Intro

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Section 1 of this Act increases the burial benefit for individuals eligible to receive a pension under the State Employees Pension Plan (Chapter 55 of Title 29 of the Delaware Code) from $7,000 to $8,000. The burial benefit has not been increased sin...
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2024-03-19
To House Appropriations Committee
DEHB306Intro

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This Act permits the Division of Motor Vehicles to refuse to renew the registration of a vehicle that is operated in violation of the law requiring stopping for school buses as evidenced by School Bus Safety Cameras.
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2024-03-06
Motion to Release Failed
DEHB307Intro

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This Act provides a tuition waiver for victims of human trafficking who are enrolled in the University of Delaware, Delaware State University, or Delaware Technical Community College.
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2024-02-29
To House Education Committee
DESB222Intro

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This legislation closes a loophole in the current law which allows 100% of the work being completed on a jobsite to be done by workers only possessing an apprentice license. Currently, under Delaware law, an apprentice license can be acquired with li...
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2024-02-29
To Senate Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee
DESB217Intro

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This Act creates a professional loan-to-grant incentive program to encourage Delawareans to pursue careers in nursing at long-term care facilities. Funding for the incentive program is to be appropriated annually by the General Assembly, in an amount...
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2024-02-26
To Senate Education Committee
DEHB325Intro

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This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2025 Bond and Capital Improvements Act.
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2024-01-25
To House Capital Infrastructure Committee
DEHB266Intro

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This Act adds wages earned as a result of required additional work hours to the definition of compensation for purposes of calculating pensions in the County and Municipal Police/Firefighter Pension Plan. Currently such mandatory ordered additional w...
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2024-01-17
Not Worked in Committee
DESB204Intro

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Before October 1, 2020, Delaware was 1 of only 3 states that did not offer some form of adult dental coverage through Medicaid. With the enactment of Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill 92 (150th General Assembly) (Chapter 187 of Volume 82 of the...
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2024-01-17
To Senate Finance Committee
DEHB278Intro

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This Act requires that a train or light engine used to move freight by railroad have a crew of at least 2 individuals. Violation of this statute subjects the railroad to a $500 fine for a first offense, and a $1,000 fine for a second or subsequent of...
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2024-01-09
To House Transportation Committee
DEHB258Intro

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Section 1 of this Act removes domestic service workers from the definition of employee in Chapter 9, Title 19 of the Delaware Code pertaining to minimum wage. A domestic service worker who otherwise qualifies as an employee is entitled to a minimum w...
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2023-07-07
To House Labor Committee
DESB196Intro

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This legislation establishes a voluntary certification program for 24/7 Emergent Physician Care Centers and is designed to help Delawareans chose the right level of walk-in, medical care. The importance of 24/7 Physician Care Centers in the delivery ...
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2023-06-29
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee
DEHB167Intro

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This Act is a substitute for House Bill No. 167. Like House Bill No. 167, this Act establishes school resource officer units to fund school resources officers in all Delaware public schools. Specifically, this Act funds at least 1 school resource off...
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2023-06-21
To House Appropriations Committee
DESB181Intro

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This Act provides that a contractor is jointly or severally liable for a violation of the Delaware Contractor Registration Act by a subcontractor.
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2023-06-15
To Senate Labor Committee
DEHB170Intro

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This Act does all of the following regarding suspected human trafficking of children:
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2023-06-14
To House Appropriations Committee
DEHB199Intro

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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 nurse staffing agencies that staff temporary nurses in long-term care facilities in the State and assigns ove...
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2023-06-09
Stricken in House
DEHB175Intro

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This Act adds provisions to Title 21 defining accessible parking spaces, incorporating federal standards for accessible parking spaces found in the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable regulations. The Act also provides additional requireme...
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2023-06-07
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 11 On Its Merits
DEHB179Intro

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This Act requires the Department of Transportation to issue an entrance permit to a private or public utility upon presentation of a satisfactory entrance permit application where the private or public utility owns or has an easement for the entrance...
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2023-06-01
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee
DEHB8Intro

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This Act directs state agencies to collaborate on the development and implementation of clean construction preferences that will allow for the incorporation and consideration of sustainability and carbon impact data in the award of public works contr...
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2023-06-01
Amendment HA 1 to HB 8 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DESB162Intro

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This Act will establish the ability for contracted third-party agreements between select qualified private companies and the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles to process certain vehicle-related services. This will act as an additional resource if c...
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2023-06-01
To Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee
DESB143Intro

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This Act makes several changes intended to improve the claims payment process by health insurers. Specifically, the Act: (i) codifies the definition of clean claim adopted in Department of Insurance regulations; (ii) requires an insurer to treat erro...
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2023-05-19
To Senate Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee
DESB94Intro

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The State of Delaware previously offered an employer match for state employee contributions to the deferred compensation program. The purpose of the match was to help state employees save and build wealth for retirement and to enable state government...
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2023-05-17
To Senate Finance Committee
DESB130Intro

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This Act prohibits restrictive covenants that prohibit or unreasonably restricts the owner of real property from installing or using a clothesline. The average electric dryer requires 2.1 kilowatt hours (kwh) to complete each load of laundry, althoug...
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2023-05-16
To Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee
DESB127Intro

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This Act adds different levels of criminal liability based on the specifics of a case for directors or managers of facilities who fail to take corrective action to protect patients or residents from criminal activity.
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2023-05-11
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee
DESB104Intro

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This Act creates a separate offense for theft of a catalytic converter. A first offense of catalytic converter 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 of...
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2023-05-10
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
DESB100Intro

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This Act adds Drug Dealing or Possession - Tier 3 to the list of violent felonies under section 4201(c) of Title 11 in recognition of the association of higher drug volumes and gun violence. Nothing in this act is intended to affect the violent felon...
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2023-05-03
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
DESB42Intro

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This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 42 and Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 42. Like Senate Bill No. 42 and Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 42, this Act does all of the following:
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2023-05-02
was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 42
DESB101Intro

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This Bill amends the Uniform Controlled Substances Act to establish quantity tiers specific to drug offenses involving fentanyl. This update to the UCSA accounts for the high potency and lethality of fentanyl relative to other substances in its curre...
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2023-04-26
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee
DESB77Intro

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This Act creates a separate offense for theft of a catalytic converter. A first offense of catalytic converter 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 of...
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2023-04-25
Stricken in Senate
DESB84Intro

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Under this Act, a premium cigar means any roll for smoking that is all of the following:
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2023-04-19
To Senate Executive Committee
DEHB101Intro

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This Act directs DelDOT and DNREC to develop a program to allow for the expedited review of entrance plans and stormwater and sediment plans associated with new development. Under this process a consultant pre-approved by DelDOT and/or DNREC would co...
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2023-03-30
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee
DEHB103Intro

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Transportation infrastructure is critical to the safe and efficient movement of people as well as goods and services throughout the State. The Delaware Strategies and Spending identifies various investment levels to help prioritize State infrastructu...
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2023-03-30
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee
DESB45Intro

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Under current Delaware law, if a labor dispute constitutes a lockout, employees are immediately eligible for unemployment benefits. Additionally, current law permits an individual to collect unemployment benefits beginning the third week of a labor d...
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2023-03-29
Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 4 Favorable
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