Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session All Bills (Page 26)
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB438
Introduced
6/6/24
Introduced
6/6/24
Refer
6/25/24
Refer
6/6/24
Refer
6/25/24
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 and gives the Department authority to enter into contracts with other entities to review and adjudicate claims for benefits.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB439
Introduced
6/6/24
Introduced
6/6/24
Engrossed
6/20/24
Refer
6/6/24
Engrossed
6/20/24
Enrolled
6/30/24
Refer
6/20/24
Enrolled
6/30/24
Passed
9/26/24
Delaware law prohibits discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics in housing and property transactions. This Act would add "housing status" as a protected characteristic.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB44
Introduced
1/5/23
Introduced
1/5/23
Refer
1/5/23
The constitutional requirement to create new legislative districts following the U.S. Census was intended to ensure equal representation at all levels of government. However, Delawares current process of redistricting is deeply flawed. It allows the majority party in each legislative chamber to gerrymander state legislative maps in a self-serving attempt to preserve and expand partisan political power. All other considerations have become secondary in this process. This defect is common to many states and some have tried to address the issue by creating election commissions charged with redrawing legislative lines. The challenge in such a system is ensuring that these commissions can conduct their function in a balanced, objective, and non-partisan fashion. This bill proposes a new method that avoids this significant hurdle by leveraging partisan self-interest to create a protocol that results in an equitable outcome. This fresh approach to reapportionment is described in a paper by 3 Carnegie Mellon University professors entitled: A Partisan Districting Protocol with Provably Nonpartisan Outcomes. It utilizes a system analogous to a proven, prudent method for instructing 2 children to fairly divide a piece of cake between themselves. The first child cuts the cake, while the second has the option of selecting which piece he or she wishes to consume. In the protocol outlined in this bill, the two competing parties are the partisan caucuses of each General Assembly chamber. The first caucus will initially draw all the legislative districts, observing established legal redistricting standards. The second caucus will have the ability to freeze a set number of the districts, locking their boundaries into place. They will then be able to redraw the remaining districts as they wish, delivering the new maps back to the first caucus. This group will then also engage in the freeze and redraw process, with the cycles continuing until all the districts have been defined. With both sides getting equal bites of the apple, each has a practical ability to affect the outcome and a reason to work together to achieve a mutually acceptable conclusion. The bill also includes safeguards to ensure public notification and participation in the process, as well as a contingency to allow the judicial branch to draw the new legislative maps should the General Assembly be unable to achieve the task. This legislation assumes calling the General Assembly into special session to approve the finalized maps, providing enough time for the process to be conducted in a deliberative manner.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB440
Introduced
6/6/24
Introduced
6/6/24
Engrossed
6/20/24
Refer
6/6/24
Engrossed
6/20/24
Enrolled
6/30/24
Refer
6/20/24
Enrolled
6/30/24
Passed
9/26/24
Delaware law prohibits discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics in employment and professional activities. This Act would add "housing status" as a protected characteristic.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB441
Introduced
6/6/24
Introduced
6/6/24
Refer
6/6/24
This Act encourages patients to choose physical therapy, occupational therapy, and neuromuscular massage therapy as a safe alternative to opioid use for managing acute and chronic pain by doing the following:
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB442
Introduced
6/6/24
Introduced
6/6/24
Engrossed
6/13/24
Refer
6/6/24
Engrossed
6/13/24
Enrolled
6/30/24
Refer
6/13/24
Passed
7/17/24
Enrolled
6/30/24
Passed
7/17/24
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 governments can increase the production of affordable rental units and homes in Delaware.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB443
Introduced
6/12/24
Introduced
6/12/24
Refer
6/12/24
This Act requires the Delaware State Housing Authority to establish and administer Low Barrier Navigation Centers (LBNCs). LBNCs are non-congregate, interim housing facilities designed to rapidly transition individuals or families into permanent housing.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB444
Introduced
6/6/24
Introduced
6/6/24
Engrossed
6/20/24
Refer
6/6/24
Engrossed
6/20/24
Enrolled
6/30/24
Refer
6/20/24
Passed
8/9/24
Enrolled
6/30/24
Passed
8/9/24
This Act designates the Orange Crush as the State cocktail.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB445
Introduced
5/14/24
Introduced
5/14/24
Refer
5/14/24
Reverse keyword court orders enable the government to obtain technology search data without identifying any specific person as to which there is probable cause to believe they have committed or will imminently commit a crime. The profusion of electronic devices and apps in recent years has allowed recordation of numerous details of citizens everyday lives, that the government should not be permitted to collect and review at will. Such general searches allow the government to sweep in personal information about hundreds or thousands of people who are not suspected of having committed any crime. These searches are an invasion of privacy, have a potentially chilling effect on civil liberties, and sidestep requirements for individualized suspicion that are otherwise required for a lawful search. This Act would prohibit law enforcement and courts from requesting, issuing, or enforcing reverse-keyword court orders and reverse keyword requests. It also creates a private right of action for an individual whose personal information was obtained in violation of this Act and requires the suppression of evidence derived from an unlawful or reverse-keyword search.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB446
Introduced
6/13/24
Introduced
6/13/24
Refer
6/13/24
This bill prevents a consumer reporting agency from furnishing a consumer report if the report is being obtained due to an inquiry regarding a residential mortgage loan.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB447
Introduced
6/13/24
Introduced
6/13/24
Refer
6/13/24
This Act creates Chapter 62 of Title 24 to regulate health-care advertisements, defined as any communication or statement that is directly controlled or administered by a health-care professional or a health-care professionals office personnel. It requires the following
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB448
Introduced
6/18/24
Introduced
6/18/24
Refer
6/18/24
This bill allows Delaware residents age 60 and older to deduct their full pensions or other qualified retirement income from State taxable income. This bill contains technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislature Drafting Manual.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB449
Introduced
6/20/24
Introduced
6/20/24
Refer
6/20/24
This Act removes the requirement that Kent County establish a Farmland Preservation Advisory Board. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB45
Introduced
1/11/23
Introduced
1/11/23
Engrossed
3/7/23
Refer
1/11/23
Engrossed
3/7/23
Enrolled
4/26/23
Refer
3/7/23
Passed
5/12/23
Enrolled
4/26/23
Passed
5/12/23
This Act amends Chapter 30A of Title 14 to clarify that screening will not be conducted if a parent declines developmental screening or notifies the licensee that the child is already receiving early intervention services or special education and related services. It further clarifies that the child care provider will conduct the screening where the parent or guardian fails to do so only upon receipt of parental consent.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB450
Introduced
6/20/24
Introduced
6/20/24
Refer
6/20/24
This Act creates a rental housing registry for the State of Delaware that is searchable by the public. In addition to basic information about the rental unit, the landlord must provide the results of any lead-based paint inspection or risk assessment of a unit constructed before January 1, 1978.