Delaware Representative Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]

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DEHB87PassThis Act establishes the Delaware Agricultural Production Assistance Program. The Program will provide a subsidy of up to 30% of the premium for eligible producers multi-peril crop insurance premium, or whole farm revenue protection premium up to a m...
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2024-07-25
Signed by Governor
DEHB392PassThe United States Department of Agriculture runs a voluntary program that provides risk management coverage to dairy producers that pays out based on the difference between the national price of milk and the average cost of feed. This Act enables the...
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2024-07-25
Signed by Governor
DEHB125PassThis House Substitute bill eliminates any reference to § 4137 in Title 11 since it will remain as a separate section in the Delaware Code. This House Substitute requires all public schools to offer only students who qualify for a reduced-price meal,...
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2024-07-23
Signed by Governor
DEHB401PassThis Act amends Section 2603 of Title 16 to require the Division of Public Health to provide the results of lead screenings or tests to school nurses and require contracts or computer upgrades to include lead results.
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2024-07-17
Signed by Governor
DEHB191Enroll
75%
This substitute bill provides more clarity on the process by which a tenant may file an action in the Justice of the Peace Court to withhold rent payments in escrow. Specifically, the bill provides what the tenant must file in order to bring such act...
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2024-06-30
Laid On Table in House
DEHB155Enroll
75%
This bill makes the unsafe storage of a firearm in a vehicle a class A misdemeanor if the person knowingly leaves a firearm unattended in a vehicle and the firearm is not stored in a locked box or container, a firearms rack that is on the motor vehic...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO
DEHB212Enroll
75%
House Substitute No. 2 to House Bill 212 prohibits manufactured home community owners from increasing rent if the rent was increased by 5 percent or more the previous year or rental period, instead permitting an increase capped at 3 percent. This Act...
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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 29 YES 10 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT
DEHB86Enroll
75%
This Act establishes a right to counsel for indigent parents in DSCYF custody proceedings. Parent representation will primarily be provided by a legal services entity contracted with the Family Court, but may also be provided by the Office of Defense...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB298Enroll
75%
This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committees (JLOSC) review of Adult Protective Services. This Act creates the Vulnerable Adult Populations Commission (Commission), whose purpose is to improve the response to and redu...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB349PassThis bill codifies that the Superior Court Veterans Treatment Court is a qualified rehabilitation program under § 4177D of Title 21 of the Delaware Code for persons seeking to have their driver's licenses reinstated after a DUI. This Act makes t...
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2024-06-30
Signed by Governor
DEHB340Enroll
75%
This Act authorizes the creation of Family Justice Centers within Delaware to provide victims of crime with a single source to obtain resources and support services.
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB345PassThis Act requires Medicaid coverage for additional postpartum visits with a doula upon recommendation of a licensed practitioner or clinician.
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2024-06-30
Signed by Governor
DEHB318Enroll
75%
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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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
DEHB310Enroll
75%
The United States Space Force was established on December 20, 2019 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act. The Space Force became the 6th branch of the United States Armed Forces. This Act inserts the Space Force in those sections of the D...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB379PassThis Bill would reinstate language formerly in the Delaware Code which would permit insurance agents to issue checks to policyholders in time sensitive situations without having to qualify as claims adjusters. This practice would be subject to regula...
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2024-06-30
Signed by Governor
DEHB301FailThis Act is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty.
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2024-06-30
Defeated By House. Votes: 24 YES 15 NO 2 NOT VOTING
DESB282Enroll
75%
This Act repeals the Senior Trust Fund Fee, the Interstate Compact Fee, and the Substance Abuse, Rehabilitation, Treatment, Education and Prevention Fund Fee imposed on criminal defendants. The elimination of these fees was recommended by the Crimina...
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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
DESB284Enroll
75%
This Act discharges balances owed by individuals ordered to pay a probation supervision fee under § 6504(14) of Title 11 of the Delaware Code or a Public Defender fee under § 4607 of Title 29 of the Delaware Code. The probation supervision fee and ...
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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
DESB283Enroll
75%
This Act repeals the DELJIS Fund fee imposed on criminal defendants. The elimination of this fee was recommended by the Criminal Legal System Imposed Debt Study Group created by House Bill 244, as amended by House Amendment No 2, of the 151st General...
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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
DESB293Enroll
75%
The Delaware Fair Housing Act, Chapter 46 of Title 6, and Residential Landlord-Tenant Code, Chapter 51 of Title 25, both prohibit discrimination based on source of income, which is defined as including rental payments from any government program. How...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING
DEHB387Enroll
75%
This Act is the result of a successful pilot project involving disadvantaged business enterprises in State contracts. In 2023, Section 189 of Senate Bill No. 35, as amended by Senate Amendment No. 2, authorized the Office of Management and Budget (OM...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB326PassThis is a substitute for House Bill No. 326.
