Rep. John Kowalko

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District HD-025
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 12

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 151st General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Education Enrollment Of Military-connected Students. [HB-173]
This Act allows the parent or guardian of a military-connected student to preliminarily enroll the student by remote registration in a school district where the parent or guardian is in the active military of the United States or in full-time status during active service with a force of the Delaware National Guard, if the parent or guardian is being transferred to Delaware under military orders and is transferred to or is pending transfer to a military installation within Delaware.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 09/15/2021

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Delaware 151st General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 19 And 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Establishment And Management Of The Expanding Access For Retirement And Necessary Saving Program. [HB-205]
This Act establishes the Delaware Expanding Access for Retirement and Necessary Saving (EARNS) program to serve as a vehicle through which eligible employees may, on a voluntary basis, provide for additional retirement security through a State-facilitated retirement savings program in a convenient, cost effective, and portable manner. The EARNS program will be designed to serve small businesses who are unable to offer retirement plans to employees due to the cost and administrative burden.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 08/18/2022

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Delaware 151st General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Educator Licensure, Certification, Evaluation, Professional Development, And Preparation Programs. [HB-207]
This Act does the following:

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Nicole Poore Signed By Governor on 06/30/2021

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Delaware 151st General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Offenses Against Public Health, Order, And Decency. [SB-144]
This Act modernizes the hate crime statute and consolidates related offenses together with the hate crime statute in the Criminal Code.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Kowalko Signed By Governor on 10/21/2022

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Delaware 151st General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Manufactured Home Lot Rentals. [SB-146]
This Act creates a requirement that a landlord in a manufactured home community must provide important materials in both English and Spanish to all tenants and prospective tenants at no cost to the tenant unless a tenant waives the right to receive the materials in Spanish.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Reported Out Of Committee (housing) In Senate With 4 On Its Merits on 06/17/2021

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Delaware 151st General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Use Of Force. [SB-147]
This Act codifies a reasonableness requirement for the use of force, both non-lethal and lethal. This is important when the state of mind is an issue in a criminal trial, such as when the judge or jury must decide as to what someone believed, knew, or intended at a given time.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 06/30/2021

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Delaware 151st General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Division Of Civil Rights And Public Trust. [SB-148]
This Act expands the Division of Civil Rights and Public Trusts responsibility to review deadly use of force incidents by law enforcement by adding review of cases involving serious physical injury. It also requires that if the Division issues a public report on the use of force, the report must include the race of the law enforcement officer who used force, the race of the individual on whom force was used, and whether race was a relevant or motivating factor.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 11/08/2021

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Delaware 151st General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Recycling And Waste Reduction. [HB-212]
This Act provides a phased in approach to further the reduction of single-use plastic bags. This Act increases the minimum thickness for a plastic bag to qualify as a reusable bag from 2.25 mils to 10 mils effective January 1, 2022 and makes the restrictions applicable to stores regardless of size effective July 1, 2022. This Act also makes corrections to existing law to make it conform to the standards of the Legislative Drafting Manual.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 09/30/2021

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Delaware 151st General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 19 And 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Paid Time Off To Vote. [HB-225]
This Act requires private and public employers in the State to give any employee who is scheduled to work at least 8 hours on an election day 2 hours of paid leave in order for the employee to exercise the right to vote. The Act excludes employees working for the federal government as well as any private or public employee who is party to a collective bargaining agreement. Employees must give employers 2 working days notice in advance of an election that the employee intends to use paid leave to vote. Employers must post notice of the rights created (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Stricken In House on 01/20/2022

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Delaware 151st General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 16 And Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention. [HB-222]
Currently, blood lead level screening and testing rates are well below what the Division of Public Health would expect them to be based on the risk factors that determine when screening or testing is necessary.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 06/30/2021

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