Delaware Senator Jack Walsh [D]

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
DE	HB132	Pass	Section 1 of this Act amends § 6504 of Title 10 to correct two erroneous cross-references (the cross-references will now correctly reference Title 12 rather than Title 10 of the Delaware Code). [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-31 Signed by Governor
DE	SB182	Pass	This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 182. Like Senate Bill No. 182, this act does all of the following: [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-31 Signed by Governor
DE	SB98	Pass	This Act allows Dental Clinicians possessing a DDS or DMDS to participate in the Health Care Provider Loan Repayment grant program. The Act also extends the time in which providers may apply for a Health Care Provider Loan Repayment grant from six mo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-31 Signed by Governor
DE	HB156	Pass	This Act establishes the comprehensive framework for the regulation of pet insurance transacted in Delaware. The Act reflects the adoption of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Pet Insurance Model Act, with adjustments made to confor... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-31 Signed by Governor
DE	SB109	Pass	Under this bill, when the State incurs costs for impounding an animal and the owner fails to pay the costs, the time in which ownership of the animal reverts to the State is reduced from 30 days to 15 days. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-24 Signed by Governor
DE	HB138	Pass	This Act establishes a Delaware Educator Apprenticeship Program to be developed by the Department of Education. The Department of Education will work with the Department of Labor to create a program that places aspiring teachers in paid positions in ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-23 Signed by Governor
DE	SB165	Pass	This Act amends Chapter 25, Title 24 of the Delaware Code relating to the Practice of Pharmacy. The amendments authorize pharmacists to engage in collaborative pharmacy practice with one or more practitioners meaning individuals who are authorized by... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-17 Signed by Governor
DE	SB92	Pass	This bill amends the Delaware Public Employment Relations Act by expanding the jurisdictional application of the Act to employers with less than 100 employees and as few as 25 employees. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-17 Signed by Governor
DE	SB93	Pass	This bill amends the Delaware Public Employment Relations Act by requiring that the Board, consistent with the Boards Rules and Regulations, issue written decisions following hearings on unfair labor practice charges within 30 days of the close of th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-17 Signed by Governor
DE	SB129	Pass	The Act updates the Delaware Code concerning animal shelter standards and treatment of animals in shelters to reflect best practices, which are currently already being followed by most shelters. The Act also fills in gaps in existing law, such as by ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-17 Signed by Governor
DE	SB176	Pass	This Act requires that an owner be reimbursed up to $1,500 annually for veterinary care expenses paid by the owner for the care of a retired law-enforcement canine. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-10 Signed by Governor
DE	SB117	Pass	This Act authorizes paramedics and other EMS providers to provide medical care to police dogs injured at the scene of an emergency. This Act also grants civil immunity to paramedics and other EMS providers who provide medical services to police dogs,... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-10 Signed by Governor
DE	HB105	Pass	This Act requires physicians who are discontinuing business, leaving the State, or terminating a patient-physician relationship for any other reason to notify affected patients at least thirty days prior to the discontinuation of services via first c... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB163	Pass	This Act authorizes the Department of Education to issue an initial or continuing license to a Junior Reserve Officer Training Core (JROTC) Instructor who has been certified by the United States Department of Defense (USDOD). This Act also removes ou... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB176	Pass	This bill would extend various deadlines in the Unemployment Code. The intent is to provide claimants and employers additional time to receive and prepare a response or appeal of benefit determinations and other important documents that require a res... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB218	Pass	This Act changes the composition of the Commission and further clarifies the definition of veterans as it pertains to this Section of Title 29. The Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs is comprised of members, appointed by the Governor, who repres... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB169	Pass	This Act requires the Secretary of Education to publish and deliver to the General Assembly a report detailing requests for certificates of necessity that are not included in the proposed capital budget and the reasons for the rejection and a ranking... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB158	Pass	This bill transfers the placement of the Cash Management Policy Board from within the Department of Finance to the Office of the State Treasurer and provides that support for the Board shall be determined by the State Treasurer as is currently done. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-03 Signed by Governor
DE	HB11	Pass	This Act requires new commercial buildings with a foundation footprint of 50,000 square feet or greater to meet certain requirements to ensure that their roof is able to support solar energy infrastructure. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-03 Signed by Governor
DE	HB83	Pass	This Act requires every public school and charter school to provide students enrolled in kindergarten with an oral health screening by the last student attendance day of each school year. Notification to the parent or guardian must be done and a copy... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-03 Signed by Governor
DE	HB231	Pass	This Act provides clarity on the type of certification and the accepted certifying agencies for increases over the basic salary schedule. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-03 Signed by Governor
DE	HB157	Pass	This Act prohibits a pawnbroker, secondhand dealer, or scrap metal processor from purchasing or otherwise acquiring a gift card or other item in its original packaging unless the individual offering the item for sale produces a receipt or proof of pu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-03 Signed by Governor
DE	SB103	Pass	Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming more and more popular. Between 2012 and 2016, EV sales grew at an annual rate of 32%. In 2017, growth in sales reached 45%. Batteries for EVs have become much cheaper in the last 10 years, enabling EVs to compete ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-03 Signed by Governor
DE	SJR2	Pass	This resolution designates August 31, 2023, as "International Overdose Awareness Day" in the State of Delaware, affirms the importance of overdose awareness, and encourages expanded efforts to keep Delaware residents properly informed of th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-03 Signed by Governor
