Delaware Senator Bryan Townsend [D]

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DESB276Engross
50%
This bill names the Newark Regional Transportation Center after United States Senator Thomas R. Carper.
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 24 @ 12:00 pm]
To House Administration Committee
DEHB140Engross
50%
This Act permits a terminally ill individual who is an adult resident of Delaware to request and self-administer medication to end the individual's life in a humane and dignified manner if both the individual's attending physician or attendin...
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2024-04-18
To Senate Executive Committee
DESB216Engross
50%
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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2024-04-18
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB351Intro
25%
This Act creates a new chapter in Title 21 pertaining to the towing of vehicles without the consent of the owner or operator. It makes violations of the chapter an unlawful practice enforceable by the Consumer Protection Unit of the Department of Jus...
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2024-04-18
[Hearing: Apr 23 @ 11:00 am]

Amendment HA 1 to HB 351 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DESB25Engross
50%
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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2024-04-18
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
DESB244Engross
50%
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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2024-04-18
To House Housing Committee
DESB246Engross
50%
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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2024-04-18
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
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
50%
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
DESB265Intro
25%
The Delaware Energy Solutions Act of 2024 authorizes processes necessary to help meet the net zero goals of the Climate Change Solutions Act of 2023. The bill facilitates a transition to carbon-free energy sources by (i) preparing for offshore wind t...
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2024-04-18
[Hearing: Apr 24 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee
DESB16Intro
25%
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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2024-04-18
To Senate Executive Committee
DESB15Intro
25%
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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2024-04-18
To Senate Executive Committee
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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2024-04-17
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
DEHB204Intro
25%
This 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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2024-04-17
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits
DEHB18Engross
50%
This bill amends the Merit System of Personnel Administration by allowing for preference in hiring for casual seasonal employees who are performing the same job duties of a posted merit position.
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2024-04-17
Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
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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2024-04-17
To House Appropriations Committee
DEHB350Intro
25%
This Act creates the Diamond State Hospital Cost Review Board, which will be responsible for review and approval of annual hospital budgets beginning with budgets for calendar year 2026. Hospital budgets established under this process are required to...
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2024-04-17
Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 4 On Its Merits
DESB21Intro
25%
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
DESB257Intro
25%
This Act changes Delawares law related to liability insurance for rental vehicles. Under the Act, the minimum level of coverage required for a vehicle owners policy of liability insurance under § 2902 of this title is also required for a vehicle own...
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2024-04-17
Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
DESB261Intro
25%
This Act amends Delaware Code provisions which govern the Delaware Health Facilities Authority (DFHA).
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2024-04-17
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
DEHB380Intro
25%
This Act makes technical changes for clarity by adding a definition of mental condition to the Code section that deals with relinquishment of firearms for persons who may be a danger to self or others (also known as a red flag law). It also extends t...
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2024-04-17
[Hearing: Apr 24 @ 11:00 am]
To House Judiciary Committee
DESB271Intro
25%
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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2024-04-17
[Hearing: Apr 24 @ 3:00 pm]
To Senate Executive Committee
DEHB127Engross
50%
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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2024-04-16
To Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee
DEHB288Enroll
75%
This Act changes the name of the Division of Research to the "Division of Legislative Services" (Division) to more fully reflect the tasks that the Division performs. In addition to legislative research, the Division's tasks include dra...
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2024-04-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB316Intro
25%
This Act creates a new elections crime: use of deep fake technology to influence an election. Under this statute it would be a crime to distribute within 90 days of an election a deep fake that is an audio or visual depiction that has been manipulat...
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2024-04-16
Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DESB235Engross
50%
This Act brings the State in compliance with the federal regulation published by FMCSA on October 7, 2021, to establish a national drug and alcohol clearinghouse as mandated by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). This act ...
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2024-04-16
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
DEHB322Engross
50%
This Act establishes the Delaware Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage and Culture.
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2024-04-16
To Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee
DEHB190Engross
50%
This bill updates the current law relating to the Spay Neuter Fund and the administration of that fund to make it easier to administer the fund and animal population control programs.
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2024-04-16
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee
DESR21Engross
50%
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
50%
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
DEHCR107Engross
50%
This Resolution recognizes April 11 - 17, 2024, as "Black Maternal Health Awareness Week" in Delaware.
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2024-04-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DESB268Intro
25%
Sections 1 and 2 of this Act update Chapter 8 of Title 12, the Uniform TOD Security Registration Act. Section 1 of this Act does the following:
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2024-04-16
[Hearing: Apr 24 @ 11:00 am]
To Senate Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee
DESB269Intro
25%
This Act simplifies and in some cases increases the civil penalties for violations of laws related to dogs that run at large, dogs that bite a person or domestic animal while running at large, and dogs that are declared dangerous or potentially dange...
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2024-04-16
[Hearing: Apr 24 @ 10:00 am]
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee
DESB132Intro
25%
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
50%
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)
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
[Hearing: Apr 24 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Housing Committee
DEHB362Intro
25%
In 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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2024-04-11
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce 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
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
DESCR137Engross
50%
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
50%
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
50%
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
DEHCR104Engross
50%
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
DEHB55Intro
25%
This Act is the Bill of Rights for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness to ensure that all individuals, regardless of housing status, have equal opportunity to live in decent, safe, sanitary, and healthful accommodations and enjoy equality of opport...
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2024-03-27
Not Worked in 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
DESB234Engross
50%
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
25%
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
DEHB339Intro
25%
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
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