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2024-06-30
Signed by Governor
DEHB378Enroll
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This Act requires health spas selling subscription services online to provide a prospective buyer of such a subscription the right to cancel the automatic renewal online. The option to cancel is also to be presented on the website in a clear and cons...
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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NOT VOTING
DEHB363Enroll
75%
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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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 5 NO 1 NOT VOTING
DEHB404Enroll
75%
To address the significant spread and impact of Lyme Disease in Delaware, this bill creates a Lyme Disease intervention fund. The fund shall be overseen by the Department of Agriculture and shall have the goal of reducing the prevalence of Lyme disea...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DESB232Enroll
75%
In light of the Federal Drug Administrations recent approval of over-the-counter non-emergency contraceptive pills, this bill expands the contraceptive coverage laws to include over-the-counter non-emergency contraceptive pills.
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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 5 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT
DEHB16Enroll
75%
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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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DESB169Enroll
75%
This Act creates the Delaware Wrongful Conviction Compensation and Service Act. The Act provides compensation and reintegration services to individuals who have served sentences of incarceration, wrongful incarceration in a psychiatric institution, p...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DESB245Enroll
75%
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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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
DEHB383Enroll
75%
This substitute for House Bill 383 does the following:
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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
DEHB417Engross
50%
Survivors of child sexual abuse that occurred in this State who have been barred from filing suit against their abusers by virtue of the expiration of the former civil statute of limitations, shall be permitted to file those claims in the Superior Co...
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2024-06-30
Laid On Table in Senate
DEHCR158Engross
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This concurrent resolution designates October of each year as Dyslexia Awareness Month in Delaware. According to the United States National Institute of Health, dyslexia is a learning disability that can hinder a persons ability to read, write, spell...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB455Intro
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This Act creates a 10-year program to address the lack of affordable housing in Delaware by establishing statewide limitations on the amount that rent can be increased as follows:
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2024-06-28
To House Housing Committee
DEHB147Engross
50%
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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2024-06-27
Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
DEHB267Enroll
75%
This Act prohibits the Family Court from imposing a sentence of incarceration or ordering the suspension of a persons license for failure to pay court-ordered child support unless it finds that the failure to pay is wilful and not due to an inability...
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2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO
DEHB282VetoThis Act adds procedural requirements to meetings of the State Employee Benefits Committee (SEBC), revises the membership of the SEBC, and requires that the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources inform State employees and retired State emplo...
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2024-06-27
Enacted into Law
DEHB24PassThis Act creates a new charitable donation option on the Delaware income tax return. It allows taxpayers to direct a donation to the SL24: Unlocke the Light Foundation out of their state tax refund or in addition to the payment of owed tax. The Found...
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2024-06-27
Signed by Governor
DEHB356Enroll
75%
On military installations subject to exclusive federal jurisdiction, the investigation and prosecution of juveniles for alleged violation of federal crimes is conducted in the federal court system. The federal court system often tries juveniles as ad...
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2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
DEHB366Enroll
75%
This Act sunsets the Technology Investment Council ("TIC"). The Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee ("JLOSC") reviewed TIC in 2022 and, as a result of the review, JLOSC sponsored House Bill No. 357 of the 151st Genera...
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2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB368Enroll
75%
This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's ("JLOSC") review of the Provider Advisory Board ("Board"). Based on its findings, JLOSC recommended sunsetting the Board, which is addressed in sep...
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2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB367Enroll
75%
This Act sunsets the Provider Advisory Board (Board) and is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's ("JLOSC") review of the Board. The Board was created in 2011 at JLOSC's recommendation when it reviewed t...
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2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB332Enroll
75%
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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2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB70Enroll
75%
This Act eliminates the death penalty in Delaware. As such, the penalty for a person who is convicted of first-degree murder for an offense that was committed after the persons 18th birthday is imprisonment for the remainder of the persons natural li...
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2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO
DEHB353Enroll
75%
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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2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB393Enroll
75%
This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's ("JLOSC") review of Adult Protective Services ("APS"). JLOSC approved recommendations to modify several areas of the APS statute, Chapter 39 of Tit...
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2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB354Enroll
75%
This Act gives the dependent children of active military members, full-time Delaware National Guard members, and active duty members of a reserve component of the US military priority in choice and charter enrollment.
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2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
DEHB5Enroll
75%
The States Medicaid Plan still limits the reimbursement of Medicaid-covered, school-based behavioral health services to those provided under an Individualized Educational Program (IEP) or Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP), despite federal pol...
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2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB362Enroll
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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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2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
DEHB426Enroll
75%
This Act ensures that pregnant women in DOC custody, at Level IV or V, are able to meet with a doula or midwife to create a birth plan surrounding the birth of their child. Among other things, the birth plan must include a statement identifying a pre...
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2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
DESB273Enroll
75%
This Act legalizes the sale and distribution of raw milk and products derived from raw milk by dairy producers directly to consumers for human consumption. This Act also removes the unused definitions of Delaware fresh milk and northeastern fresh mil...
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2024-06-27
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 NO
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