Rep. Melanie Smith

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District HD-005
Party Democrat
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State (Delaware)
Delaware 147th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 6, 11, 12, 16, 19, 21, 25, And 28 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Removal Of Insensitive And Offensive Language. [HB-370]
People First Language (“PFL”) legislation is part of a national movement to promote dignity and inclusion for people with disabilities. PFL specifies that the order of terms used to describe any individual places the person first, and the description of the person second. For example, when using PFL, outdated terms such as “the disabled” would be phrased as “persons with disabilities.” This language emphasizes that individuals are people first, and that their disabilities are secondary. In compliance with PFL guidelines, this Act amends current (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Melanie Smith Stricken on 06/24/2014

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 147th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 18 And 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Workers' Compensation Insurance. [HB-373]
This Act makes substantial changes to Titles 18 and 19 of the Delaware Code designed to control the level of workers’ compensation premiums in Delaware. The most significant changes are (a) a 33% reduction in medical costs to the workers’ compensation system, phased in over a period of three years; (b) absolute caps, expressed as a percentage of Medicare per-procedure reimbursements, on all workers’ compensation medical procedures beginning on January 1, 2017; and (c) increased independence for the Ratepayer Advocate who represents ratepayers during (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 07/15/2014

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 147th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Education. [HB-375]
This bill places in the Delaware Code language that has been in the annual budget bill for the last 5 years. The bill allows a charter school to utilize for educational purposes any funds saved as a result of negotiating a school transportation contract below the maximum rate allocated for student transportation. The bill also recognizes that a charter school may negotiate a contract below the maximum rate without publicly bidding the transportation routes. Lastly, the bill provides that if a charter school has a fuel adjustment contract provision (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Reported Out Of Committee (house Administration) In House With 4 On Its Merits on 06/04/2014

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Delaware 147th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Abuse Of Children. [HB-376]
This bill clarifies the duties of the Investigation Coordinator in the child protection system to have the authority to track each reported case of abuse or neglect, and to be responsible for tracking and monitoring each reported case of death, serious physical injury, and sexual abuse of a child within the Investigation Coordinator’s independent tracking system. This bill also creates confidentiality and immunity clauses to protect the information and records obtained by the Investigation Coordinator.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 07/21/2014

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Delaware 147th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Certain Positions In The Court Of Common Pleas And The Justice Of The Peace Court. [HB-392]
This legislation designates court security positions in the Court of Common Pleas and uniformed services supervisor positions in the Justice of the Peace Court as exempt from the State of Delaware Merit Rules, thereby placing them under the Judicial Branch Personnel Rules, consistent with similar positions in the Superior Court. Section 2 of this Act allows any incumbent to elect to be governed by the Judicial Branch Personnel Rules or remain in the Merit System.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 07/21/2014

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Delaware 147th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Finfish. [HB-41]
This bill forbids the possession, sale, offer for sale, and distribution of shark fins in the State of Delaware. Shark finning (whereby a shark is caught, its fins cut off and the carcass dumped back in the water while the shark is still alive) is already prohibited by federal law and Delaware regulations and is not currently being practiced by Delaware fishermen. However, the possession, sale or distribution of shark fins produced by live-finning outside the United States is still legal in Delaware. By prohibiting trade in shark fins, Delaware (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker Signed By Governor on 05/15/2013

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Delaware 147th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 12 And 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Fiduciary Relations And Property. [HB-412]
Section 1 of the Act moves the definition of “good faith”, applicable throughout Title 12, from Section 3580 to Section 101 of Title 12. Sections 2 and 3 of the Act is intended to (i) reorganize and clarify section 3303 but not substantively alter the current statute; and (ii) eliminate the requirement in section 3322 that a fiduciary appointing an agent pursuant to the statute may only do so when the fiduciary reasonably believes the appointment would improve investment performance or administrative efficiency but retain the requirement that the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Melanie Smith Signed By Governor on 07/22/2014

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Delaware 147th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Chapter 11, Title 5 Of The Delaware Code And Chapter 72, Volume 78 Of The Laws Of Delaware Relating To Bank Franchise Taxes. [HB-414]
This Act maintains the 10 year tax credit available to bank franchise taxpayers that create 200 or more jobs by extending the sunset of the tax credit from January 1, 2022 to January 1, 2032 and providing for a rolling base year for measuring employment growth.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 07/01/2014

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Delaware 147th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Chapter 130, Volume 67 Of The Laws Of Delaware Relating To Truth In Sentencing. [HB-415]
This bill ensures that Truth in Sentencing provisions apply to Title 21 felony offenses.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Outten Laid On Table In Senate on 06/30/2014

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An Act To Amend Titles 6, 10, 11, 12, 16, 19, 21, 25, And 28 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Removal Of Insensitive And Offensive Language. [HB-416]
People First Language (“PFL”) legislation is part of a national movement to promote dignity and inclusion for people with disabilities. PFL specifies that the order of terms used to describe any individual places the person first, and the description of the person second. For example, when using PFL, outdated terms such as “the disabled” would be phrased as “persons with disabilities.” This language emphasizes that individuals are people first, and that their disabilities are secondary. In compliance with PFL guidelines, this Act amends current (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Melanie Smith Signed By Governor on 07/29/2014

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