Sen. Harris McDowell

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District SD-001
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 8

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 145th General Assembly

A Resolution Urging The Department Of Natural Resources And Environmental Control To Require All Facilities That Operate In Delaware Waters And Utilize Cooling Water Intake Structures To Implement "closed-cycle" Cooling Systems, And Urging The Department Of Natural Resources And Environmental Control To Declare That "closed Cycle" Cooling Systems Constitute The Best Technology Available For Water Intake Structures. [HCR-7]
A Resolution Urging The Department Of Natural Resources And Environmental Control To Require All Facilities That Operate In Delaware Waters And Utilize Cooling Water Intake Structures To Implement "closed-cycle" Cooling Systems, And Urging The Department Of Natural Resources And Environmental Control To Declare That "closed Cycle" Cooling Systems Constitute The Best Technology Available For Water Intake Structures.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Passed By House Of Representatives. Votes: Passed 41 Yes 0 No 0 Not Voting 0 Absent 0 Vacant on 06/29/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

Dedicating And Allowing An Area On The South Side Of The Legislative Mall To Be Used For The Placement Of A Delaware Law Enforcement Memorial. [HJR-3]
This joint resolution dedicates and allows an area on the south side of the Legislative Mall to be used for the placement of a Delaware Law Enforcement Memorial to honor law enforcement officers who lost their lives while serving the citizens of Delaware.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Necessary Rules Are Suspended In Senate on 05/05/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

Requesting The Department Of Natural Resources And Environmental Control, The Delaware Solid Waste Authority, And Other Interested Parties, To Work Together To Achieve The Goal Of “zero Waste” In The State Of Delaware [HJR-5]
This joint resolution requests DNREC, DSWA, and other interested parties to work together to discuss and create legislation, to be delivered to the Legislature by the first day of session in 2010, to bring Delaware into compliance with the Governor’s expressed goal of “Zero Waste” by 2020.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Assigned To Natural Resources & Environmental Control Committee In Senate on 01/12/2010

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 1 Of The Delaware Code By Establishing May As Melanoma And Skin Care Detection And Prevention Month In Delaware. [SB-103]
This Act establishes May as Melanoma and Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month in the State of Delaware

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 05/27/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 26 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Energy Efficiency Resource Standards And Energy Efficiency Planning. [SB-106]
This act creates Energy Efficiency Resource Standards (EERS) and sets goals for consumption and peak demand for electricity and natural gas utilities. The goals are 15% electricity consumption savings and 10% natural gas consumption savings by 2015. Savings will be reported to the State Energy Coordinator by Affected Energy Providers on an annual basis. This act designates energy efficiency as a priority energy supply resource for the state, recognizing that energy efficiency is among the least expensive ways to meet the growing energy demands of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 07/29/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 26 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards. [SB-119]
This act will amend existing law by increasing the required minimum percentage of renewable energy supply to Delaware customers, such as solar, wind, geothermal, and hydroelectric power. The act achieves this goal by setting a minimum percentage of energy that must come from renewable resources at 30% by 2023. The act also creates a Distributed Renewable Energy carve out of 10% by 2023.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Ss 1 For Sb 119 - Passed By House Of Representatives. Votes: Passed 28 Yes 7 No 0 Not Voting 6 Absent 0 Vacant on 06/29/2010

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Health Security Act. [SB-120]
This Delaware Health Security Act will provide all current and future Delaware citizens, out-of-state workers employed 20 hours or more per week in Delaware and our state's economy a non-government run (NOT socialized medicine) program and cost effective single payer health care system. This system eliminates totally unnecessary health insurance company multi-payer brokers and will save approximately 40 percent of our total health care funds now wasted on costly paperwork, profits, advertising, lobbying, fraud, etc. Hard-working citizens provide (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Assigned To Finance Committee In Senate on 06/04/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 6, 9, 18, 19, 25, And 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Discrimination In Employment, Public Works Contracting, Housing, Equal Accommodations And The Insurance Business. [SB-121]
This Act adds the term “sexual orientation” to the already-existing list of prohibited practices of discrimination. As such, this Act would forbid discrimination against a person on the basis of sexual orientation in housing, employment, public works contracting, public accommodations, and insurance. In addition, this Act would establish that the Superior Court, in the first instance, would hear and adjudicate alleged criminal violations under the Act of equal accommodations, fair housing and employment discrimination.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell Signed By Governor on 07/02/2009

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An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware State University Board Of Trustees [SB-136]
This Bill adds one member to the Delaware State University Board of Trustees, the current President of the Delaware State University Student Government Association.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell Assigned To Education Committee In Senate on 06/04/2009

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An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware State University Board Of Trustees [SB-137]
This Bill adds one member to the Delaware State University Board of Trustees, the current President of the Delaware State University Alumni Association.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell Assigned To Education Committee In Senate on 06/04/2009

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