Delaware Senator David Sokola [D]

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
DE	HB140	Fail	This Act permits a terminally ill individual who is an adult resident of Delaware to request and self-administer medication to end the individual's life in a humane and dignified manner if both the individual's attending physician or attendin... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-20 Vetoed by Governor
DE	SB202	Pass	For claims for line of duty death benefits for covered persons, which include police officers, firefighters, auxiliary and volunteer ambulance and rescue company members, paramedics, and others, submitted on July 1, 2023, and thereafter, this Act inc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-19 Signed by Governor
DE	HB329	Pass	This Act addresses the growing concern over the safety of emergency responders. It increases the penalties for persons who violate this section, which requires drivers to yield the right of way to an emergency vehicle making use of audible or visual ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-19 Signed by Governor
DE	SB311	Pass	This bill creates new subsections in Section 507(c) of Title 14 of the Delaware Code to define the licensure and certification requirements more clearly within Chapter 5 of Title 14 and provides the ability for charter schools to hire the administrat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-19 Signed by Governor
DE	HB382	Pass	This Act requires that public school students receive a vision screening, including a test for color blindness, in kindergarten. Students must also receive vision screenings at appropriate intervals in grades 1 through 12, to be determined by the DOE... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-19 Signed by Governor
DE	HB411	Pass	This bill seeks to amend sections of Chapter 66 concerning the members of Delaware Volunteer Fire Departments. This bill will hold current members to the same standards as applicants with relation to criminal activity. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-19 Signed by Governor
DE	HB110	Pass	Section 1 amends Title 31 to require all health benefit plans delivered or issued for Medicaid to cover services related to the termination of pregnancy. Coverage provided under this section is not subject to any deductible, coinsurance, copayment, o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB13	Pass	This Act requires the Director of the Sustainable Energy Utility to administer a program to provide financial assistance to Delaware residents for the cost of purchase and installation of electric vehicle supply equipment. For a low-income applicant ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-05 Signed by Governor
DE	HB9	Pass	This Act requires that all passenger vehicles and light duty vehicles owned and operated by the State be zero emission vehicles by 2040 by requiring increasing volumes of zero emission vehicles every few years. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-05 Signed by Governor
DE	SB237	Pass	This Act amends the provisions in Title 9 of the Delaware Code relating to the county comprehensive plans for Sussex, Kent, and New Castle Counties, and Title 22 of the Delaware Code relating to municipal comprehensive plans for municipalities with p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-09-05 Signed by Governor
DE	HB264	Pass	This Act makes the crime of patronizing a prostitute a class E felony rather than a misdemeanor where the person from whom prostitution is sought is a minor. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-29 Signed by Governor
DE	HB274	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-29 Signed by Governor
DE	SB198	Pass	This Act revises existing animal cruelty laws to include people who knowingly possess, own, buy, sell, transfer, or manufacture animal fighting paraphernalia with the intent to engage in or otherwise promote or facilitate such fighting as guilty of a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-29 Signed by Governor
DE	SB208	Pass	This bill amends Chapter 68 of Title 18, related to medical negligence insurance and litigation, to repeal those provisions of the law that are expired or that are no longer used as a matter of practice in medical negligence litigation. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-29 Signed by Governor
DE	HB304	Pass	This Act mandates that all individuals who have received a conditional offer of employment with DTI and any contractor or third party that requires access to DTI systems, facilities, or data, must undergo a state and federal criminal background check... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-29 Signed by Governor
DE	SB278	Pass	This Act clarifies portions of Chapter 49 of Title 6 and Chapter 63 of Title 21 of the Delaware Code pertaining to motor vehicle dealers. These additions and modifications are intended to further improve our States franchise laws and ensure that Dela... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-29 Signed by Governor
DE	HB280	Pass	This Act makes several changes to the civil asset forfeiture proceedings of this state. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-29 Signed by Governor
DE	SJR8	Pass	This Joint Resolution designates August 31, 2024, as "International Overdose Awareness Day" in the State of Delaware and requires that in observance, the State flag be flown at half-staff at State facilities. By recognizing International Ov... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-29 Signed by Governor
DE	SB254	Pass	This Act creates the Delaware Grocery Initiative. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-29 Signed by Governor
DE	HB347	Pass	This Act entitles non-exempt Delaware Department of Transportation employees who work over 37.5 hours to be paid at time and a half. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-29 Signed by Governor
DE	HB155	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-15 Signed by Governor
DE	HB270	Pass	This Act creates a civil penalty for any sale or display of ammunition that allows the ammunition to be accessible to a purchaser or transferee without the assistance of the vendor or an employee of the vendor. Ammunition in an enclosed display case,... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-15 Signed by Governor
DE	HB311	Pass	In many states acts of violence have been committed with the use of firearms on college and university campuses that have resulted in both injury and death to students and faculty. This Act adds post-secondary colleges and universities to the Safe Sc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-15 Signed by Governor
DE	HB342	Pass	This Act creates a Voluntary Firearms Do-Not-Sell Registry in which an applicant may voluntarily enroll for the purpose of being prohibited from obtaining a firearm. An individual on the Registry may request removal from the Registry no sooner than 3... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-15 Signed by Governor
