Delaware Representative William Bush [D]

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
DE	SB154	Pass	This Act repeals the sunset of the Focus on Alternative Skills Training Program, which provides tuition for an eligible individual to attend an approved nondegree credit certificate program that provides industry-accepted skill training and certifica... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-21 Signed by Governor
DE	SB123	Pass	This Act provides that any adult day care facility required to be licensed under Chapter 1 of Title 16 is subject to the existing reporting obligations for facilities under Subchapter III of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Delaware Code. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-21 Signed by Governor
DE	SB131	Pass	This bill updates and clarifies certain provisions that have been confusing or otherwise problematic in the Investor Protection Units enforcement efforts, or have otherwise become out-of-synch with federal securities law. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-21 Signed by Governor
DE	HB185	Pass	This legislation prioritizes recruitment and retention of State employees by removing the 3-month waiting period for the state to pay its share of premium or subscription charges for health care coverage under § 5202 of Title 29 for benefit eligible... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-09-21 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	SB83	Pass	This Act creates the Delaware Community Investment Venture Fund to develop opportunities for banking organizations and credit unions doing business in Delaware to better serve the needs of low to moderate income tracts in Delaware. The source of fund... [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	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	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	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	SB8	Pass	This Act is the second substitute for Senate Bill No. 8. Like Senate Bill No. 8 and its first substitute, this Act protects patients from unfair debt collection practices for medical debt, including prohibiting large health care facilities from charg... [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	HB174	Pass	This Act requires a referral to a school-based mental or behavioral health specialist for any student after their second unduplicated infraction resulting in out-of-school suspension in a semester. This Substitute bill clarifies that the referral is ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-31 Signed by Governor
DE	SJR1	Pass	This Senate Joint Resolution directs the Department of Services for Children, Youth & Their Families to explore participating in the federal title IV-E Guardianship Assistance Program to increase support to relative guardians and facilitate perma... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-31 Signed by Governor
DE	SB108	Pass	This Act revises the State's Gold Alert Program to include missing children and increase dissemination of information to the public to better assist the State's search efforts. [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	HB228	Pass	Section 1 of the bill amends Delawares file-and-use statute for insurance rate filings to extend the timeline for filing and reviewing insurers rate filing by (1) requiring rate filings to be filed at least 60 days in advance of the proposed effectiv... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-31 Signed by Governor
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	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	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	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	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	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	SB157	Pass	This Act, the 2022 Amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code, was drafted by the Uniform Law Commission in partnership with the American Law Institute. The Uniform Law Commission "provides states with non-partisan, well-conceived and well-drafte... [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	SB148	Pass	This Act allows a practitioner with the authority to prescribe medication to give the unused portion of topical medication used during treatment to a patient upon discharge or the conclusion of the visit. This Act is based on the Model Act created by... [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	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	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	HB205	Pass	This Act makes a number of revisions to the Law-Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights in Title 11 of the Delaware Code. It adds part-time officers to the coverage of the chapter. It distinguishes between formal investigations and informal inquiries, bu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-07 Signed by Governor
DE	HB206	Pass	This Act revamps the Council on Police Training, by changing the name of the Council to the Police Officer Standards and Training Commission (or POST) and amending its powers and duties to: (1) more accurately reflect the dual role of establishing tr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-08-07 Signed by Governor
DE	HB219	Pass	This Act expands eligibility for the investment and employment credit against corporation income tax available under 30 Del. C. § 2011 to the operators of climate-controlled fruit or vegetable growing facilities with at least 400,000 square feet of ... [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	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
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	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	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	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	SB179	Pass	This Act replaces references to Masters in the Court of Chancery with Magistrate. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-07-17 Signed by Governor