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 The Redding Consortium For Educational Equity. [HB-436]
This bill extends the dates in which the recommendation and plan of the Redding Consortium for Educational Equity must be reviewed and acted upon by the State Board of Education. The extension is necessary due to delays mostly caused by the COVID pandemic.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Kowalko Signed By Governor on 10/26/2022

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 151st General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 22 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Downtown Development Districts. [SB-299]
This Act provides that Downtown Development Districts are limited in area based on the size of the municipality or unincorporated area in which they are located.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Kowalko Assigned To Housing & Community Affairs Committee In House on 06/09/2022

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 151st General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Practice Of Chiropractic. [SB-309]
Section 716(a) of Title 24 prohibits annual or lifetime numerical limits on chiropractic visits for the treatment of back pain. The treatment of chronic back pain through chiropractic supportive care can prevent patients from requiring opioid pain medications or more expensive treatments.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Passed By House. Votes: 39 Yes 2 Absent on 06/23/2022

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 151st General Assembly

Establishing Structures To Enhance Equity In Education In Delaware. [HCR-87]
This concurrent resolution reconstitutes DESPAC and establishes a stakeholder educational equity Council to provide independent oversight for the ombudsman program, and to support the effectiveness of Delawares data system for the purpose of enhancing educational equity

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Kowalko Introduced And Assigned To Education Committee In House on 06/02/2022

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Delaware 151st General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 10 And 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Expungement. [HB-447]
This Act implements some of the recommendations of the African American Task Force's Safety and Justice Subcommittee. Specifically, it requires that cases or charges that are more than 7 years old be treated as resolved in favor of a child or adult if there is no disposition available for the case and no outstanding warrants. This clarification will prevent errors in record-keeping in the criminal justice system from stopping an otherwise qualified petitioner from obtaining an expungement that may otherwise be available. It will also require old (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Kowalko Signed By Governor on 08/30/2022

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Delaware 151st General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 24, 10, 11, And 18 Relating To The Womens Reproductive Health. [HB-455]
Section 1 and 2. These sections defines reproductive health services for the Board of Medical Practice, the Board of Nursing, and Regulatory Council for Physician Assistants, and makes clear that physicians, physician assistants and nurses who perform, recommend, or provide reproductive health services, if such services are lawful in this State, do not engage in unprofessional conduct and cannot be disciplined for such services even if such services are illegal or considered to be unprofessional conduct or the unauthorized practice of medicine or (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Kowalko Signed By Governor on 06/29/2022

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Delaware 151st General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Firearms. [HB-451]
This bill makes a person under the age of 21 prohibited from purchasing, owning, possessing, or controlling a firearm or ammunition of a firearm except under limited circumstances. Those circumstances are if the person is 18 years of age or older and an active member of the Armed Forces, a qualified law-enforcement officer, or has a license to carry a concealed deadly weapon. The Act does not apply to shotguns and shotgun ammunition, muzzle-loading rifles, and deadly weapons other than firearms, thus allowing those persons who are 18 to 21 years (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 06/30/2022

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Delaware 151st General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 9, 21, And 22 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Accessible Parking Spaces. [HB-448]
This Act adds provisions to Title 21 defining accessible parking spaces, incorporating federal standards for accessible parking spaces found in the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable regulations. The Act also provides additional requirements that enhance these standards and better reflect the needs of persons with disabilities in Delaware. The Act increases the penalty associated with violating the statute that prohibits individuals who do not possess a parking placard or special license plate from parking in accessible parking spaces, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Kowalko Introduced And Assigned To Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee In House on 06/02/2022

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Delaware 151st General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Community Workforce Agreement Act. [HB-435]
This bill is the Community Workforce Agreement Act. It requires that all large public works construction projects, utilizing state funds, are to be governed by a Community Workforce Agreement with labor organizations engaged in the construction industry to provide structure and stability and promote efficient completion.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Assigned To Appropriations Committee In House on 06/14/2022

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Delaware 151st General Assembly

An Act To Amend The Delaware Code Relating To Deadly Weapons. [HB-450]
The Delaware Lethal Firearms Safety Act of 2022 prohibits the manufacture, sale, offer to sell, transfer, purchase, receipt, possession, or transport of assault weapons in Delaware, subject to certain exceptions. One exception is that the Act does not prohibit the possession and transport of firearms that were lawfully possessed or purchased before the effective date of this Act; although for these firearms there are certain restrictions relating to their possession and transport after the effective date of this Act. There are also exceptions for (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 06/30/2022

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