Delaware Representative Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]

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DEHB286PassLike 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.
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2024-10-09
Signed by Governor
DEHB355PassThis 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, ...
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2024-10-09
Signed by Governor
DEHB253PassThis 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...
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2024-10-09
Signed by Governor
DEHB353PassThis 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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2024-10-09
Signed by Governor
DEHB363PassThis Act requires a landlord who provides a dwelling place to a person as part of their employment compensation to provide them with a disclosure form advising them of the conditions and requirements for occupancy and vacancy of the premises once the...
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2024-10-09
Signed by Governor
DEHB16PassThis 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.
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2024-10-09
Signed by Governor
DEHB377PassThis Act implements a recommendation from the December 31, 2023, Report of the Retiree Healthcare Benefits Advisory Subcommittee (RHBAS). Under this Act, the State must continue to offer eligible pensioners first employed by the State as a regular of...
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2024-10-01
Enact w/o Sign by Governor
DEHB376PassThis Act implements a recommendation from the December 31, 2023, Report of the Retiree Healthcare Benefits Advisory Subcommittee. Under this Act, the state group health insurance program must include a pensioner coordination of benefits policy for el...
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2024-09-30
Signed by Governor
DEHB375PassThis Act implements a recommendation from the December 31, 2023, Report of the Retiree Healthcare Benefits Advisory Subcommittee. Under this Act, the amount of the premium for a health-care insurance plan that this State will pay on behalf of eligibl...
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2024-09-30
Signed by Governor
DEHB322PassThis Act establishes the Delaware Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage and Culture.
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2024-09-26
Signed by Governor
DEHB70PassThis 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...
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2024-09-26
Signed by Governor
DEHB317PassThis bill creates a requirement for all sellers of third-party gift cards to display a notice of potential scams involving gift cards.
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2024-09-26
Signed by Governor
DESB286PassThis Act codifies the Delaware Hispanic Commission (Commission). The Commission was created by former Governor Jack Markell in Executive Order Number 28 to combine and streamline the duties of the former Governors Council on Hispanic Affairs and the ...
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2024-09-26
Signed by Governor
DESB273PassThis 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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2024-09-26
Signed by Governor
DESB169PassThis 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...
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2024-09-26
Signed by Governor
DEHB374PassThis Act updates House Bill 455 from the 151st General Assembly by providing the same legal protections afforded providers of contraceptive and abortion services to providers of fertility treatment. In summary, this Act does the following:
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2024-09-24
Signed by Governor
DESB272PassPharmacists 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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2024-09-24
Signed by Governor
DEHB362PassIn 2023, the General Assembly passed House Bill 80, which required the coverage of doula services under the States Medicaid plan beginning in 2024. This Act would require similar coverage under private health insurance plans.
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2024-09-24
Signed by Governor
DESB194PassThis 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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2024-09-24
Signed by Governor
DEHB426PassThis Act ensures that pregnant women in DOC custody, at Level IV or V, are able to meet with a doula or midwife to create a birth plan surrounding the birth of their child. Among other things, the birth plan must include a statement identifying a pre...
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2024-09-24
Signed by Governor
DESB202PassFor 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...
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2024-09-19
Signed by Governor
DEHB298PassThis Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committees (JLOSC) review of Adult Protective Services. This Act creates the Vulnerable Adult Populations Commission (Commission), whose purpose is to improve the response to and redu...
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2024-09-19
Signed by Governor
DEHB204PassThis 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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2024-09-19
Signed by Governor
DEHB382PassThis 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...
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2024-09-19
Signed by Governor
DEHB383PassThis substitute for House Bill 383 does the following:
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2024-09-19
Signed by Governor
DEHB274PassEarly, sustained exposure to peanut and egg proteins in the infant diet significantly reduces the risk that an infant will develop a peanut or egg allergy, saving lives and future health care costs. Following multiple clinical studies, the current gu...
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2024-08-29
Signed by Governor
DEHB366PassThis Act sunsets the Technology Investment Council ("TIC"). The Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee ("JLOSC") reviewed TIC in 2022 and, as a result of the review, JLOSC sponsored House Bill No. 357 of the 151st Genera...
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2024-08-29
Signed by Governor
DESB232PassIn light of the Federal Drug Administrations recent approval of over-the-counter non-emergency contraceptive pills, this bill expands the contraceptive coverage laws to include over-the-counter non-emergency contraceptive pills.
