Sen. Gary Simpson

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District SD-018
Party Republican
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State (Delaware)
Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 4, Title 16, Title 18, Title 19, Title, 24, Title 29, And Title 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Technical Corrections. [SB-4]
In January 2017, the Code Revisors provided the General Assembly with a list of potential technical corrections that they identified as they revised the Delaware Code to reflect legislation that was enacted by the 148th General Assembly in 2016. While technical in nature, these changes are beyond the authority of the Code Revisors to make and can only be done by the General Assembly through legislation.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 07/17/2017

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Licensure Of Art Therapists. [SB-43]
This Act regulates the practice of art therapy placing control of the profession under the Board of Mental health and Chemical Dependency Professionals and amending Chapter 30 of Title 24 by adding Subchapter V. Professional Art Therapists. The Art Therapy Practice Act will serve and protect the public by defining the scope of practice of art therapy; setting minimum standards of qualification, education, training, and experience for art therapists; and maintaining certain standards in the delivery of art therapy services. This Act also requires (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 09/08/2017

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Asset Forfeiture Process And Provate Property Protection. [SB-60]
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 budgetsoften 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 change (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Introduced And Assigned To Judicial & Community Affairs Committee In Senate on 04/05/2017

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Trafficking Of An Individual, Forced Labor, And Sexual Servitude. [SB-75]
This Act updates Delaware's human trafficking crime to prohibit the same acts that are included in the federal Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 08/01/2017

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend The Charter Of The City Of Milford. [SB-82]
This Act amends the Milford City Charter. The changes are comprehensive in nature and designed to amend and revise many of the outdated provisions dating back to the Act reincorporating the City of Milford in 1970. Many of the changes are technical in nature, including updated terminology and re-organization. There are substantive changes to certain procedures including annexation, tax collection, voting, and vacancies. Some provisions are being removed due to their current inapplicability, such as those relating to the City Alderman. There are (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 08/30/2017

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Judicial Procedures. [SB-89]
This Act is modeled after American Laws for American Courts legislation that has passed in Tennessee, Louisiana, Arizona, Kansas, South Dakota, Alabama, and North Carolina. The Declaration of Independence announced the formation of a new country that would no longer find itself in the clutches of a foreign power. For more than two centuries, hundreds of thousands of men and women have given their lives to protect Americas sovereignty and freedom. America has unique values of liberty which do not exist in all foreign legal systems such as freedom (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Reported Out Of Committee (judicial & Community Affairs) In Senate With 5 On Its Merits on 06/14/2017

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Elections. [SB-94]
This Act inserts additional language to clarify that a qualified voter must be 18 years of age on or before the date of the election a vote is to be cast.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Introduced And Assigned To Elections & Government Affairs Committee In Senate on 06/06/2017

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 9 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Deletion Of Front Footage Calculation As The Only Method Of Determining Sewer Assessments. [SB-99]
This legislation eliminates front footage calculations as the sole method of collecting sewer assessments for county sewer users. It provides a broad list of possible methods of determining the amount of the sewer assessment for each property, including, but not limited to front footage, usage, fixtures, Equivalent Dwelling Units (EDUs) or other factors. The methods are the same as those currently in Chapter 67 of the Delaware Code for sewer charges.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 08/30/2017

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 149th General Assembly

Providing For A Joint Session Of The Senate And The House Of Representatives To Be Convened For The Purpose Of Hearing An Address By The Honorable John C. Carney, Jr., Governor Of The State Of Delaware. [SCR-12]
This Concurrent Resolution provides for a Joint Session of the Senate and the House of Representatives to be convened for the purpose of hearing an address by the Honorable John C. Carney, Jr., Governor of the State of Delaware.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Passed In House By Voice Vote on 03/29/2017

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 149th General Assembly

Honoring Dr. Vincent G. Lobo For His Medical Career Spanning Nearly Six Decades And His Outstanding Service As A Public-spirited Citizen Of The First State. [SCR-14]
This Resolution honors Dr. Vincent G. Lobo of Harrington and Bethany Beach for his long and distinguished career as a doctor of optometry, doctor of osteopathic medicine, and public-spirited citizen, and congratulates him upon his receipt of a prestigious award from his alma mater, the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Introduced In Senate on 03/28/2017

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