Delaware Representative Sherry Dorsey Walker [D] | Bills | Introduced

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DESB4Intro
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This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 4, replacing Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 4. Like Senate Bill No. 4 and Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 4, this Act modernizes Delawares probation system. Specifically, this Act ...
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2024-04-29
To Senate Finance Committee
DESB231Intro
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This Act removes the sunset provision in Chapter 453, Volume 83 of the Laws of Delaware relating to the program established under §9011A of Title 29 to assist individuals who are in or have experienced foster care in Delaware with driver education, ...
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2024-04-24
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 Favorable
DEHB298Intro
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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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2024-04-23
Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
DEHB366Intro
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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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2024-04-23
Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 5 On Its Merits
DEHB368Intro
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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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2024-04-23
Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
DEHB367Intro
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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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2024-04-23
Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
DEHB379Intro
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This 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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2024-04-23
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 7 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
DESB272Intro
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Pharmacists in Delaware provide some of the same medical services as physicians, advance practice registered nurses, and physician assistants, including immunizations. The General Assembly has recently added to the services that pharmacists may provi...
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2024-04-23
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee
DEHB59Intro
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This Act establishes a residential drinking water purification system program to be administered through the Department of Health and Social Services.
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2024-04-17
Not Worked in Committee
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
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
DEHB290Intro
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This Act removes a barrier to higher education by allowing a student who has been convicted of a violent felony to qualify for or maintain eligibility for a SEED scholarship if other eligibility criteria are met.
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2024-04-17
Not Worked in Committee
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
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
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
DEHB349Intro
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This 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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2024-04-16
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
DEHB302Intro
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According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of death from cancer in men. It is estimated that about 1 in 41 men will die of prostate cancer. According to ZERO Prostate Cancer, Black men face serious health ca...
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2024-04-11
was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 302
DEHB356Intro
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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 adu...
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2024-03-28
To House Judiciary Committee
DEHB331Intro
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This Act creates a scholarship for students who have completed a Delaware Teacher Academy and are enrolled in a Delaware Educator Preparation Program. This scholarship supplements the Educator Support Scholarship and is intended to fill a $2500 fundi...
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2024-03-28
To House Appropriations Committee
DEHB55Intro
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This Act is the Bill of Rights for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness to ensure that all individuals, regardless of housing status, have equal opportunity to live in decent, safe, sanitary, and healthful accommodations and enjoy equality of opport...
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2024-03-27
Not Worked in Committee
DESB230Intro
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This Act clarifies that elected officials may not be prevented from engaging in constituent relations and that candidates for public office or staff or volunteers may not be prevented from engaging in election-related or similar activities in residen...
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 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
DEHB340Intro
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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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2024-03-21
To House Appropriations Committee
DEHB70Intro
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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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2024-03-20
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
DEHB301Intro
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This Act is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty.
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2024-03-20
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
DEHB189Intro
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This Act makes clear that corporations and other artificial entities may not be given a vote in municipal elections. Section 1 of this Act prohibits a municipality from giving corporations and other artificial entities the right to vote within the mu...
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2024-03-13
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits
DEHB327Intro
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The purpose of this Act is to protect victims of sexual assault, discrimination, or harassment from retaliatory lawsuits that arise when a victim of sexual assault discloses information regarding an act of sexual assault, discrimination, or harassmen...
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2024-03-13
Tabled in Committee
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
DEHB203Intro
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With 60% of U.S. households living paycheck to paycheck, 40% of Americans having less than $300 in savings, 33% of Americans having saved nothing for retirement, 95% of Americans having not saved enough for retirement, and 87% of American teens admit...
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2024-03-07
Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DESB201Intro
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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.
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2024-02-29
Amendment SA 1 to SB 201 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
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
DESB180Intro
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This Act is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution that does all of the following:
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2023-06-21
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
DEHB37Intro
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It is the policy of this State that meaningful sanctions be imposed upon those who allow dangerous conditions and defects to exist in leased premises and that an effective mechanism be established for repairing these conditions and halting their crea...
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2023-06-14
Not Worked in Committee
DEHB165Intro
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This bill codifies the prosecutions obligation under Brady v. Maryland, a United State Supreme Court case, which requires the prosecution to provide evidence favorable to an accused. The purpose of this bill is to ensure the fairness and finality of ...
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2023-06-14
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
DEHB170Intro
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This Act does all of the following regarding suspected human trafficking of children:
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2023-06-14
To House Appropriations Committee
DEHB210Intro
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This bill provides that public sales of real estate may occur via an online auction process.
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2023-06-14
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits
DEHB220Intro
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This is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to conserve, protect and maintain Delaware's natural resources, including its water, air, soil, flora, fauna, ecosystems and climate. This Amendment would create an inherent and i...
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2023-06-14
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits
DEHB199Intro
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This bill grants authority to the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) to adopt regulations related to the operation of temporary nurse staffing agencies that staff temporary nurses in long-term care facilities in the State and assigns ove...
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2023-06-09
Stricken in House
DESB151Intro
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This Act requires that all long-term care facilities that advertise, market, or otherwise promote that the facility provides dementia care services must complete a written notice on a form prepared by the Department of Health and Social Services. The...
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2023-06-07
Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 6 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
DESB150Intro
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This Act defines dementia care services and activity services, and it requires that all long-term care facilities that offer dementia care services have sufficient staff to meet the needs of each resident, including a sufficient number of dedicated a...
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2023-06-01
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee
DEHB136Intro
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While the exact number of nurse vacancies in Delaware fluctuates, healthcare providers agree that the current shortage is unsustainable. Nursing shortages lead to error, higher morbidity, and mortality rates.
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2023-05-18
To House Appropriations Committee
DEHB150Intro
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This bill is the Cover All Delaware Children Act. Many children who are undocumented do not have access to routine or preventative healthcare, including vaccinations and physicals, because they cannot afford the services. Instead they may rely upon e...
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2023-05-18
To House Appropriations Committee
DEHB128Intro
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This Act creates the following new tax brackets for taxable years after December 31, 2023.
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2023-05-17
Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
DESB94Intro
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The State of Delaware previously offered an employer match for state employee contributions to the deferred compensation program. The purpose of the match was to help state employees save and build wealth for retirement and to enable state government...
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2023-05-17
To Senate Finance Committee
DEHB133Intro
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First responders, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical services (EMS) clinicians, and public safety telecommunicators, are crucial to ensuring public safety and health. First responders are at elevated risk for suicide ...
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2023-05-11
Amendment HA 1 to HB 133 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DEHB112Intro
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In 2022, the General Assembly passed HB 115, which prohibits the criminal prosecution of children under the age of 12, and limits delinquency proceedings for children under 12 to a small set of very serious crimes. This Act clarifies that children un...
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2023-04-26
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
DEHB79Intro
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In 2022, the General Assembly passed HB115, which prohibits the criminal prosecution of children under the age of 12 and limits proceeding against a minor as an adult to a narrow set of serious crimes alleged to have been committed by children 16 or ...
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2023-04-25
Stricken in House
DEHB101Intro
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This Act directs DelDOT and DNREC to develop a program to allow for the expedited review of entrance plans and stormwater and sediment plans associated with new development. Under this process a consultant pre-approved by DelDOT and/or DNREC would co...
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2023-03-30
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee
DEHB86Intro
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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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2023-03-30
To House Appropriations Committee
DEHB90Intro
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This Act requires large health-care facilities to provide information to uninsured patients regarding eligibility and the application process for medical assistance. Information must be provided at the time of service or prior to discharge, and again...
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2023-03-16
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee
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