Delaware Representative Michael Smith [R] | Introduced

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DEHB262Intro
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This Act permits wine producers holding a valid license within this State or another state to obtain a license and ship wine directly to Delaware consumers so long as it is done through a common carrier with a carrier permit. This Act requires that w...
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2024-05-23
Not Worked in Committee
DEHB365Intro
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This Act is enabling legislation that establishes the framework and requirements for a competitive mobile sports wagering market in Delaware under the authority of the Lottery Director. Sports wagering is now legal in 38 states, and 29 states have le...
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2024-05-23
To House Appropriations Committee
DESB313Intro
25%
Section 1. Section 1 of this Act amends § 122. New § 122(18) sets forth certain types of provisions that may be included in contracts between a corporation and its current or prospective stockholders or beneficial owners of its stock, even if those...
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2024-05-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee
DEHB244Intro
25%
This Act directs phased in unit funding for every school or district to have an athletic trainer. A school or district with less than 3 sports teams must submit an application to the Department of Education should it wish to receive partial funding f...
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2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits
DEHB300Intro
25%
This Substitute Bill requires the Department of Health and Social Services to maintain a public registry of assisted living facilities that are accredited and/or certified to provide memory care services by an approved independent accrediting organiz...
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2024-05-22
was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 300
DEHB16Intro
25%
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.
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2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
DEHB417Intro
25%
Survivors of child sexual abuse that occurred in this State who have been barred from filing suit against their abusers by virtue of the expiration of the former civil statute of limitations, shall be permitted to file those claims in the Superior Co...
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2024-05-22
To House Judiciary Committee
DEHCR143Intro
25%
This resolution calls on the General Assembly to encourage the Delaware medical community to educate the citizens of Delaware about the forced organ harvesting that occurs in China, in the event they decide to travel to China for an expedited transpl...
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2024-05-22
To House Administration Committee
DESB278Intro
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This Act clarifies portions of Chapter 49 of Title 6 and Chapter 63 of Title 21 of the Delaware Code pertaining to motor vehicle dealers. These additions and modifications are intended to further improve our States franchise laws and ensure that Dela...
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2024-05-21
Amendment SA 1 to SB 278 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DEHB412Intro
25%
Like Chapter 19 of Title 10, covering judicial officers, and a similar provision pending for correctional officers, this Act allows law enforcement officers to submit a written request that their personal information not be publicly released. The wri...
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2024-05-21
To House Judiciary Committee
DESB311Intro
25%
This bill creates new subsections in Section 507(c) of Title 14 of the Delaware Code to define the licensure and certification requirements more clearly within Chapter 5 of Title 14 and provides the ability for charter schools to hire the administrat...
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2024-05-21
To Senate Education Committee
DEHB292Intro
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This Act requires the Department of Elections to review every political committees contribution and expense report and to note the report, on the Departments website, as either Submitted but Not Reviewed or Reviewed and Final. If the Department disco...
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2024-05-16
To House Appropriations Committee
DEHB330Intro
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This Act increases the amount of the annual appropriation to prefund future State employee retiree health insurance as recommended by the Retiree Healthcare Benefits Advisory Subcommittee of the State Employee Benefits Committee. Like other required ...
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2024-05-16
Amendment HA 1 to HB 330 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DEHB291Intro
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This Act requires that a candidates political committees contribution and expense report, provided to the Department of Elections, include the primary employer and job title of each person contributing to the committee. This Act also requires the Dep...
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2024-05-15
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits
DEHB203Intro
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With 60% of U.S. households living paycheck to paycheck, 40% of Americans having less than $300 in savings, 33% of Americans having saved nothing for retirement, 95% of Americans having not saved enough for retirement, and 87% of American teens admit...
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2024-05-15
Amendment HA 2 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DEHB265Intro
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This act requires a commercial entity that knowingly or intentionally provides pornography and other materials defined as harmful to minors to verify the age of individuals accessing the material.
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2024-05-14
Amendment HA 5 to HB 265 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DEHB342Intro
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This Act creates a Voluntary Firearms Do-Not-Sell Registry in which an applicant may voluntarily enroll for the purpose of being prohibited from obtaining a firearm. An individual on the Registry may request removal from the Registry no sooner than 3...
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2024-05-02
was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 342
DEHCR121Intro
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This Concurrent Resolution dedicates the month of April 2024 as "Financial Literacy Month" in the State of Delaware.
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2024-04-25
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESB271Intro
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This Act clarifies portions of Chapter 49 of Title 6 and Chapter 63 of Title 21 of the Delaware Code pertaining to motor vehicle dealers. These additions and modifications are intended to further improve our States franchise laws and ensure that Dela...
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2024-04-24
Stricken in Senate
DEHB59Intro
25%
This Act establishes a residential drinking water purification system program to be administered through the Department of Health and Social Services.
