Delaware Senator Bryant Richardson [R] | Senate

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DESCR100FailThis resolution is an application for a Convention of the States under Article V of the Constitution of the United States.
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2024-06-13
Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 5 NO 7 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT
DESB283Engross
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This 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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2024-06-13
[Hearing: Jun 20 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Appropriations Committee
DESCR184Engross
50%
This Senate Concurrent Resolution proclaims June 17th as "Delaware Day of Service".
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2024-06-13
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESB314Engross
50%
This Act removes supervision from the scope of practice of a masters social worker. This Act also prohibits a masters social worker from providing supervision to a licensed clinical social worker applicant. The Board of Social Work Examiners (Board) ...
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2024-06-13
[Hearing: Jun 18 @ 11:00 am]
To House Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)
DESB22Engross
50%
This Act establishes the Delaware Workforce Housing Program" (DWHP). Modeled after the Downtown Development District Program, the DWHP allows a qualified workforce housing investor to be reimbursed through a grant up to 20 percent of the capital...
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2024-06-12
Reported Out of Committee (Housing) in House with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits
DESB272Engross
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Pharmacists 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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2024-06-12
[Hearing: Jun 20 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Appropriations Committee
DESB282Engross
50%
This 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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2024-06-12
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
DESB169Engross
50%
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...
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2024-06-12
Not Worked in Committee
DESB215Engross
50%
This Act requires the Department of Health and Social Services to inspect long-term care facilities on an annual basis.
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2024-06-12
[Hearing: Jun 18 @ 10:00 am]
To House Health & Human Development Committee
DESB254Engross
50%
This Act creates the Delaware Grocery Initiative.
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2024-06-12
To House Health & Human Development Committee
DESCR177Engross
50%
This Senate Concurrent Resolution proclaims Wednesday, June 12, 2024, as Women Veterans Day in the State of Delaware.
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2024-06-12
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DESB202Engross
50%
For 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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2024-06-11
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 2 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits
DESB281Enroll
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This Act is a result of the work of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) Task Force (Task Force). The 152nd Delaware General Assembly passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 19 establishing the Task Force to study and make findings an...
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2024-06-11
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
DESB312Intro
25%
This Act adopts the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act ("the Act") authored by the Uniform Law Commission. The Uniform Law Commission provides states with non-partisan, well-conceived and well-drafted legislation that brings clarity a...
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2024-06-11
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
DESCR178Engross
50%
This Senate Concurrent Resolution designates October 21-27, 2024, as "Free Speech Week" in the State of Delaware.
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2024-06-11
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DESCR176Engross
50%
This Senate Concurrent Resolution congratulates the class 2023 Eagle Scouts for having attained the highest rank one can earn in the Boy Scouts of America.
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2024-06-11
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESB329Intro
25%
This Act defines United States military pension for the exclusion for taxable income.
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2024-06-11
[Hearing: Jun 18 @ 3:00 pm]
To Senate Executive Committee
DESB323Intro
25%
This Act removes prohibitions in Title 11 of the Delaware code regarding owning or possessing certain types of folding knives that may be opened with one hand. So-called "switch blade knives", which are more appropriately called automatic k...
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2024-06-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
DESB289Engross
50%
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...
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2024-06-06
To House Natural Resources & Energy Committee
DESB317Intro
25%
This Act requires a health-care practitioner to offer a patient ultrasound imaging and auscultation of fetal heart tone services before terminating a pregnancy. The patient is free to choose not to view the ultrasound or listen to the auscultation of...
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2024-06-06
[Hearing: Jun 18 @ 11:00 am]
To Senate Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee
DESB315Intro
25%
This Act prohibits gender transition surgery for children due to the potential for an irrevocable procedure occurring when there is a significant probability that children will come to identify with their biological gender.
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2024-06-06
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee
DESB238Engross
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This 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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2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
DESB20Enroll
75%
The primary purpose of this Act is to remove the requirement that a public school district employee who donates leave to another employee must donate 2 days of leave for the other employee to receive 1 day of leave.
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2024-05-21
Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT
DESCR168Engross
50%
This Senate Concurrent Resolution designates May 21, 2024, as "Wastewater Management and Drinking Water Management Professionals Day" in the State of Delaware.
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2024-05-21
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESB224Intro
25%
This Act exempts an employee of a private school from the Safe School Zone law if the employee is designated by the employees private school employer to provide security for the school and the employee holds a Delaware concealed carry permit.
