Rep. Melanie Smith

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District HD-005
Party Democrat
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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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State (Delaware)
Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Inspire Scholarship Program. [SB-204]
This bill would allow for a student to participate in the Inspire Scholarship Program for eight continuous semesters instead of the current six. This would allow a student to use Inspire Scholarships for each of the semesters during a traditional college program. Author: Senator Bushweller

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Assigned To Finance Committee In Senate on 03/10/2016

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Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To General Provision Applicable To Vacancies In Office For Commissioners. [SB-206]
This Act updates a general provision of the code to reflect current practice and conform with specific statutory language applicable to the appointment of a vacant office for a commissioner in the Superior Court or the Court of Common Pleas.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker Signed By Governor on 08/03/2016

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Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Bullying And Crimes In Schools. [SB-207]
This Act would improve the state’s response to incidents of school bullying by better informing parents of the availability of intervention by the Department of Justice’s School Ombudsperson, and clarify that the Ombudsperson has authority to intervene in both incidents of criminal activity and incidents that meet the statutory definition of bullying but do not constitute criminal activity. This Act would also give schools and victims’ families discretion whether to report misdemeanor assault incidents between juveniles to law enforcement agencies, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Outten Signed By Governor on 08/10/2016

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Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Personal Body Safety And Child Sexual Abuse Awareness And Prevention. [SB-213]
At least 26 states have enacted legislation requiring the study or development of curricula for educating educators, students, and parents about personal body safety and child sexual abuse awareness and prevention.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker Signed By Governor on 08/10/2016

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Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Pertaining To Extended Jurisdiction. [SB-216]
This bill reflects current practice within Family Court as to how and when one files for Extended Jurisdiction. This bill provides for a petition for extended jurisdiction to be filed by the youth who will be or was in foster care at age 18 or by the youth’s representative, requesting that Family Court be authorized to hold proceedings past the youth’s eighteenth birthday for the purpose of reviewing the youth’s independent living services. The current statute calls for a motion to be filed in the dependency, abuse, and neglect proceeding. By requiring (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Outten Signed By Governor on 08/10/2016

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Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 3, 9, 10, And 16 Of The Delaware Code And Chapters 375, Volume 79 Of The Laws Of Delaware Relating To Stray Livestock, Dogs, Dangerous Dogs And Animal Control. [SB-217]
This bill reassigns the responsibility of dog control and dangerous dog management from the counties of this state to the Delaware Division of Public Health Office of Animal Welfare, and updates procedures for handling dangerous and potentially dangerous dog hearings for a more fair and equitable process. The bill also reassigns the responsibility for stray livestock response from the Delaware SPCA to the Delaware Department of Agriculture, with support from animal welfare officers of the Department of Health and Social Services. The bill replaces (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 05/25/2016

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Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Delaware Tax Credits. [SB-221]
This Act is designed to further promote the purpose of 16 Del. C. Chapter 96 (as amended). The intent is to advance the number of work opportunities made available to Delawareans with disabilities beyond those offered through State Use Law by presenting employers incentives to employ this under-represented workforce. State Use Law is a publically supported employment program that serves to create employment to qualified persons with disabilities. By virtue of this Act, the spirit and purpose of State Use as a means to develop the skills necessary (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 08/29/2016

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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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State (Delaware)
Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Health Information Network. [SB-238]
This Act establishes a Delaware Health Care Claims Database to be administered and operated within the existing framework of the Delaware Health Information Network. Sixteen states have enacted legislation to create health care claims databases which are generally referred to as an “All Payer Claims Database” or a “Multi Payer Claims Database”. In short, this Act will help Delaware answer the following questions: (1) How much does Delaware spend on health care? (2) How much does a service cost at a specific facility? (3) How have health care prices (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 07/21/2016

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