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 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Tax Returns Of The President And Vice President. [SB-28]
This legislation promotes transparency and integrity at the highest levels of our democracy, by requiring that all candidates for President and Vice President of the United States file copies of their federal tax returns with the Delaware Department of Elections as a prerequisite for appearing on the ballot in the general election in Delaware.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Reported Out Of Committee (elections & Government Affairs) In Senate With 3 On Its Merits on 04/26/2017

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Coverage For Serious Mental Illness And Drug And Alcohol Dependency. [SB-41]
In an effort to reduce overdose deaths relating to the growing epidemic of opioid addiction, this Act requires carriers to provide coverage for medically necessary inpatient treatment of alcohol and drug dependencies and prohibits carriers from imposing precertification, prior authorization, pre-admission screening, or referral requirements for the diagnosis and treatment, including in-patient treatment, of drug and alcohol dependencies. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 05/30/2017

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Homeless Persons. [SB-49]
An individual's housing status should not be a basis for discrimination. This bill establishes a "Homeless Individual's Bill of Rights" that provides rights to protections for individuals experiencing homelessness, including protections from discrimination while in public and while seeking access to housing, employment, and temporary shelter. This bill vests important investigatory and enforcement authority with the State's Division of Human Relations and the State Human Relations Commission, similar to their roles with Delaware's Equal Accommodations (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell Introduced And Assigned To Judicial & Community Affairs Committee In Senate on 03/28/2017

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Codifying U.s. Supreme Court Precedent Relating To The Termination Of Pregnancy. [SB-5]
The United States Supreme Courts decisions in Roe v. Wade and subsequent cases established that access to abortion is a constitutional right and that states may not prohibit abortion prior to viability. As a result of these decisions, and the exercise of prosecutorial discretion by the Attorney General, see Del. Op. Atty Gen. No. 73-030, § III (Apr. 12, 1973), the Delaware Code's prohibitions against abortion are unconstitutional, and thus unenforceable.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 06/08/2017

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 And Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Establishment Of A Community College Infrastructure Fund. [SB-50]
Delaware's Community College System, operated by Delaware Technical and Community College (the College), plays a critical role in the State's economy by providing workforce development and transfer education that connects Delawareans with good paying jobs within the State and region.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Melanie Smith Amendment Sa 1 To Sb 50 - Introduced And Placed With Bill on 06/21/2017

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An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To State Employees' Pension Plan Burial Benefits. [SB-6]
This Act increases the state employees' pension plan burial benefit from $7,000 to $10,000 effective July 1, 2016. This benefit has not been changed since July 2001.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell Introduced And Assigned To Finance Committee In Senate on 03/28/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Asset Forfeiture Process And Provate Property Protection. [SB-60]
Civil forfeiture laws represent one of the most serious assaults on private property rights in the nation today. Under civil forfeiture, police and prosecutors can seize your car or other property, sell it and use the proceeds to fund agency budgetsoften without so much as charging you with a crime. This Act protects individual liberty and property rights by standardizing forfeitures across all crimes, simplifying procedures, and addressing counterproductive incentives in the law that distort policing priorities. Importantly, this Act does not change (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Introduced And Assigned To Judicial & Community Affairs Committee In Senate on 04/05/2017

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An Act To Amend Titles 24 And 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Conversion Therapy. [SB-65]
Conversion therapy is a practice or treatment that seeks to change an individuals sexual orientation or gender identity, including any effort to change behaviors or gender expressions or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attractions or feelings toward individuals of the same gender. Conversion therapy has been rejected by all mainstream medical and mental health organizations, and there is no credible evidence that it is effective. Moreover, this practice poses enormous health risks to LGBTQ youth, including an increased sense of shame, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 07/23/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware County And Municipal Police/firefighter Pension Plan. [SB-7]
This Act provides county and municipal police and firefighters with the same pension burial benefit that is provided to state employees effective July 1, 2016. This Act is named for Wilmington Firefighters Captain Christopher M. Leach, Lieutenant Jerry W. Fickes, and Lieutenant Ardythe D. Hope, who lost their lives fighting a house fire on September 24, 2016.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell Signed By Governor on 08/29/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 26 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Public Utilities. [SB-80]
This Act replicates and extends to electric and natural gas utilities the same authority that has previously been granted to water utilities. This authority allows for the implementation of an interim rate mechanism already in existence for water utilities in an effort to reduce volatility and the costs to electric and natural gas customers.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker Signed By Governor on 06/14/2018

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