Delaware Senator Kyra Hoffner [D]

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
DE	HB31	Intro Prefile	This act regulates persons who receive compensation for advising or assisting with veterans' benefits earned by serving our nation in the military. This bill would not prohibit persons or business entities from receiving compensation for advice t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-12-19 To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee
DE	HB140	Intro Prefile	This Act permits a terminally ill individual who is an adult resident of Delaware to request and self-administer medication to end the individual's life in a humane and dignified manner if both the individual's attending physician or attendin... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-12-19 To House Health & Human Development Committee
DE	HB22	Intro Prefile	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,... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-12-19 To House Education Committee
DE	HB21	Intro Prefile	This Act bans the sale of Tianeptine in the State by identifying it as a Schedule I controlled substance. Tianeptine, also known as gas station heroin, is an antidepressant drug that is not approved by the FDA and is being sold as a dietary supplemen... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-12-19 To House Health & Human Development 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	HB35	Intro Prefile	This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty. The Act also removes reference to capital offenses in Section 12 of Article I because that language is inconsistent with a constitutional prohibi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-12-19 To House Administration Committee
DE	HB212	Pass	House Substitute No. 2 to House Bill 212 prohibits manufactured home community owners from increasing rent if the rent was increased by 5 percent or more the previous year or rental period, instead permitting an increase capped at 3 percent. This Act... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-11-02 Signed by Governor
DE	HB275	Pass	This Act updates the definition of "sexual orientation" throughout the Delaware Code by adding asexuality and pansexuality. Asexuality refers to individuals with little to no sexual attraction to other individuals, although asexual individu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-11-02 Signed by Governor
DE	HB247	Pass	There were 139 traffic fatalities in Delaware in 2021, the highest number of traffic fatalities since 2006. Senate Concurrent Resolution 94 of the 151st Delaware General Assembly set a goal of no more than 100 traffic fatalities per year and tasked s... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-11-01 Signed by Governor
DE	HB14	Pass	This Act creates a new license for the use of trotlines in commercial crabbing. This Act prohibits a person from possessing a commercial crab pot license and trotline license at the same time. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-11-01 Signed by Governor
DE	HB308	Pass	This Act mandates that employees of institutions of higher education and students receive training in sexual assault prevention. Although the current law makes training available, it has not been required. This Act further changes the reporting perio... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-11-01 Signed by Governor
DE	HB332	Pass	This Act codifies the teacher academy pathways program that prepares students for careers in elementary and secondary education. Among other things, it requires the DOE to update and revise statewide standards and guidelines for teacher academies and... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-11-01 Signed by Governor
DE	HB368	Pass	This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's ("JLOSC") review of the Provider Advisory Board ("Board"). Based on its findings, JLOSC recommended sunsetting the Board, which is addressed in sep... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-11-01 Signed by Governor
DE	HB367	Pass	This Act sunsets the Provider Advisory Board (Board) and is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's ("JLOSC") review of the Board. The Board was created in 2011 at JLOSC's recommendation when it reviewed t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-11-01 Signed by Governor
DE	HB393	Pass	This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's ("JLOSC") review of Adult Protective Services ("APS"). JLOSC approved recommendations to modify several areas of the APS statute, Chapter 39 of Tit... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-11-01 Signed by Governor
DE	HB302	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-28 Signed by Governor
DE	HB86	Pass	This Act establishes a right to counsel for indigent parents in DSCYF custody proceedings. Parent representation will primarily be provided by a legal services entity contracted with the Family Court, but may also be provided by the Office of Defense... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-25 Signed by Governor
DE	HB23	Pass	This Act does the following: [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-25 Signed by Governor
DE	HB340	Pass	This Act authorizes the creation of Family Justice Centers within Delaware to provide victims of crime with a single source to obtain resources and support services. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-25 Signed by Governor
DE	HB223	Pass	This Act amends the continuing education requirements for nursing professionals, mandating that all nursing professionals receive at least one hour of continuing education in each reporting period on the recognition of sexual or physical abuse, explo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-23 Signed by Governor
DE	HB267	Pass	This Act prohibits the Family Court from imposing a sentence of incarceration or ordering the suspension of a persons license for failure to pay court-ordered child support unless it finds that the failure to pay is wilful and not due to an inability... [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	HB423	Pass	This Act permits a farm winery to apply for a license for use of a portion of the farm winery premises as a restaurant. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-23 Signed by Governor
DE	HB404	Pass	To address the significant spread and impact of Lyme Disease in Delaware, this bill creates a Lyme Disease intervention fund. The fund shall be overseen by the Department of Agriculture and shall have the goal of reducing the prevalence of Lyme disea... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-23 Signed by Governor
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	HB253	Pass	This Act is a substitute for House Bill 253. Like HB 253, it requires health insurance companies, including State employee/retiree health plans and Medicaid, to cover annual mammograms for the purpose of early detection for a woman 40 years of age or... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB277	Pass	This Act designates the Court of Common Pleas as the court with original jurisdiction of offenses under section 4172 of Title 21. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB286	Pass	Like House Bill No. 286, House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill No. 286 prohibits discrimination in life insurance based on genetic characteristics, genetic information, or the result of any genetic test. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB16	Pass	This Act requires that Medicaid and State employee health plans cover: (1) ovarian cancer monitoring tests for women treated for ovarian cancer; and (2) annual screening tests for women at risk for ovarian cancer. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB190	Pass	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. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB355	Pass	This Act provides legal protections for financial institutions and other entities that provide financial or accounting services to cannabis-related businesses that are licensed or registered under Delaware law. Specifically, it clarifies that banks, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB353	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB419	Pass	This Act requires the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families (DSCYF) to provide new luggage to children in foster care to use for the transportation of their personal belongings when entering custody, moving from one placement... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-09 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	SB13	Pass	Healthcare facility assessments are currently the second largest source of funding for states shares of Medicaid costs, behind general funds. Today, 49 states have at least one facility assessment in place, including Delaware, while 34 states and Was... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-10-01 Signed by Governor
DE	SB233	Pass	This Act establishes employment protections for certain service employees during changes of ownership by requiring all of the following: [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-30 Signed by Governor
DE	SJR6	Pass	This resolution directs health care professional licensure boards to review their existing professional licensure application language to revise or remove all intrusive and stigmatizing language around mental health care and treatment and replace it ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-30 Signed by Governor
DE	SB259	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-30 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	SB289	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-30 Signed by Governor
DE	SB299	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-30 Signed by Governor
DE	SB305	Pass	This Act streamlines and modernizes the State Early Childhood Education Program in § 3001 of Title 14, also referred to as State-funded early care and education, as follows: [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-30 Signed by Governor
DE	SB319	Pass	This Act changes the requirements for continuing education for doctors related to Alzheimers disease or other dementias to require that doctors must only complete 2 hours of this continuing education once. Doctors who do not have direct patient inter... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-30 Signed by Governor
DE	HB70	Pass	This Act eliminates the death penalty in Delaware. As such, the penalty for a person who is convicted of first-degree murder for an offense that was committed after the persons 18th birthday is imprisonment for the remainder of the persons natural li... [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	SB203	Pass	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 ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-26 Signed by Governor
DE	HB322	Pass	This Act establishes the Delaware Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage and Culture. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-26 Signed by Governor
DE	SB251	Pass	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 ... [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