An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Firefighting. [SB-217]
This Act limits the use of certain Class B firefighting foams (Class B foams) in Delaware. Class B foams are used to put out fires caused by flammable liquids like gasoline, oil, and jet fuel, and can be divided into 2 categories: those with PFAS chemicals and those without.
SB-217: An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Firefighting.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis
Introduced And Laid On Table In Senate on 06/10/2020
SB-250: An Act To Amend Titles 9, 22, 26 And 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards Act And The Community Sustainable Energy Authorities Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz
Amendment Sa 1 To Sb 250 - Introduced And Placed With Bill on 06/30/2020
You have voted SB-250: An Act To Amend Titles 9, 22, 26 And 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards Act And The Community Sustainable Energy Authorities Act..
An Act To Amend Title 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Voting By Mail For The 2020 Non-presidential Primary, General, And Special Elections. [HB-346]
This Act provides for voting by mail for the 2020 primary and general elections and special elections held under the provisions of Chapter 73 of Title 15 due to the emergency caused by COVID-19, a highly contagious virus. Voting by mail is an alternative to, and not a replacement for, in-person voting, which remains an available option to those electors not voting by absentee or mail ballot. This Act establishes procedures for voting by mail which mirror the procedures for absentee voting. The Act makes clear that, like in absentee voting, no ballots
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HB-346: An Act To Amend Title 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Voting By Mail For The 2020 Non-presidential Primary, General, And Special Elections.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz
Signed By Governor on 07/01/2020
You have voted HB-346: An Act To Amend Title 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Voting By Mail For The 2020 Non-presidential Primary, General, And Special Elections..
An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Health And Safety And Obligations Of Health-care Providers For Non-acute Patients. [SB-246]
Presently, a legal process does not exist for a Delaware hospital to seek the appointment of a guardian for a non-acute patient who has been a patient at the hospital for an extended period, after having been abandoned by family. This bill authorizes a hospital to petition for a court-appointed guardian for such a patient after providing two notices to the patient, the patient's surrogate, or the patient's family if there is no surrogate, of the need to seek a guardian for the patient.
SB-246: An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Health And Safety And Obligations Of Health-care Providers For Non-acute Patients.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis
Signed By Governor on 08/06/2020
You have voted SB-246: An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Health And Safety And Obligations Of Health-care Providers For Non-acute Patients..
An Act To Amend Title 11 The Delaware Code Relating To Chokeholds. [HB-350]
This Act creates the crime of Aggravated Strangulation. A person is guilty of Aggravated Strangulation if the person is a law-enforcement officer, and while acting within the persons official capacity as a law-enforcement officer, knowingly or intentionally uses a chokehold on another person. Under this Act, a chokehold is only justifiable when the person reasonably believes deadly force is warranted in order to protect the life of a civilian or law-enforcement officer. Aggravated Strangulation is a Class D felony unless the law-enforcement officer
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HB-350: An Act To Amend Title 11 The Delaware Code Relating To Chokeholds.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz
Signed By Governor on 08/13/2020
SB-240: An Act Making Appropriations For The Expense Of The State Government For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2021; Specifying Certain Procedures, Conditions And Limitations For The Expenditure Of Such Funds; And Amending Certain Pertinent Statutory Provisions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis
Signed By Governor on 06/30/2020
You have voted SB-240: An Act Making Appropriations For The Expense Of The State Government For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2021; Specifying Certain Procedures, Conditions And Limitations For The Expenditure Of Such Funds; And Amending Certain Pertinent Statutory Provisions..
An Act To Amend Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Price Protections During The Covid-19 Recovery Period. [SB-253]
This Act ensures that the price protections for Delawareans related to price gouging put in place during the COVID-19 state of emergency do not cease immediately upon the lifting of the COVID-19 state of emergency, but instead continue for a short period of time during the COVID-19 recovery period. The COVID-19 recovery period runs until the sixty-first day following the termination of the COVID-19 state of emergency.
SB-253: An Act To Amend Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Price Protections During The Covid-19 Recovery Period.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis
Passed By House. Votes: 41 Yes on 06/25/2020