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2024-08-29
Signed by Governor
DEHB155PassThis bill makes the unsafe storage of a firearm in a vehicle a class A misdemeanor if the person knowingly leaves a firearm unattended in a vehicle and the firearm is not stored in a locked box or container, a firearms rack that is on the motor vehic...
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2024-08-15
Signed by Governor
DEHB324PassThis Act makes several changes to the Code relating to the Department of Finance.
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2024-08-15
Signed by Governor
DEHB209PassThis Act prohibits rental companies, shared vehicle owners, and peer-to-peer car sharing programs from recovering damages and charging administrative fees relating to the loss of use of a rental vehicle or shared vehicle. This Act abrogates the commo...
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2024-08-12
Signed by Governor
DESB212PassLike Senate Bill No. 212, Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 212 codifies the Bureau of Health Equity (BHE) in the Division of Public Health, which includes the Office of Minority Health and the Office of Womens Health. The purpose of the BH...
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2024-08-12
Signed by Governor
DESB282PassThis 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...
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2024-08-12
Signed by Governor
DESB284PassThis Act discharges balances owed by individuals ordered to pay a probation supervision fee under § 6504(14) of Title 11 of the Delaware Code or a Public Defender fee under § 4607 of Title 29 of the Delaware Code. The probation supervision fee and ...
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2024-08-12
Signed by Governor
DESB283PassThis 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...
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2024-08-12
Signed by Governor
DESB293PassThe Delaware Fair Housing Act, Chapter 46 of Title 6, and Residential Landlord-Tenant Code, Chapter 51 of Title 25, both prohibit discrimination based on source of income, which is defined as including rental payments from any government program. How...
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2024-08-09
Signed by Governor
DESB245PassThe Office of Foreclosure Prevention and Financial Education and the Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program were created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to assist homeowners at risk of foreclosure or already navigating the forecl...
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2024-08-09
Signed by Governor
DEHB200PassThis 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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2024-08-07
Signed by Governor
DEHB5PassThe States Medicaid Plan still limits the reimbursement of Medicaid-covered, school-based behavioral health services to those provided under an Individualized Educational Program (IEP) or Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP), despite federal pol...
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2024-08-07
Signed by Governor
DEHB263PassThis Act prohibits local education agencies and charter schools from prohibiting a student from participating in a school sponsored extracurricular activity on the basis the student has an outstanding debt for unpaid school meals.
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2024-08-02
Signed by Governor
DEHB279PassThis Act allows school employees up to 5 days of bereavement leave under the same circumstances as permitted for state employees.
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2024-08-02
Signed by Governor
DEHB284PassThis is a clean-up bill that moves certain workers compensation-related provisions in Chapter 25 of Title 18 to Chapter 26 of Title 18, the latter of which shall exclusively govern workers compensation filings. The bill also makes technical correctio...
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2024-08-02
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DEHB313PassThis 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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2024-08-02
Signed by Governor
DESB231PassThis Act removes the sunset provision in Chapter 453, Volume 83 of the Laws of Delaware relating to the program established under §9011A of Title 29 to assist individuals who are in or have experienced foster care in Delaware with driver education, ...
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2024-08-02
Signed by Governor
DEHB318PassThis Act increases the exemption in bankruptcy and other debt proceedings for a debtors personal residence from $125,000 to $200,000. The exemption has been limited to $125,000 since 2012 while home prices have increased dramatically in the interveni...
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2024-08-02
Signed by Governor
DEHB255PassThis Act makes several updates to the Boiler Safety Program. The Boiler Safety Program can issue certificates of compliance and the Secretary can grant variances. A 6th member is added to the Boiler Safety Council from associated labor unions. It add...
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2024-08-02
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DEHB405PassThis Act removes the requirement that a juvenile can only be referred to the the Juvenile Offender Civil Citation Program a second or subsequent time if the juveniles prior referral was for a different offense than the second referral, allowing a juv...
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2024-08-02
Signed by Governor
DESB238PassThis 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...
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2024-08-02
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DEHB364PassThis Act requires that individual, blanket, and group health insurance carriers cover drug treatment for the associated conditions of metastatic cancer in the same way treatment for metastatic cancer is covered. Specifically, it requires insurance co...
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2024-08-02
Signed by Governor
DESB150PassThis Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 150. Like Senate Bill No. 150, this Act requires included facilities have sufficient staff to meet the needs of each resident and requires dementia care services training for staff. This Act differs from S...
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2024-08-01
Signed by Governor
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