Delaware Representative Michael Smith [R]

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
DE	HB7	Intro 25%	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-05 Stricken in House
DE	HB320	Intro 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-05 To House Administration Committee
DE	SB201	Intro 25%	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. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-02-29 Amendment SA 1 to SB 201 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DE	HB307	Intro 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-02-29 To House Education Committee
DE	SB217	Intro 25%	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-02-26 To Senate Education Committee
DE	HB305	Pass	This Act amends the Fiscal Year 2023 Bond and Capital Improvements Act to (1) list the allocations of the School Construction Market Pressure Contingency Fund and clarify that funds cannot exceed the CN scope. Further, this Act amends Fiscal Year 202... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-31 Signed by Governor
DE	SCR112	Engross 50%	This resolution recognizes and celebrates the Chinese New Year 2024. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-25 Passed In House by Voice Vote
DE	SCR111	Engross 50%	This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes February 4, 2024, as "USO Day" in the State of Delaware and honors USO Delaware for its important and inspiring work supporting military members and their families. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-25 Passed In House by Voice Vote
DE	HB244	Intro 25%	This Act directs phased in unit funding for every public high school in the state to have a full-time athletic trainer. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-24 To House Appropriations Committee
DE	HB233	Intro 25%	This Act raises the minimum income to be subject to income tax from $2,000 to $2,500. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-23 Motion to Release Failed
DE	HB265	Intro 25%	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. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-23 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits, 2 Unfavorable
DE	HCR79	Engross 50%	This concurrent resolution hereby designates January 23, 2024 as Maternal Health Awareness Day in the State of Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NOT VOTING
DE	HB292	Intro 25%	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-17 To House Administration Committee
DE	SCR107	Engross 50%	This Senate Concurrent Resolution honors and recognizes the leadership, achievements, and sacrifices of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and urges all citizens of the First State to participate fittingly in the observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Da... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-11 Passed In House by Voice Vote
DE	HCR77	Engross 50%	This Concurrent Resolution recognizes January 2024 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month in Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-11 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
DE	SCR104	Engross 50%	This Concurrent Resolution recognizes January 9, 2024, as "Law Enforcement Appreciation Day" in the State of Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-10 Passed In House by Voice Vote
DE	HCR80	Enroll 75%	This concurrent resolution expresses the State of Delaware General Assemblys concern for the loss of life in the Israel-Hamas war and calls on the legislature and the citizens of Delaware to recognize our common humanity and the shared strength of ou... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-09 Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 3 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT
DE	HB187	Pass	This Act expands the Video Lottery Intercept Program by requiring an operator of a video lottery facility to submit an individual's winnings from sports betting and table games to the Division of Child Support Services to satisfy delinquent child... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-10-18 Signed by Governor
DE	HB142	Pass	This bill precludes the so-called LGBTQ+ "panic" defense that seeks to partially or completely excuse or justify a defendant from full accountability for the commission of a crime on the grounds that the actual or perceived sexual orientati... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-21 Signed by Governor
DE	SB36	Pass	This Act provides a definition for 911 Dispatchers. While referenced in other sections of the Code, including being identified as a first responder in § 4319 of Title 11 for purposes of confidentiality of communications by first responders for criti... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-21 Signed by Governor
DE	HB118	Pass	Due to continuing concerns over the negative health effects secondhand smoke will have on the youth of Delaware, this bill adds Smoking Restrictions within vehicles if a person under the age of eighteen (18) is in the vehicle. Also, it makes clear th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-20 Signed by Governor
DE	SB43	Pass	This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 43. Both this Act and SB 43 add additional State facilities and categories of establishments to § 787 of Title 11 which would be required to display public awareness signs about human trafficking. The add... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-14 Signed by Governor
DE	SB66	Pass	This Act adds the Senate Minority Leader and the House Minority Leader as members of the Public Health Emergency Planning Commission (Commission). [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-14 Signed by Governor
DE	HB73	Pass	This House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 73 provides a 5-year statute of limitations for the Department of Labor to bring civil actions to recover nonfraud overpayment debts and no period of limitations to recover fraud overpayment debts. This port... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-14 Signed by Governor
DE	HB141	Pass	This Act requires all candidates for statewide office, the General Assembly, and all elected county offices, to request a criminal history background check, no later than the filing deadline, from the State Bureau of Identification. The State Bureau ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-31 Signed by Governor
DE	SB51	Pass	This Act prohibits food establishments from providing consumers with ready-to-eat food or beverages in polystyrene foam containers or with single-service plastic coffee stirrers, cocktail picks, or sandwich picks. It also prohibits food establishment... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-22 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	HB4	Pass	This Act is Nolans Law. The purpose of this legislation is to provide more behavioral health supports to school districts and charter schools in the aftermath of a school-connected traumatic event, which is defined as the death of any student, educat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-16 Signed by Governor
DE	HB3	Pass	According to a recent CDC survey, the COVID pandemic exacerbated an existing mental health crisis for students. One in 5 school aged children has a mental health condition, and 45% of children may have experienced a traumatic event. This bill provide... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-16 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	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	SB156	Pass	Under the current salary scale for teachers, if a permitted paraprofessional in a school wishes to become a certified teacher in the same school, they may have to take a pay cut to do so. This Act provides teachers who previously worked as paraprofes... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-09 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	HB60	Pass	To prevent Delawareans from facing exorbitant costs for potentially life-saving screenings and follow-up tests, and to allow providers to use clinical judgement in the use of breast cancer examination tools based on established national standards, th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-26 Signed by Governor
DE	HB123	Engross 50%	This act would require the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to obtain the consent of the General Assembly before promulgating any regulations restricting the sale of fuel-powered cars, trucks, and SUVs in Delaware. This Act d... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-21 To Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee
DE	SB116	Pass	This Act adopts the PA Licensure Compact, which is an interstate occupational licensure compact for physician assistants (PAs). The purpose of the Compact is to strengthen access to medical services and enhance the portability of a license to practic... [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	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	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	HB262	Intro 25%	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-07 To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee
DE	HB261	Intro 25%	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-07 To House Administration Committee
DE	HB65	Pass	According to the Mayo Clinic, miscarriages occur in about 20% of all pregnancies, and generally, in the first 12 weeks. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 1 out of every 100 American pregnancies ends in stillbirth. Black women have a signi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-30 Signed by Governor
DE	SB160	Fail	This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2024 Bond and Capital Improvements Act. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-30 Signed by Governor
DE	HB94	Pass	The expectation for speed enforcement, under Delaware's Motor Vehicle statute, are Delaware's law enforcement agencies. It is not always possible for law enforcement officers to effectively enforce the speed limitations due to a number of fac... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-30 Signed by Governor
DE	SCR94	Engross 50%	This resolution recognizes June 2023 as Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month and urges all Delawareans to wear purple to help spread awareness of Alzheimer's and all other dementia. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-27 Passed In House by Voice Vote
DE	SCR87	Engross 50%	This Senate Concurrent Resolution proclaims the month of October 2023 as Depression Awareness Month in the State of Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-27 Passed In House by Voice Vote
DE	SB163	Engross 50%	This bill updates the States charter school law to codify the original intent of charter schools to encourage the use of different and innovative or proven school environments and teaching and learning methods; provide parents and students with measu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-23 To House Administration Committee
DE	SCR77	Engross 50%	This Senate Concurrent Resolution proclaims Friday, October 6, 2023, as National Coaches Day in the State of Delaware [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-22 Passed In House by Voice Vote
DE	SCR83	Engross 50%	This resolution recognizes August 17, 2023, as "National Nonprofit Day" in Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-22 Passed In House by Voice Vote