Delaware Senator David Sokola [D]

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DESB164Engross
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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officers employed with the Department of Correction to make a written request that their personal information not be published and remain confidential.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
DESB132Intro
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Over the past decade, an increasing number of states have passed legislation establishing a Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights. At least 18 states have passed such legislation. Of these 18 states, 12 states have a Student Loan Ombudsperson and 13 h...
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2024-04-11
To Senate Finance Committee
DESB194Engross
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This 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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2024-04-11
To House Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)
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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2024-04-11
To House Judiciary Committee
DEHB17Intro
25%
This Act requires all employers in the State to provide employees with a minimum of 1 hour of earned sick time and safety leave for every 30 hours worked. For employers of fewer than 10 employees, the time may be unpaid, job-protected time instead of...
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2024-04-11
To House Labor Committee
DESB263Intro
25%
This Act limits the use of plastic and other beverage container rings, as well as plastic shrink wraps and plastic tops used to connect beverages, by expanding the definitions of beverage and beverage container and prohibiting beverages from being so...
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2024-04-11
To Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee
DEHB363Intro
25%
This 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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2024-04-11
To House Housing Committee
DESB260Intro
25%
This Act is a result of the work of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association ("DIAA") Task Force. The current process for promulgating DIAA-related regulations grants the regulatory authority to the Department of Education ("D...
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2024-04-11
To Senate Education Committee
DEHB364Intro
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This 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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2024-04-11
[Hearing: Apr 16 @ 12:00 pm]
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee
DEHB371Intro
25%
This Act changes how the Insurance Commissioner and the State Treasurer provide for distributions from taxes collected by the Insurance Commissioner to be made to fire companies or departments in Delaware. The current method for reporting, calculatin...
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2024-04-11
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee
DEHB285Enroll
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This Act amends the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act by removing the requirement that a patient have a debilitating medical condition to qualify for a registry identification card, instead allowing health-care providers to make the determination of whe...
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2024-03-28
Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 NO
DESB169Intro
25%
This bill creates the Delaware Wrongful Conviction Compensation and Service Act. The Act provides compensation and reintegration services to individuals who have served sentences of incarceration, parole, probation, and sex offender registration in t...
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2024-03-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee
DEHB313Engross
50%
This 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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2024-03-28
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee
DESB238Engross
50%
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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2024-03-28
To House Judiciary Committee
DESCR132Engross
50%
This Senate Concurrent Resolution proclaims April 2024 as "Second Chance Month" in the State of Delaware.
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2024-03-28
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESCR133Engross
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This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes March 2024 as "Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month" in the State of Delaware.
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2024-03-28
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESCR136Engross
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This Resolution recognizes April 2024 as "Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month" in the State of Delaware.
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2024-03-28
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DEHCR104Engross
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Through this resolution, we recognize the service and sacrifices Veterans have made for the safety of our nation and reaffirm our commitment to supporting and advocating for the needs of our Veteran community, ensuring that they receive the recogniti...
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2024-03-28
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
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
DEHCR110Engross
50%
This Concurrent Resolution supports Congressional efforts to proclaim the fourth Thursday in March a National Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day.
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2024-03-28
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
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
DEHB127Intro
25%
This Act provides each county with the ability to impose, by duly enacted ordinance, a fire protection fee (fee). A county that enacts this fee must do all of the following:
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2024-03-27
Amendment HA 2 to HB 127 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DESB215Intro
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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
DESB223Engross
50%
This Act is the product of the work of stakeholders who, with the encouragement of Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 50 (152nd General Assembly), met to examine how to integrate mobile-integrated healthcare and community paramedicine into existing reg...
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2024-03-27
To House Health & Human Development Committee
DESB216Intro
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This Act increases the civil penalties for violations of the statutes in Title 16, Chapter 11 related to Long Term Care Facilities and the regulations adopted pursuant to it. For violations that the Department determines pose a serious threat to the ...
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
DEHB318Intro
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This 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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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 9 On Its Merits
DEHB312Engross
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School board members are currently required to engage both in financial responsibility training and a training to understand educational and legal issues about due process and special education. This Act will require that a school board president inf...
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
DEHB308Intro
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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...
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits
DEHB24Engross
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This Act creates a new charitable donation option on the Delaware income tax return. It allows taxpayers to direct a donation to the SL24: Unlocke the Light Foundation out of their state tax refund or in addition to the payment of owed tax. The Found...
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
DESB234Engross
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This bill will extend the timeframe for a customer to apply for a document fee credit refund from 15 days to 30 days. This change will improve customer service by allowing a customer more time to submit the applicable paperwork.
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2024-03-27
To House Revenue & Finance Committee
DEHB337Intro
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This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the LP Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amend...
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 8 On Its Merits
DEHB332Intro
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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...
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 14 On Its Merits
DEHB339Intro
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This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act (the GP Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments to...
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 8 On Its Merits
DEHB336Intro
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This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the LLC Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments to ...
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 8 On Its Merits
DEHB338Intro
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This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (the Statutory Trust Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of proposed amendments to th...
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 8 On Its Merits
DESB237Intro
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This Act amends the provisions in Title 9 of the Delaware Code relating to the county comprehensive plans for Sussex, Kent, and New Castle Counties, and Title 22 of the Delaware Code relating to municipal comprehensive plans for municipalities with p...
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
DESB240Intro
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This Act requires the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance (Division) to produce a report by March 31, 2025, that documents home care services as measured using the most common billing codes for the home care industry. The Act identifies the s...
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2024-03-27
To Senate Finance Committee
DEHB322Intro
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This Act establishes the Delaware Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage and Culture.
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
DEHCR94Engross
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This Resolution recognizes the pertinent work of social workers throughout Delaware and the entire country, encourages the creation and expansion of Social Work programs, and recognizes March 2024 as Social Work Month in the State of Delaware.
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2024-03-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DESB25Intro
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This Act exempts contracts for the construction of affordable housing units from the 2% realty transfer tax imposed under 30 Del. C. § 5402(f).
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Land Use) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
DESB22Intro
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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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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Land Use) in Senate with 6 Favorable
DESB244Intro
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This Act allows a county that imposes a lodging tax to spend money from that tax on workforce and affordable housing programs.
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Land Use) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
DESB245Intro
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The 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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2024-03-27
To Senate Finance Committee
DESB246Intro
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For over 30 years, the Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) has invested in home repair programs that make necessary repairs to improve the health and safety conditions in the homes of Delawareans.
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Land Use) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
DESB248Intro
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This Act clarifies that for purposes of the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program, where an employee is co-employed by an employee leasing company or a professional employment organization, "employer" refers to the employer client of t...
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 6 Favorable
DESB13Intro
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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...
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2024-03-27
To Senate Finance Committee
DESCR125Engross
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This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes March 2024, as "Kidney Month" in Delaware.
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2024-03-27
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESCR138Engross
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This Concurrent Resolution recognizes The Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation, known as DEMEC, and community-owned, not-for-profit electric utilities throughout Delaware for their dedication to serving communities with programs that save energy a...
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2024-03-27
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DEHCR105Intro
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This concurrent resolution recognizes March 31st as International Transgender Day of Visibility in the State of Delaware.
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2024-03-27
Passed In House by Voice Vote
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