Rep. William Carson

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District HD-028
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 42

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 3 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Animal Population Control Program And Spay/neuter Fund. [HB-192]
This legislation expands the beneficiaries of the Spay/Neuter Fund to include two additional groups of applicants. First, recipients of Social Security disability compensation are presently eligible, and this legislation would expand eligibility to those individuals who received Social Security disability compensation until they reached full retirement age, but for whom the Social Security Administration has since converted their benefits to regular social security. Second, this legislation would expand eligibility to include veterans receiving (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 07/22/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Specific Offenses. [HB-196]
This act is intended to address the alarming increase in the number of robberies of delivery and service employees. This act makes it a robbery of the most serious degree (Robbery in the First Degree: 3-25 years in prison) to lure or entice a person lawfully performing the duties his or her employment to a location for the purpose committing a robbery against such person.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker Reported Out Of Committee (judiciary) In Senate With 5 On Its Merits on 01/20/2010

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Developmental Screening Of Infants And Toddlers. [HB-199]
This Act requires that private health insurers in Delaware cover the developmental screenings for infants and toddlers that are recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Delaware Early Childhood Council. Such screenings are already covered for children in the state’s Medicaid program. The estimated cost to policyholders of covering these screenings is three cents per member per month.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 08/27/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Manufactured Home Communities. [HB-200]
This bill requires certain disclosures by the community owner/landlord to the prospective tenant prior to the tenant entering into a lease agreement with the community owner/landlord. In addition, the bill requires that a prospective tenant receive counseling, provided by Delaware Manufactured Homeowners Association, or any subsequent replacement entity therefore, as to material terms of the lease agreement and other relevant documents relating to the manufactured home community. The intent of the bill is to ensure that the prospective tenant is (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Kowalko Reported Out Of Committee (manufactured Housing) In House With 4 Favorable on 06/10/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Life And Health Insurance Guaranty Association. [HB-202]
This bill makes a series of amendments to Chapter 44, Title 18 of the Delaware Code with the intent of implementing changes to the Delaware Life And Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act to ensure in a liquidation of a life and/or health insurance company licensed in Delaware that procedures are in place to ensure an organized liquidation of such company with the appropriate protections for the policyholders of such company.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell Signed By Governor on 01/26/2010

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Designating The Strawberry As The State Fruit. [HB-203]
This act designates strawberries as the official State fruit.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Outten Signed By Governor on 05/13/2010

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Crime Of Murder In The First Degree And The Classification Of Offenses. [HB-204]
On December 22, 2008, Delaware City Fire Company paramedic Michelle Smith was tragically killed in the line of duty by a reckless driver. Under current Delaware law, a person who recklessly causes the death of an on-duty law enforcement officer, corrections employee or fire fighter is guilty of murder in the first degree and eligible for capital punishment. This Act, named in Michelle’s honor, adds paramedics, EMTs, Fire Marshalls and fire police officers to same statutes, ensuring that any person who recklessly kills one of Delaware’s first responders (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Outten Signed By Governor on 07/31/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Specific Offenses. [HB-206]
This bill increases the penalties for the crime of “sex offender unlawful sexual conduct against a child” when the victim is under the age of eighteen and has a cognitive disability. Additionally, the bill amends the definition of “without consent” as it applies to sex crimes to help protect individuals with cognitive disabilities.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Outten Signed By Governor on 07/10/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 9 And 22 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Counties And Municipalities. [HB-209]
This bill would require that a political subdivision of the State that submits proposed legislation to the General Assembly to affect the self-governance of such subdivision must provide clear evidence that the majority of the legislative body of the subdivision endorses such proposed legislation. The subdivision’s support for such proposed legislation easily can be evidenced by, without limitation, a letter or email to the General Assembly by a representative of the political subdivision who has authority to speak on behalf thereof, or a letter (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Reported Out Of Committee (housing & Community Affairs) In House With 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits on 06/10/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Classification Of Certain Minor Traffic Offenses. [HB-21]
This Bill designates minor traffic offenses as violations, most of which 4102 of Title 21 of the Code currently classifies, by default, as misdemeanors since Title 21 generally does not designate offenses as violations, misdemeanors or felonies. The purpose of this Bill is to make the designations for traffic offenses proportional to the seriousness of the offense. An additional purpose of this Bill is to ensure that no one loses an employment opportunity solely because the person has a “misdemeanor” conviction due to a traffic offense that should (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Outten Hs 1 For Hb 21 - Passed By Senate. Votes: Passed 21 Yes 0 No 0 Not Voting 0 Absent 0 Vacant on 06/10/2009

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