Sen. Harris McDowell

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District SD-001
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 8

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Creation Of A Pilot Program For Disadvantaged Students In Early Primary Grades Focused On Reduced Class Size And An Intensive Learning Experience. [SB-19]
Some students from disadvantaged backgrounds arrive at school lacking the same vocabulary and word recognition skills of their peers, putting them at a disadvantage when developing literacy skills in primary grades. In analyzing this disparity, studies have shown that the third grade is a critical turning point in educational development and that students who are not preforming at grade level by this point will continue to fall behind their peers at an increasingly rapid pace.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell Amendment Sa 1 To Sb 19 - Introduced And Placed With Bill on 06/12/2018

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 26 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Public Utility Rates. [SB-190]
This addition to Section 303 provides the Commission with the flexibility to consider and approve a low income residential utility rate or discount for qualified low income customers (those approved to participate in the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program), provided that such rate may not provide a discount over 25% of the average customer class usage. This permits those customers to receive utility distribution services at a lower cost. In the case of Delmarva Power the discount is estimated to be no more than $10 -15 per month.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell Reported Out Of Committee (environmental, Natural Resources & Energy) In Senate With 3 On Its Merits on 05/02/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 26 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Public Utilities And Delmarva Power & Light Company's Integrated Resource Planning. [SB-191]
The Public Service Commission conducts an annual review of the process by which Delmarva Power obtains electricity to deliver to its customers. With 100% of supply coming from market based auctions, there has been little need to continue the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) planning process. Under current legislation, Delmarva Power must conduct a complete IRP every two years. The IRP, while helpful in exploring possible changes in long term approaches to electric supply, is an expensive process, the cost of which is added to utility rates. This Bill (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell Signed By Governor on 07/11/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 18, 29 And 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Primary Care Services. [SB-199]
Despite the demonstrated value of primary care, access to primary care for Delawareans has become increasingly difficult as reimbursement dollars have failed to support an adequate infrastructure. The national average for primary care investment for a plan is between 6 and 8% of the total medical spend. Delawares average is between 3 and 4%. Some states such as Rhode Island and Oregon have recognized that market forces have prohibited any one plan in a competitive market to reallocate its spend and have stepped in legislatively to move the market (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Reported Out Of Committee (health, Children & Social Services) In Senate With 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits on 05/09/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 14, 15, 18, 19, 29 And 31 Of The Delaware Code To Provide For The Reorganization Of State Government By Creating The Department Of Human Resources; Transferring Selected Divisions And Other Organizational Units From The Office Of Management And Budget To The Department Of Human Resources; Amending References To Superseded Agencies Or Officers; And Aligning The Duties Of The Secretary Of Human Resources And The Director Of The Office Of Management And Budget. [SB-2]
This legislation amends the Delaware Code to establish the Department of Human Resources by transferring various divisions and other organizational units from the Office of Management and Budget to the newly established Department of Human Resources. The powers and duties of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources are aligned to reflect the transfers of the divisions and other organizational units of the newly established Department of Human Resources. Various sections of the Delaware (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Assigned To House Administration Committee In House on 06/09/2017

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11, Part 1, Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Criminal Code. [SB-209]
Delawares existing Criminal Code was adopted in 1973 and was based on the Model Penal Code. Since that time, the Criminal Code has quadrupled in size and expanded to other parts of the Code without consideration to the general effects of the change on the Criminal Codes overall structure, its terminology, or its application, creating numerous inconsistencies, redundancies, ambiguities and contradictions. In 2014, the General Assembly established the Criminal Justice Improvement Committee to review opportunities for efficiencies in the Delaware Criminal (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Introduced And Assigned To Finance Committee In Senate on 05/10/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 29, 30 And 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Crimes And Criminal Penalties. [SB-210]
Delawares existing Criminal Code was adopted in 1973 and was based on the Model Penal Code. Since that time, the Criminal Code has quadrupled in size and expanded to other parts of the Code without consideration to the general effects of the change on the Criminal Codes overall structure, its terminology, or its application, creating numerous inconsistencies, redundancies, ambiguities and contradictions. This Act is one of two bills that seek to bring back clarity and consistency to the Criminal Code.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Introduced And Assigned To Finance Committee In Senate on 05/10/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act Proposing An Amendment To Article I, § 12 Of The Delaware Constitution Relating To Criminal Procedures. [SB-221]
This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that modernizes the Delaware Constitutions bail provision and clarifies the power of the General Assembly and the Courts to define certain felony offenses for which, or circumstances under which, pretrial release on bail may not be available.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell Reconsidered In Senate on 06/27/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Release Of Persons Accused Of Crimes. [SB-222]
This Act amends Delawares laws regarding release of persons accused of crimes (Chapter 21 of Title 11 of the Delaware Code) as required in conjunction with the adoption of Senate Bill No. 221, which proposes a constitutional amendment to permit preventive detention of certain persons accused of crimes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell Reported Out Of Committee (executive) In Senate With 5 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable on 06/13/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 16, Title 18, And Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Primary Care Services. [SB-227]
This Act promotes the use of primary care by doing the following:

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 08/29/2018

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