DE	SB170	Pass	This Act directs the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to work with PJM Interconnection, LLC to study the transmission impacts of offshore wind development, to work with neighboring states on offshore wind transmission, and to... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-03 Signed by Governor
DE	HB183	Pass	This Act revises the existing crime of endangering the welfare of a child by providing or permitting a child to consume or inhale unprescribed controlled substances in the following ways: [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-31 Signed by Governor
DE	SB61	Pass	Teachers and other school employees (school employees) do not accrue annual leave that can be used on a flexible basis. Under current law, school employees may only use 3 days of sick leave for personal reasons and may be absent for 5 days after the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-26 Signed by Governor
DE	SB102	Pass	This Act closes a loophole in the prevailing wage statute that was being used to pay workers below the prevailing wage by performing work offsite instead of onsite, regardless of whether it was necessary to do so. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-26 Signed by Governor
DE	HB134	Pass	This is a housekeeping bill to remove outdated references to the term coroner in the Delaware Code. Created in 1682, the Office of the Coroner was one of the earliest elective offices in Delaware. The primary responsibility of the coroner was to inve... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-25 Signed by Governor
DE	SB1	Pass	This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 1. Like Senate Bill No. 1, this Act creates a right to representation for tenants in evictions and other landlord-tenant actions. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-25 Signed by Governor
DE	HB184	Pass	Delaware law expressly prohibits employment discrimination based upon surviving domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Such discrimination includes: (1) failing or refusing to hire or discharging an employee because the individual was a vict... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-25 Signed by Governor
DE	HB236	Pass	This Act will continue for calendar year 2024 the temporary relief provided in calendar year 2023 to employers who pay unemployment tax assessments. It will continue to reduce new employer tax rates, hold constant overall employer tax rates from last... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-25 Signed by Governor
DE	HB148	Pass	This Act makes updates to Title 15 related to the efficient administration of elections. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-21 Signed by Governor
DE	HB161	Pass	This Act allows the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to assist more small businesses and organizations in making energy efficiency improvements to their facilities by raising the proportion of those projects that can be funde... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-21 Signed by Governor
DE	HB137	Pass	This Act corrects the Delaware crisis text number and the National Suicide Prevention call or text line that is required to be printed on pupil identification cards for all public schools serving pupils in grades 7 to 12 and for all students attendin... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-21 Signed by Governor
DE	HB98	Pass	This Act creates certain uniform, minimum requirements for public notice related to permits and permit renewals issued by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. In particular, the notice must include instructions for electroni... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-21 Signed by Governor
DE	HB26	Pass	This Act provides state employees 30, rather than 15, days of paid leave per year to attend training camp or serve special duty as ordered by the military reserves or Delaware National Guard. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-17 Signed by Governor
DE	SB115	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-17 Signed by Governor
DE	SB112	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-17 Signed by Governor
DE	SB9	Pass	Although lead-based paint is prevalent in many Delaware residences and causes extraordinary neurological damage in children, including seizures, behavioral disorders, developmental delays, and cognitive disabilities, Delaware does not have a comprehe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-17 Signed by Governor
DE	SB81	Pass	This statutory addition to Delawares Wrongful Death Act will permit the spouse, parents, children, and siblings of a deceased person to recover punitive damages when the actions resulting in the death of another person were maliciously intended or th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-17 Signed by Governor
DE	SB113	Pass	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 ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-17 Signed by Governor
DE	SB114	Pass	Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Act amend §§ 152, 153, 157 and 160 of Title 8. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-17 Signed by Governor
DE	HB258	Intro 25%	Section 1 of this Act removes domestic service workers from the definition of employee in Chapter 9, Title 19 of the Delaware Code pertaining to minimum wage. A domestic service worker who otherwise qualifies as an employee is entitled to a minimum w... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-07 To House Labor Committee
DE	SB76	Pass	This Act amends §1311, Title 17 of the Delaware Code to allow for the Delaware Department of Transportation to vacate an old right of way of a newly realigned section of road by resolution. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-30 Signed by Governor
DE	HB144	Pass	This Act increases the number of members of a limited liability corporation who are eligible for exemption from workers compensation reimbursement from four to eight, making the number equal to the number of officers in a traditional corporation who ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-30 Signed by Governor
DE	SB74	Pass	This Act establishes requirements for the handling of treatment records for all of the following health-care providers under Title 24: [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-30 Signed by Governor
DE	HB120	Pass	Speeding is a contributing factor in many serious injury motor vehicle crashes and roadway fatalities. This Act adds operating a motor vehicle at a speed of 90 miles an hour or more to the definition of reckless driving. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-30 Signed by Governor
DE	SB75	Pass	This Act amends §134, Title 17 of the Delaware Code to allow for Secretarys designee to sign traffic resolutions within incorporated towns and cities. The same authority already exists for traffic resolutions in unincorporated areas. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-30 Signed by Governor
DE	HB111	Pass	This Act increases the length of time for a valid temporary tag from 60 days to 90 days. This Act also adds a new provision requiring temporary tags be issued through a temporary tag system, approved by the Division of Motor Vehicles, to further redu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-30 Signed by Governor