Rep. John Mitchell

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District HD-013
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 20

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Public Officers' And Employees' Health Care Insurance, State Employees' Pension Plan, And Other State Employee Benefits. [HB-10]
This Bill will make the same-sex partner of a State of Delaware regular officer, employee or eligible pensioner entitled to the same benefits that are provided to spouses of state employees and pensioners. Employees of Labor Unions and Delaware Authorities and Commissions covered under the sections of the Code are also included.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Kowalko Hs 1 For Hb 10 - Reported Out Of Committee (appropriations) In House With 5 On Its Merits on 06/02/2010

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The State Employees' Pension Plan. [HB-101]
This Act allows an alternative method of calculating a retiree’s final average compensation that does not result in the loss of pension benefits from salary and wage reductions.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Colin Bonini Reported Out Of Committee (house Administration) In House With 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits on 06/03/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Failure To Appear At Trial. [HB-108]
This Act increases the penalties for failure to appear at trial. Under present law it is often to a defendant’s advantage not to appear for trial, as the State’s witnesses often become less cooperative the more often they are required to appear. The longer the defendant is a fugitive, the less likely the State will be able to go forward with its case. The penalties for failure to appear at trial ought to be sufficient to encourage the defendant to appear as required. This Act also makes necessary and complimentary changes to the criminal contempt (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker Introduced And Assigned To Judiciary Committee In House on 04/02/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 11 And 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Substantial Assistance. [HB-109]
This Act creates a new statute that is patterned after and replaces the substantial assistance provision in Delaware’s drug trafficking statute but that is broader as it applies to any criminal sentencing. It provides the Attorney General the discretion to move sentencing court to sentence a convicted defendant who has provided substantial assistance to the State to a lesser term than is otherwise called for by law or to modify or reduce the sentence of one who has been previously sentenced and provides substantial assistance. This Act allows a (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 06/16/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Ignition Interlock Device (iid) Program. [HB-111]
This is a housekeeping bill to correct an error. Delaware law currently restricts subsequent DUI offenders who are eligible for the Ignition Interlock Device (IID) mechanism from being eligible for IID driver licenses if their driving privileges are currently in a suspended, revoked, denied, or unavailable status for any other violations of the law of any jurisdiction. This bill will correct this error and allow DMV to issue IID driver licenses to subsequent DUI offenders who would otherwise be eligible when they currently do not have valid driving (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 07/24/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Specific Offenses. [HB-113]
This bill implements the recommendations of the Delaware Sentencing Accountability Commission (SENTAC) relating to the classification of property crimes. The bill increases the demarcation line between Class G felonies and Class A misdemeanors in 11 Delaware Code 840, 840A, 841(c)(1), 848, 849, 851, 852A, 900, 903(c)(1), and 917 from $1,000 to $1,500; in 11 Delaware Code 916 and 939 from $500 to $1,500; and in 11 Delaware Code 811 from $1,500 to $5,000. The bill increases the demarcation line between Class F felonies and Class G felonies in 11 Delaware (continued...)

  

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 The Penalties For And Classification Of Carrying A Concealed Deadly Weapon. [HB-115]
This Act increases the penalties for carrying a concealed deadly weapon, when the weapon is a firearm, by reclassifying what is currently a class G felony as a class D violent felony. The Act also deletes a penalty provision that is unnecessary and duplicative, since any person previously convicted of a violation of section 1442 is also a person prohibited under section 1448 of Title 11.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Bushweller Stricken on 06/18/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 14 And 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To School Boards And School Board Elections. [HB-117]
This bill will save the State of Delaware money by having school board elections on the date of the general election and it will increase the voter turnout for school board elections. Currently, school board elections are held on the second Tuesday of May and can occur in any year. The bill will: (1) set school board election to coincide with the general election; (2) align the terms of school board members so their terms expire during a general election year; (3) provide that only registered voters can vote in school board elections; (4) place (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Colin Bonini Assigned To Finance Committee In Senate on 06/16/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code With Respect To Public Education. [HB-119]
This Bill takes several steps targeted at allowing local schools and districts to make better decisions at the local level to educate students. