An Act To Amend Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Motorcycle Safety. [SB-288]
This bill would create a pilot program whereby motorcyclists are permitted to use flashing headlights as a way to alert other drivers of their presence, without allowing the use of flashing lights that would otherwise be used on emergency vehicles. The bill aims to protect motorcyclists on Delawares roads and has a sunsetting provision that will allow time for further traffic studies to determine the effectiveness of this pilot program.
SB-288: An Act To Amend Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Motorcycle Safety.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis
Signed By Governor on 07/27/2022
An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Policy Regarding Appropriate Relationships With Students. [SB-291]
This Act requires each school district and charter school to adopt a policy regarding appropriate relationships between school employees, contractors, coaches, and volunteers and students. The policy must include a provision establishing appropriate and inappropriate interactions; a prohibition against adult sexual misconduct; a prohibition against any sexual relationship between a school employee, contractor, coach, or volunteer and a student; an emphasis on the mandatory reporting obligations under § 903 of Title 16; a procedure for notifying
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SB-291: An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Policy Regarding Appropriate Relationships With Students.
Sponsored by: Sen. Colin Bonini
Signed By Governor on 08/19/2022
An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Earned Sick Time And Safety Leave. [HB-409]
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 with fewer than 10 employees, the time may be unpaid, job-protected time instead of paid time. Accrued earned sick time and safety leave may be used by the employee for time off with pay at the employees regular wage and benefit rate to deal with the mental and physical health needs of either the employee or an employees family member and other specified purposes. Earned sick time
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HB-409: An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Earned Sick Time And Safety Leave.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz
Introduced And Assigned To Economic Development/banking/insurance & Commerce Committee In House on 05/10/2022
An Act To Amend Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Motor Vehicles. [HB-413]
This Bill requires motor vehicle insurance policies, under the personal injury protection provisions (PIP), to provide coverage for up to $650 for any 1 person extricated and $1200 for all persons extricated in any 1 accident by an emergency medical services vehicle. Emergency medical services vehicle is a vehicle duly licensed in Delaware that uses rescue tools used by emergency rescue personnel to extricate the injured person from a vehicle. The Act also requires the Insurance Commissioner to develop a uniform billing form for reimbursement and
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HB-413: An Act To Amend Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Motor Vehicles.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis
Reported Out Of Committee (economic Development/banking/insurance & Commerce) In House With 8 On Its Merits on 06/21/2022
An Act To Amend Titles 10, 13, 16 And 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Enforcement Of Family Court Custody Orders. [HB-417]
In cases where the Family Court finds that there are sufficient grounds to order the removal of a child from their home and the Family Court orders custody of the child to the Division of Family Service (DFS), DFS often partners with law enforcement to enforce the order. There have been rare cases where a parent or legal guardian refuses to respond to DFS and law enforcements attempts to enforce the order to take custody of the child, resulting in uncertainty and a heightened concern for the childs safety. Currently, it is unclear under the Delaware
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HB-417: An Act To Amend Titles 10, 13, 16 And 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Enforcement Of Family Court Custody Orders.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis
Signed By Governor on 10/14/2022
An Act To Amend Title 11 And Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Labor. [SB-35]
Like Senate Bill No. 35, this Act defines specific violations of wage payment and collection laws under Chapter 11 of Title 19 as wage theft, providing specific penalties for these violations, and creates a new criminal offense of wage theft, with a mechanism for the Department of Labor to refer completed investigations to the Department of Justice for prosecution. Clearly defining wage theft protects Delaware workers and Delaware taxpayers from employers who pay their employees under the table because this practice results in lost tax revenue to
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SB-35: An Act To Amend Title 11 And Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Labor.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis
Signed By Governor on 10/07/2022
An Act To Amend Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Gun Owners' Bill Of Rights. [SB-266]
Section 20, Article I of the Delaware Constitution guarantees the individual citizen's right to keep and bear arms for legitimate and lawful purposes such as defense of self, family, home and State, and for hunting and recreational use. However, not everyone engaged in business in Delaware readily accepts and honors those rights or the individual Delawarean's ability under the law to lawfully exercise those rights.
SB-266: An Act To Amend Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Gun Owners' Bill Of Rights.
Sponsored by: Sen. Colin Bonini
Introduced And Assigned To Executive Committee In Senate on 05/11/2022