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2024-05-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee
DESCR166Engross
50%
This resolution marks May 17, 2024, as the 70th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Courts landmark decision in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case and honors the courage and fortitude of all who sparked the action leading to the Bulah v. Gebh...
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2024-05-16
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESCR161Engross
50%
This Senate Concurrent Resolution designates the week of May 13-17, 2024, as "Charter Schools Week" in the State of Delaware and commends Delaware's public charter schools for their efforts in educating Delaware students.
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2024-05-16
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESB16Engross
50%
The governance of this State relies on the qualifications and performance of the members of the Governors cabinet. The General Assembly finds that the confirmation process is an important step to ensure the qualifications and performance of the Gover...
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2024-05-15
[Hearing: Jun 20 @ 11:00 am]
To House Administration Committee
DESCR155Engross
50%
This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes May 9, 2024, as Delaware Local Government Day in the State of Delaware.
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2024-05-09
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESB198Engross
50%
This Act revises existing animal cruelty laws to include people who knowingly possess, own, buy, sell, transfer, or manufacture animal fighting paraphernalia with the intent to engage in or otherwise promote or facilitate such fighting as guilty of a...
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2024-05-08
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 7 On Its Merits
DESB276PassThis bill names the Newark Regional Transportation Center after United States Senator Thomas R. Carper.
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2024-05-07
Signed by Governor
DESCR152Engross
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This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes the month of May 2024 as "Healthy Vision Month" in the State of Delaware.
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2024-05-07
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESCR153Engross
50%
This Senate Concurrent Resolution designates May 2024 as "Small Business Month" in the State of Delaware.
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2024-05-07
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESCR131Engross
50%
This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes May 2024 as "Older Americans Month" in the State of Delaware.
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2024-04-25
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESCR146Engross
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This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes the 80th Anniversary of the Sussex Conservation District and its commitment to provide technical guidance and financial assistance to enhance, maintain, protect, and improve land and water resources.
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2024-04-23
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESCR142Engross
50%
This Concurrent Resolution observes April 2024, as the "2024 Month of the Military Child" in the State of Delaware.
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2024-04-18
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESCR145Engross
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This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes April 18, 2024, as "National Line Worker Appreciation Day" in the State of Delaware.
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2024-04-18
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESR21Engross
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This resolution recognizes the efforts of Hawks, Inc. in helping with the clean-up of the 11th Street Bridge after Hurricane Ida in 2021.
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2024-04-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DESCR144Engross
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This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes April 2024 as "Child Abuse Prevention Month" in the State of Delaware.
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2024-04-16
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESB164Engross
50%
This Act allows for correctional officers employed with the Department of Correction to make a written request that their personal information not be published and remain confidential. The Act takes effect 180 days following its enactment.
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2024-04-11
To House Judiciary Committee
DESCR137Engross
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This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes March 29, 2024, as "National Vietnam War Veterans Day" in Delaware.
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2024-03-28
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESCR139Engross
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This resolution designates April 6, 2024, as "National Tartan Day" and commemorates the outstanding achievements and contributions made by Scottish-Americans to the United States.
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2024-03-28
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESCR140Engross
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This Senate Concurrent Resolution seeks to preserve the history of the famed World War II Black aviation units making up the Tuskegee Airmen. It also honors the Airmen as a group and names 13 Delawareans who have been identified thus far as having be...
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2024-03-28
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESJR4Engross
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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 ...
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2024-03-26
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 7 On Its Merits
DESCR135Engross
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This Senate Concurrent Resolution proclaims Monday, October 28, 2024, as National First Responders Day in the State of Delaware.
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2024-03-26
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESCR129Engross
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This Concurrent Resolution designates March 26, 2024, as "Epilepsy Awareness Day" in Delaware and calls upon State agencies and the people of Delaware to undertake suitable efforts to increase epilepsy awareness.
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2024-03-26
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESR20Engross
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This resolution extends thoughts and prayers from the people of Delaware to our sister state of Maryland, to the victims families, and to the first responders who are assisting with the search and recovery efforts.
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2024-03-26
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DESCR128Engross
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This Concurrent Resolution recognizes Christian Holy Week and Passover in the State of Delaware.
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2024-03-21
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESCR127Engross
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This resolution recognizes the week of March 17 through March 23, 2024, as National Agriculture Week in Delaware
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2024-03-19
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESB241PassThis bill expands the timeframe in which a candidate may withdraw from the presidential primary election, including the option of not holding such an election in the event of only one remaining candidate. The approximate cost of a Presidential Primar...
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2024-03-19
Signed by Governor
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