Delaware Representative Paul Baumbach [D]

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
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	HB151	Pass	This Act expressly adds the intentional restriction of another adults access to economic resources resulting in a loss of financial autonomy to the definition of abuse for protection from abuse proceedings. This Act also specifies that tangible prope... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-21 Signed by Governor
DE	SB67	Pass	This Act updates the crime of official misconduct to ensure appropriate accountability of public servants who abuse their positions of power and public trust. The statute establishes a grade in the penalty for the official misconduct to be commensura... [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	SB184	Pass	Research has shown that certain underwriting factors used by insurers, while facially neutral, may have a disparate impact on protected classes. This bill seeks to address this disparate impact by prohibiting certain underwriting and rating factors, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-14 Signed by Governor
DE	SB152	Pass	This Act expands the rights of long-term care facility residents by ensuring that long-term care facility residents are entitled to care that recognizes cultural differences and preferences and that long-term care facility residents are made aware of... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-11 Signed by Governor
DE	HB78	Pass	This Act updates the definition of a catalytic converter and limits the purchase or sale of a catalytic converter to a licensed automotive recycler or licensed scrap metal processor, and their respective employees and agents. The Act prohibits minors... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-11 Signed by Governor
DE	HB154	Pass	This bill creates the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act. The Act delineates a consumers personal data rights and provides that residents of this State will have the right to know what information is being collected about them, see the information, c... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-11 Signed by Governor
DE	HB82	Pass	This Act requires the Department of Elections to biennially mail a notice to all registered voters informing the registrant of their polling place and containing the following additional information: a brief description of all available methods of vo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-11 Signed by Governor
DE	SB91	Pass	Delaware law on the application to an authorized judge for the intercept of wire communications was written prior to the creation of the statutory divisions of Family, Fraud and Consumer Protection, and Civil Rights and Public Trust, within the Delaw... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-11 Signed by Governor
DE	HB28	Pass	This bill creates a special license plate for Whitetails Unlimited. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-31 Signed by Governor
DE	SB80	Pass	Senate Bill No. 80 codifies the current practice in Delaware of not requiring proof of citizenship or a specific immigration status on an application for a professional license. By affirmatively providing eligibility for professional licenses regardl... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-31 Signed by Governor
DE	HB227	Pass	This Act makes various amendments to the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act to improve compliance with its testing and reporting requirements. First, this Act requires physicians to take a training program every 2 years relating to the provision... [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	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	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	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	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	SB87	Pass	This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 87. Like Senate Bill No. 87, this Act does the following: [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-22 Signed by Governor
DE	SB155	Pass	This bill creates a special license plate for Plastic Free Delaware, Inc., a nonprofit whose mission is to reduce single-use plastic pollution and build a culture of zero waste in Delaware through educational programs, awareness building, and policy ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-22 Signed by Governor
DE	HB202	Pass	This Act limits those individuals who may possess a firearm at a polling place on an Election Day to the following: (1) law enforcement officers, (2) commissioned security guards acting in their official capacity, (3) constables acting in their offic... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-18 Signed by Governor
DE	HB201	Pass	As of April 4, 2023, 74 people have been killed or injured by guns in schools this year in 13 separate school shootings. School shootings hit a record high in 2022 with 46 shootings, surpassing 2021s record of 42 shootings. In 2022, 43,450 children e... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-18 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	HB160	Pass	The National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020 established 988 as the universal phone number for "the national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system operating through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline." Thi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-16 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	SB52	Pass	This Act directs the States current needle exchange program to take a needs-based approach. [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	HB80	Pass	This Act requires that doula services be covered by Medicaid in Delaware by January 1, 2024. It follows up on HB 343 from the 151st General Assembly which required the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance to submit a plan for implementing this... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB130	Pass	There are thousands of casual/seasonal employees, who work for the State of Delaware. These hard-working individuals make up a critical part of the state government workforce and play a significant role in keeping our state running and delivering ser... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB62	Pass	This Act requires that each county reassess the value of real property in the county at least once every 5 years. The first 5-year period starts when the reassessment currently being conducted by each county is completed. [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	SB158	Pass	This Act permits an individual who is a reproductive health care services provider or employee to apply for participation in Delaware's Address Confidentiality Program, which allows participants to keep their actual address confidential by applyi... [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	SB32	Pass	The bill adds visual impairments including blindness to the list of programs to be conducted on a 12-month schedule. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-03 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	HB85	Pass	This Act creates a special license plate for retired state legislators. This Act shall be known as "The Senator Margaret Rose Henry Act". [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	HB10	Pass	This Act establishes targets for annual purchase of electric school buses through fiscal year 2030, and requires the Department of Education to submit an annual implementation report through 2029 as well as a comprehensive report in 2030 detailing fu... [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	HB12	Pass	This Act creates an Electric Vehicle Rebate Program to incentivize the purchase and lease of new and used electric vehicles by Delaware residents. All-electric vehicles shall receive a rebate of no more than $2,500 and hybrid vehicles shall receive a... [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	HB99	Pass	This Act, known as the Delaware Climate Change Solutions Act of 2023, follows the issuance of Delawares Climate Action Plan in 2021, and establishes a statutory target of greenhouse gas emissions reductions over the medium and long term to mitigate t... [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	SB7	Pass	This Bill amends the Delaware Energy Act, Title 29 of the Delaware Code, Chapter 80, Subchapter II, by updating and expanding upon the duties of the State Energy Office (located in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Controls Divisi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-03 Signed by Governor
DE	HB114	Pass	Substance use disorder constitutes a severe threat to the health and welfare of the citizens of Delaware. Recovery residences address the needs of individuals in recovery from substance use disorder by providing a safe and healthy living environment ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-01 Signed by Governor