Delaware Senator David Sokola [D] | Bills | Introduced

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DESB16Intro
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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
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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
DEHB110Intro
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Section 1 amends Title 31 to require all health benefit plans delivered or issued for Medicaid to cover services related to the termination of pregnancy. Coverage provided under this section is not subject to any deductible, coinsurance, copayment, o...
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2024-04-17
Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 4 On Its Merits
DESB169Intro
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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
DEHB274Intro
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Early, sustained exposure to peanut and egg proteins in the infant diet significantly reduces the risk that an infant will develop a peanut or egg allergy, saving lives and future health care costs. Following multiple clinical studies, the current gu...
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2024-04-17
Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
DEHB319Intro
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This Act requires the Department of Human Resources to develop an executive branch policy restricting nepotism in state employment and prohibiting supervision of a state employee by a relative. It further requires the legislative and judicial branche...
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2024-04-17
Amendment HA 2 to HB 319 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DEHB17Intro
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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
DEHB326Intro
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This is a substitute for House Bill No. 326.
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2024-04-17
was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 326
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
DEHB353Intro
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This Act provides civil and criminal remedies for the wrongful disclosure of deep fakes that depict individuals in the nude or engaging in sexual conduct. It provides the same remedies as those available under: (1) the Delaware Uniform Civil Remedies...
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2024-04-17
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
DESB256Intro
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This Act clarifies the Attorney Generals existing authority to enforce the States consumer protection laws, specifically the Attorney Generals ability to pursue non-penalty civil remedies, such as damages and restitution, without having to show that ...
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2024-04-17
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
DEHB374Intro
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This Act updates House Bill 455 from the 151st General Assembly by providing the same legal protections afforded providers of contraceptive and abortion services to providers of fertility treatment. In summary, this Act does the following:
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2024-04-17
To House Judiciary Committee
DEHB380Intro
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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
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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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2024-04-17
[Hearing: Apr 24 @ 3:00 pm]
To Senate Executive Committee
DEHB147Intro
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This Act is a substitute for House Bill No. 147. Like House Bill No. 147, this Act provides a mechanism for the nonprobate transfer of real estate. This is done by permitting an owner of an interest in real estate to execute and record a transfer on ...
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2024-04-16
was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 147
DESB270Intro
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This Act is the statutory recognition of the recommendations set forth in the June 2, 2023, report of the DEFAC Benchmark Evaluation and Review Panel.
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2024-04-16
To Senate Executive 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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2024-04-16
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 5 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
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
DESB263Intro
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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
[Hearing: Apr 24 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee
DEHB363Intro
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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
DESB260Intro
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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
[Hearing: Apr 24 @ 12:00 pm]
To Senate Education Committee
DEHB371Intro
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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
[Hearing: Apr 23 @ 12:00 pm]
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
DEHB115Intro
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This Act does all of the following:
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2024-03-21
Stricken in House
DESB229Intro
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This Act extends the right of employees to inspect their own personnel files to former employees. Under this Act, an employer must permit a former employee to inspect the employee's own personnel files that exist at the time of the request. This ...
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2024-03-21
[Hearing: Apr 24 @ 12:00 pm]
To Senate Labor Committee
DESB255Intro
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This Act does the following:
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2024-03-21
[Hearing: Apr 24 @ 12:00 pm]
To Senate Labor Committee
DESB247Intro
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This Act creates a clearer and workable system for ensuring that manufactured home communities with health and safety violations and conditions that threaten the health and safety of people in the community cannot continue to raise rents on residents...
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2024-03-21
To Senate Housing & Land Use Committee
DESB23Intro
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Accessory dwelling units (ADUs), also known as in-law units or garage apartments, are valuable and convenient forms of housing that can help to increase Delaware's housing supply.
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2024-03-21
To Senate Housing & Land Use Committee
DEHB16Intro
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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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2024-03-19
To House Appropriations Committee
DEHB329Intro
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This Act addresses the growing concern over the safety of emergency responders. It increases the penalties for persons who violate this section, which requires drivers to yield the right of way to an emergency vehicle making use of audible or visual ...
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2024-03-19
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 8 On Its Merits
DEHB333Intro
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This Act creates the Delaware Artificial Intelligence ("AI") Commission. This Commission shall be tasked with making recommendations to the General Assembly and Department of Technology and Information on AI utilization and safety within th...
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2024-03-13
Reported Out of Committee (Technology & Telecommunications) in House with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
DEHB247Intro
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There were 139 traffic fatalities in Delaware in 2021, the highest number of traffic fatalities since 2006. Senate Concurrent Resolution 94 of the 151st Delaware General Assembly set a goal of no more than 100 traffic fatalities per year and tasked s...
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2024-03-12
Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in House with 5 On Its Merits
DEHB272Intro
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This act regulates persons who receive compensation for advising or assisting with veterans' benefits earned by serving our nation in the military. This bill would not prohibit persons or business entities from receiving compensation for advice t...
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2024-03-12
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
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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2024-03-12
[Hearing: Apr 24 @ 11:00 am]
To House Judiciary 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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2024-03-07
To House Administration Committee
DEHB264Intro
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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
DEHB295Intro
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Currently Delaware has no cap on dealer processing fees which permits motor vehicle dealers to arbitrarily charge whatever amounts they wish leading to great discrepancy of these fees among dealers and a lack of protection for consumers. Currently Pe...
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2024-03-05
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 5 On Its Merits
DEHB307Intro
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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
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