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2024-04-17
Not Worked in Committee
DESB21Intro
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Like Senate Bill No. 21, Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 21 this Act) establishes an independent and nonpartisan Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the position of the Inspector General.
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2024-04-17
To Senate Finance Committee
DEHCR112Intro
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This resolution calls on the General Assembly to encourage the Delaware medical community to educate the citizens of Delaware about the forced organ harvesting that occurs in China, in the event they decide to travel to China for an expedited transpl...
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2024-04-17
To House Administration Committee
DESB215Intro
25%
This Act requires the Department of Health and Social Services to inspect long-term care facilities on an annual basis.
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2024-03-27
To Senate Finance 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
DEHB340Intro
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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.
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2024-03-21
To House Appropriations Committee
DEHB149Intro
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This Act requires personal income tax brackets to be annually adjusted for cost-of-living increases. This will prevent tax rate increases resulting from cost-of-living pay increases that push lower income taxpayers into higher tax brackets. This is r...
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2024-03-20
Not Enough Signatures to Release
DEHB259Intro
25%
This Act facilitates the interstate and intrastate shipping and delivery of alcoholic liquors.
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2024-03-19
Motion to Release Failed
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
DEHB22Intro
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School personnel report that school safety is a significant issue that affects whether or not they stay in the profession. This Act makes recklessly or intentionally causing physical injury to an employee, contractor, or subcontractor of a public or ...
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2024-03-13
Tabled in Committee
DEHB344Intro
25%
This bill seeks to correct a current bias in Delawares election law impacting the outcome of countless races throughout the state.
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2024-03-13
To House Administration Committee
DEHB321Intro
25%
This act increases from $110 to $330 each personal exemption credit for certain lower income earning individuals.
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2024-03-12
Not Worked in Committee
DEHB264Intro
25%
This Act makes the crime of patronizing a prostitute a class E felony rather than a misdemeanor where the person from whom prostitution is sought is a minor.
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2024-03-06
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
DEHB306Intro
25%
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
DEHB7Intro
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This Act requires Delaware Medicaid to provide an enhancement to the acute care per diem rate for psychiatric facilities for hard to place pediatric behavioral health inpatients. The per diem enhancement is limited to an inpatient stay of 14 days. Th...
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2024-03-05
Stricken in House
DEHB320Intro
25%
This is the first leg of a Constitutional Amendment to constitutionally authorize 10 days of early in-person voting in Delaware. Additionally, at least 21 in-person early voting places, with 1 being located in each State Senate District, are required...
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2024-03-05
To House Administration Committee
DESB201Intro
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Of the 41 states with a state income tax, 27 states fully exempt military retirement pay from state income taxes and 12 states partially exempt military retirement pay.
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2024-02-29
Amendment SA 1 to SB 201 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DEHB307Intro
25%
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
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
DEHB233Intro
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This Act raises the minimum income to be subject to income tax from $2,000 to $2,500.
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2024-01-23
Motion to Release Failed
DEHB261Intro
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This Act establishes the Office of Legislative Ethics for the General Assembly. The establishment of an Office of Legislative Ethics is necessary to ensure that potential violations of Delawares laws or allegations of conflict of interest by the memb...
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2023-07-07
To House Administration 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
DEHB226Intro
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Currently, an application for a new license to purchase for resale of alcoholic liquor for transfer of an existing license, or for a substantive change to a license or licensed premise, shall be filed with the Commission. This Act amends the definiti...
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2023-06-20
Not Worked in Committee
DEHB222Intro
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This Act requires the Commissioner, after 25 complaints from residents who reside within one mile of a licensed establishment that sells alcohol regarding a violation of statutory or regulatory requirements, to direct an investigation to the Division...
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2023-06-20
Not Worked in Committee
DEHB234Intro
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This Act amends the Senior Tax Credit to $1000 for Real Property valued less than $500,000, $500 for Real Property valued between $500,000 and $1,000,000. This Credit will not be extended to Real Property valued above $1,000,000.
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2023-06-16
To House Administration Committee
DEHB221Intro
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This Act amends the requirements necessary for a premises to sell alcoholic liquors for off-premise consumption by removing the requirements for the alcoholic liquor to be sold with a purchase of food that costs at least ten dollars, or to be in ice ...
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2023-06-09
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee
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
DEHR13Intro
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This House Resolution recognizes and commends speech-language pathologists and audiologists throughout this State for their work with citizens of this State to lead independent, productive, and fulfilling lives.
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2023-05-18
Passed In House by Voice Vote
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
DEHB133Intro
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First responders, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical services (EMS) clinicians, and public safety telecommunicators, are crucial to ensuring public safety and health. First responders are at elevated risk for suicide ...
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2023-05-11
Amendment HA 1 to HB 133 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
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
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