Rep. James Johnson

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District HD-016
Party Democrat
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State (Delaware)
Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Educational Data Governance. [HB-213]
This Act allows the Department of Education to conduct audits and evaluations, including studies for improving instruction and complying with State and federal accountability measures; to collect data to effectuate those activities; and to promulgate regulations to govern the collection and use of educational records, including those in the longitudinal database. The intent of the legislation is to also provide for the ability of other researchers to access the interagency database for approved research studies through defined processes through (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Johnson Signed By Governor on 07/13/2011

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 1, 4, 6 ,7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 20, 21, 25, 29, 30 And 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Removal Of Insensitive And Offensive Language. [HB-214]
People First Language (“PFL”) legislation is part of a national movement to promote dignity and inclusion for people with disabilities. PFL specifies that the order of terms used to describe any individual places the person first, and the description of the person second. For example, when using PFL, outdated terms such as “the disabled” would be phrased as “persons with disabilities.” This language emphasizes that individuals are people first, and that their disabilities are secondary. In compliance with PFL guidelines, this Act amends current (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker Signed By Governor on 08/17/2011

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 And Title 29 Of The Delaware Code To Provide Post-retirement Increases To Pensioners And Change Actuarial Assumptions In The Judicial, State Police And State Employee Pension Plans. [HB-217]
Sections 1 – 3 of this Act grant pension increases to retired State Employees, retired Judges, retired “New” State police and retired County/Municipal Police/Firefighters on January 1, 2012 for persons retired on or before June 30, 2010. Sections 4 – 6 of this Act give the Board of Pension Trustees the authority to amend the growth rate in the State Employees’ pension plan, Judiciary pension plan, and the State Police pension plan. Currently, the Board of Pension Trustees has the authority to amend all actuarial assumptions in the pension plans, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 07/13/2011

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Abandoned Property [HB-22]
This Bill amends the format in which abandoned personal property is defined to make it simpler to read and adds a provision that the language used in the forms of applications, notices and declarations should be simple and non-technical. Additionally, this Bill provides the owner or person claiming an interest in the property the ability to file a replevin counterclaim, in addition to defending the abandoned property claim, prior to the final determination of title by the Court. Finally, this Bill amends the notice requirement for a sale from 30 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 05/10/2011

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Workplace Fraud Act. [HB-221]
This Act makes a number of technical corrections to the Workplace Fraud Act passed by the 145th General Assembly. It makes the Act applicable to all employees, except those in domestic, agriculture, fishing, and hunting. It requires employers not to subcontract work to entities known to violate this Act. Finally, it expands and details the appeal process for violation of the Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Kowalko Re-assigned To House Administration Committee In House on 06/30/2011

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 19 Relating To The Workplace Fraud Act. [HB-222]
This Bill requires that the Department of Labor publish the names of employers who have violated the Workplace Fraud Act, by misclassifying an employee as an independent contractor or otherwise. Publication will be via the internet.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Kowalko Signed By Governor on 07/12/2012

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Truancy. [HB-23]
This Bill provides the Justice of the Peace Court with jurisdiction to impose conditions upon the parent(s), guardian(s) and/or custodian(s) of a person adjudicated as truant, provided that notice requirements are met. The conditions imposed may be those necessary to assist the adjudicated person in receiving all forms of treatment as well as conditions that will assist the parent(s)/guardian(s)/custodian(s) in providing support, guidance and supervision. Because the treatment and care of persons adjudicated truant is often directly related to the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Margaret Henry Amendment Sa 1 Introduced And Placed With The Bill In Senate on 05/05/2011

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To School Attendance. [HB-244]
This Act increases the age requirement for compulsory school attendance in Delaware from 16 to 18 years of age. The age increase is phased in over a two-year period; accordingly, there is a one-year interim period where the compulsory school attendance age requirement will be 17 years old. The Act further provides that a child may be exempt from the age requirement for compulsory school attendance if the child has graduated from high school or if the child is at least 16 years old and is necessarily and lawfully employed. The Act preserves the exemption (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Margaret Henry Introduced And Assigned To Education Committee In House on 01/17/2012

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Volume 77, Chapter 375, Laws Of Delaware, Relating To Disposition Of Children Pending Adjudication And Payment For Care. [HB-252]
This bill serves to remove the two-year sunset provision from the amendment of Title 10, Section 1007 of the Delaware Code, signed into law on July 12, 2010. The 2010 amendment of Title 10, Section 1007 of the Delaware Code expanded the list of possible acts for which a child could be detained in a secure facility, while simultaneously providing significant safeguards against the abuse of discretion on these grounds. The ultimate goal of the amendment, which was the product of the joint effort of the agencies of the Juvenile Justice Collaborative, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Melanie Smith Signed By Governor on 07/18/2012

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Specific Offenses. [HB-256]
This bill ensures that when a person fails to report a missing child and that child becomes a neglected child as a result of the failure to report, that person can be charged with the crime of endangering the welfare of a child.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 05/21/2012

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