Sen. Gary Simpson

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District SD-018
Party Republican
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State (Delaware)
Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Authorizing The Department Of Education To Establish And Maintain Procedures For The Appointment Of Individuals To Represent The Educational Interests Of A Child With A Disability. [SB-180]
This Act provides procedures to ensure that each child with a disability who has reached age 18 has an identified educational decision-maker to exercise rights under this chapter. A child with a disability who has capacity may exercise his own rights or appoint an agent to exercise educational rights. A child with a disability who does not have capacity to provide informed consent with respect to educational programming will have an educational representative appointed, with a parent receiving priority for that role. The Department of Education, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 06/09/2016

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 30, Chapters 5 And 20 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Business Tax Credits. [SB-200]
The Delaware Commitment to Innovation Act promotes research and development in Delaware and encourages employers to locate or retain their headquarters here. Section 1 of this Act provides for adjustment of the applicable threshold for the research and development tax credit offered to small businesses. Section 2 of this Act updates the State’s research and development tax credit. Currently, companies conducting research in Delaware are entitled to a tax credit that is equal to of the corresponding federal tax credit. The resulting Delaware tax (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Assigned To Appropriations Committee In House on 03/17/2016

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Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 3 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Agricultural Lands Preservation Act Restrictions [SB-201]
This Amendment would allow the non-commercial uses by an owner or tenant of an airstrip on property subject to the Delaware Agricultural Lands Preservation Act restrictions. The Delaware Agricultural Lands Preservation Foundation does not object to this change. AUTHOR: Senator Simpson

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 05/11/2016

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Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 9 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Property Taxes. [SB-215]
The Act includes the Milford Housing Development Corporation (MHDC) to the list of those non-profit corporations which are exempt from property taxes imposed by Counties and other political subdivisions.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Assigned To Community/county Affairs Committee In Senate on 03/24/2016

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Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Asset Forfeiture Process And Private Property Protection [SB-222]
Civil forfeiture laws represent one of the most serious assaults on private property rights in the nation today. Under civil forfeiture, police and prosecutors can seize your car or other property, sell it and use the proceeds to fund agency budgets—often without so much as charging you with a crime. This Act protects individual liberty and property rights by standardizing forfeitures across all crimes, simplifying procedures, and addressing counterproductive incentives in the law that distort policing priorities. Importantly, this Act does not (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Assigned To Public Safety Committee In Senate on 04/12/2016

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Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Related To Delaware Student Excellence Equals Degree Act. [SB-228]
An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Related To Delaware Student Excellence Equals Degree Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Amendment Sa 1 - Introduced And Placed With The Bill In Senate on 05/12/2016

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Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Neighborhood Assistance Tax Credits To Be Used For Housing [SB-237]
This Act expands the yearly tax credits available through the Neighborhood Assistance Act by an additional $500,000 per fiscal year for housing activities.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Assigned To Community/county Affairs Committee In Senate on 05/03/2016

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Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 9 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Property Taxes [SB-249]
The Act includes the Milford Housing Development Corporation (MHDC), and EJB, Inc. and Martha and Mary’s Place, Inc. to the list of those non-profit corporations which are exempt from property taxes imposed by Counties and other political subdivisions. AUTHOR: Sen. Simpson

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Amendment Ha 1 - Introduced And Placed With Bill on 06/15/2016

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Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act Proposing An Amendment To The Delaware Constitution Relating To A Vacancy In The Office Of Lieutenant Governor [SB-250]
This is the 1st Leg of a Constitutional Amendment to hold a special election when there is a vacancy in the office of the Lieutenant Governor. It is modeled after the special election for the Legislative seats. As is the case with the Legislative special elections, the details of the special election process will be placed in Title 15 of the Delaware Code when the 2nd Leg of the Constitutional Amendment is passed by the following General Assembly and the Amendment becomes part of the Delaware Constitution. AUTHOR: Sen. Simpson

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Assigned To Executive Committee In Senate on 05/04/2016

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Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Erosion And Sediment Control. [SB-253]
This Act adds provisions to 4004 of Title 7 to exclude from Chapter 40 of Title 7 land disturbing activities of 1 acre or less of land and to exclude from the requirement for a sediment and stormwater management plan the construction of an agricultural structure construction project subject to a standard plan. If the Department provides for the use of a standard plan in lieu of a detailed sediment and stormwater plan, this Act requires the Department to provide that an agricultural structure construction project with a total land disturbance of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 06/24/2016

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