DE	SB212	Pass	Like Senate Bill No. 212, Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 212 codifies the Bureau of Health Equity (BHE) in the Division of Public Health, which includes the Office of Minority Health and the Office of Womens Health. The purpose of the BH... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-12 Signed by Governor
DE	SB282	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-12 Signed by Governor
DE	SB283	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-12 Signed by Governor
DE	SB25	Pass	This Act exempts contracts for the construction of affordable housing units from the 2% realty transfer tax imposed under 30 Del. C. § 5402(f). [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-09 Signed by Governor
DE	SB22	Pass	This Act establishes the Delaware Workforce Housing Program" (DWHP). Modeled after the Downtown Development District Program, the DWHP allows a qualified workforce housing investor to be reimbursed through a grant up to 20 percent of the capital... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-09 Signed by Governor
DE	SB244	Pass	This Act allows a county that imposes a lodging tax to spend money from that tax on workforce and affordable housing programs. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-09 Signed by Governor
DE	SB246	Pass	For over 30 years, the Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) has invested in home repair programs that make necessary repairs to improve the health and safety conditions in the homes of Delawareans. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-09 Signed by Governor
DE	SB247	Pass	This Act creates a clearer and workable system for ensuring that manufactured home communities with health and safety violations and conditions that threaten the health and safety of people in the community cannot continue to raise rents on residents... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-09 Signed by Governor
DE	SB245	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB444	Pass	This Act designates the Orange Crush as the State cocktail. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-09 Signed by Governor
DE	HB127	Pass	This Act provides each county with the ability to impose, by duly enacted ordinance, a fire protection fee (fee). A county that enacts this fee must do all of the following: [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-02 Signed by Governor
DE	HB318	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-02 Signed by Governor
DE	HB313	Pass	This Act ensures that all female inmates in DDOC custody, at level IV or V, receive annual or biennial screening mammograms as recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-02 Signed by Governor
DE	SB238	Pass	This Act adds "victim of kidnapping" to the definition section of the Address Confidentiality Act, allowing for kidnapping victims to become eligible for the protections offered by the Address Confidentiality Program. This amendment is reco... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-02 Signed by Governor
DE	SB260	Pass	This Act is a result of the work of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association ("DIAA") Task Force. The current process for promulgating DIAA-related regulations grants the regulatory authority to the Department of Education ("D... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-02 Signed by Governor
DE	HB364	Pass	This Act requires that individual, blanket, and group health insurance carriers cover drug treatment for the associated conditions of metastatic cancer in the same way treatment for metastatic cancer is covered. Specifically, it requires insurance co... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-02 Signed by Governor
DE	HB405	Pass	This Act removes the requirement that a juvenile can only be referred to the the Juvenile Offender Civil Citation Program a second or subsequent time if the juveniles prior referral was for a different offense than the second referral, allowing a juv... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-02 Signed by Governor
DE	SB150	Pass	This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 150. Like Senate Bill No. 150, this Act requires included facilities have sufficient staff to meet the needs of each resident and requires dementia care services training for staff. This Act differs from S... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-01 Signed by Governor
DE	HB300	Pass	This Substitute Bill requires the Department of Health and Social Services to maintain a public registry of assisted living facilities that are accredited and/or certified to provide memory care services by an approved independent accrediting organiz... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-01 Signed by Governor
DE	SB215	Pass	This Act requires the Department of Health and Social Services to inspect long-term care facilities on an annual basis. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-01 Signed by Governor
DE	SB216	Pass	This Act increases the civil penalties for violations of the statutes in Title 16, Chapter 11 related to Long Term Care Facilities and the regulations adopted pursuant to it. For violations that the Department determines pose a serious threat to the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-08-01 Signed by Governor
DE	HB392	Pass	The 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-25 Signed by Governor
DE	HB333	Pass	This Act creates the Delaware Artificial Intelligence ("AI") Commission. This Commission shall be tasked with making recommendations to the General Assembly and Department of Technology and Information on AI utilization and safety within th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-17 Signed by Governor
DE	SB236	Pass	This bill: (a) extends the expiration date for any new issuance or renewal of an ADA placard from 3 years to 8 years for a specific person with a diagnosis of a permanent disability and changing the minimum age from 85 to 80 years or older, (b) exten... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-17 Signed by Governor
DE	SB234	Pass	This bill will extend the timeframe for a customer to apply for a document fee credit refund from 15 days to 30 days. This change will improve customer service by allowing a customer more time to submit the applicable paperwork. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-17 Signed by Governor
DE	SB313	Pass	Section 1. Section 1 of this Act amends § 122. New § 122(18) sets forth certain types of provisions that may be included in contracts between a corporation and its current or prospective stockholders or beneficial owners of its stock, even if those... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-17 Signed by Governor