Rep. John Kowalko

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District HD-025
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 12

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Rules Of The Road. [HB-152]
This bill would increase fines for Driving Under the Influence offenses, which have not been increased in a number of years. This bill would also create additional fines and penalties for a conviction of a fifth, sixth or seventh DUI offense.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Bushweller Signed By Governor on 07/13/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Establishment Of A Department Of Health And Social Services Death Review Committee. [HB-163]
This Bill creates a committee to assess deaths of individuals receiving residential services through the Department of Health and Social Services or funded private providers. The purpose of the Committee is to assess causation; promote improvements in policies, practices, and the service delivery system; and reduce prospects for preventable deaths.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. David Wilson Assigned To Executive Committee In Senate on 06/16/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Drug Offenses. [HB-168]
This Bill repeals mandatory minimum sentences in Title 16 relating to violations of our drug laws, returning to our State’s outstanding judiciary the discretion to pronounce sentences appropriate to the cases and individuals before them. Delaware’s sentencing guidelines and Truth-in-Sentencing Law will remain in force, helping to guide judges in their decisions and ensuring offenders’ completion of their sentences. Allowing judges to individually craft criminal sentences will result in more accurate sentences, thereby reducing the injustice, elevated (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Reported Out Of Committee (judiciary) In House With 5 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable on 06/23/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 10 And 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Records Of Arrest And Prosecution. [HB-169]
This Act eliminates the five-year waiting period for a person who has successfully completed the Probation Before Judgment (“PBJ”) program, and the two-year waiting period for a person who has successfully completed the First Offenders Controlled Substances Diversion Program (“CSDP”), to obtain an expungement of the arrest and conviction records relating to that offense. This Act clarifies that offenses for which records have been expunged do not have to be disclosed as arrests. This Act also corrects for what appear to be inadvertent omissions (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell Hs 1 For Hb 169 - Amendment Sa 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: Passed 19 Yes 0 No 0 Not Voting 2 Absent 0 Vacant on 07/01/2010

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Crimes And Criminal Procedure. [HB-171]
This bill establishes a moratorium on executions in Delaware pending completion of the Cornell Law School Death Penalty Project’s study of the death penalty in Delaware and an opportunity for the Governor and the General Assembly to act upon its findings.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Stricken on 06/11/2009

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 9 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Recordation Of Instruments. [HB-174]
This legislation authorizes the Recorder for New Castle County, Kent County and Sussex County to establish administrative procedures that allow for the redaction of sensitive identifying information from recorded instruments.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 07/08/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Specific Offenses. [HB-176]
This bill increases the minimum fine for the first offense of Graffiti from “$500” to “$1000” and increases the hours of community service from “200” to “250”. The bill also increases the minimum fine for the second or subsequent offense of graffiti to “$2000” and increases the hours of community services to “500” hours.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Outten Signed By Governor on 07/22/2009

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 10 And 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Certain Offenses. [HB-182]
This bill provides the Family Court with discretion to determine whether it is appropriate to designate juvenile offenders who are under age fourteen on the date of the offense or who were over age fourteen on the day of the offense but did not commit one of the offenses enumerated in 771-78 of Title 11 (for which registration is required pursuant to the federal Adam Walsh Act) as sex offenders, thus subjecting them to the registration and reporting requirements under Delaware law. This bill also makes clear that a person who receives an expungement (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Substituted By Hs 1 For Hb 182 on 05/27/2010

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Automated Calls In The State Of Delaware. [HB-185]
This Act establishes certain enumerated regulations on automated telephone calls, often referred to as “robo calls”.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Kowalko Signed By Governor on 06/10/2010

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 1 Of The Delaware Code To Recognize Military Spouse Appreciation Day. [HB-187]
This act permanently designates the Friday before Mother’s Day of each year as Military Spouse Appreciation Day.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 10/06/2009

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