Sen. Nicole Poore

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District SD-012
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 80

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 147th General Assembly

An Act To Establish The Committee To Advance Educator Compensation And Careers And Develop An Alternative Compensation Structure And Career Pathway For Educators In Delaware. [SB-254]
Recognizing (1) that our educators are assuming greater levels of responsibility and demonstrating leadership in their classrooms and schools, (2) that our current educator compensation system does not reflect the work we value in our educators or provide them with a meaningful career pathway or ability to earn additional compensation for assuming additional responsibility, and (3) that we must retain and attract great educators to ensure that our students are prepared to compete in an increasingly global economy, this bill establishes parameters (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Bushweller Necessary Rules Are Suspended In Senate on 07/01/2014

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 147th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Possession Of Firearms During The Commission Of A Felony. [SB-40]
This Act will increase the penalties imposed upon repeat offenders convicted of the crime of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony by adding that crime to the list of serious violent felonies that can serve as predicate offenses that trigger Delaware’s Habitual Criminal statute.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 07/03/2013

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Delaware 147th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Educator Licensure, Certification, And Preparation Programs. [SB-51]
This bill strengthens teacher preparation by raising the standards for entry into the teaching profession. More specifically, the bill requires all Delaware teacher preparation programs to set high admission and completion requirements, to provide high-quality student teaching experiences and ongoing evaluation of program participants, and to prepare prospective elementary school teachers in age-appropriate literacy and mathematics instruction. Further, the bill requires preparation programs to track and report data on the effectiveness of their (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 06/12/2013

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Delaware 147th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Financial Disclosure Of Public Officers. [SB-55]
This bill adds members of the Public Service Commission to the definition of 'public officer' which would subject them, like many other individuals in positions of public trust, to certain financial disclosure requirements.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 01/30/2014

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Delaware 147th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Preventative And Urgent Dental Care For Medicaid Recipients. [SB-56]
This Bill expands Delaware’s Public Assistance Code to provide preventative and urgent dental care to all eligible Medicaid recipients. Payments for preventative or urgent dental care treatments shall be subject to a $10.00 recipient co-pay and the total amount of dental care assistance provided to an eligible recipient shall not exceed $1,000.00 per year, except that an additional $1,500.00 may be authorized on an emergency basis for urgent dental care treatments through a review process established by the State Dental Director

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Reported Out Of Committee (health & Social Services) In Senate With 5 On Its Merits on 06/12/2013

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Delaware 147th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Urgent And Preventative Dental Care For Pregnant Medicaid Recipients. [SB-57]
This Bill expands Delaware’s Public Assistance Code to provide urgent and preventive dental care for eligible Medicaid recipients who are pregnant or become pregnant while receiving assistance.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Nicole Poore Reported Out Of Committee (health & Social Services) In Senate With 6 On Its Merits on 06/12/2013

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 147th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Pawnbrokers, Secondhand Dealers And Scrap Metal Processors. [SB-63]
The Delaware State Police regulate scrap metal processors by requiring them to be licensed and to report electronically the receipt of certain articles which may turn out to be stolen so that they can be recovered by law enforcement agencies and returned to their lawful owner. This amendment more closely conforms the scope of the reporting requirement to the statutory definition of a scrap metal processor. See 24 Delaware Code 2301(6). This amendment will subject automotive dismantlers, or junkyards, to additional electronic reporting requirements (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 07/31/2013

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Delaware 147th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29 And Title 30 Relating To The Investment Of The Parks Endowment Account And The Delaware Land And Water Conservation Trust Fund Endowment In The Department Of Natural Resources And Environmental Control. [SB-75]
This Act will increase the effectiveness of the Parks Endowment Fund at assisting with the financing of physical maintenance and capital improvements at Delaware State Parks. This Act will also help encourage private investments and donations for our Parks through management by the Delaware Community Foundation (DCF). The legislation will transfer the Parks Endowment Fund to the DCF to continue the endowment’s purpose of improving the quality of the State’s park system and enhancing recreational opportunities statewide and to encourage non-State (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Outten Signed By Governor on 08/27/2014

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Delaware 147th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Non-tidal Wetlands. [SB-78]
This legislation establishes a Wetlands Advisory Committee to develop comprehensive recommendations for conserving and restoring non-tidal wetlands in Delaware, including evaluating national best practices and standards, evaluating incentive-based programs, and reviewing state and federal wetland permitting processes to identify opportunities to improve efficiency and eliminate redundancy. The Secretary will provide a final report of recommendations to the General Assembly no later than December 31, 2014. The bill also amends Title 7 Del C. Chapter (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell Signed By Governor on 07/31/2013

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Delaware 147th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Criminal Sentences. [SB-9]
This Act modifies Delaware's juvenile sentencing laws to bring those laws into compliance with decisions the United States Supreme Court issued in 2010 and 2012. During its last term, the United States Supreme Court held that the Eighth Amendment forbids a sentencing scheme that mandates life in prison without possibility of parole for juvenile homicide offenders. Miller v. Alabama, 132 S. Ct. 2455 (2012). Instead, to pass constitutional muster, a State’s sentencing system may permit a life-without-parole sentence only if it also permits the sentencer (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Passed By Senate. Votes: Passed 19 Yes 1 No 0 Not Voting 1 Absent 0 Vacant on 06/04/2013

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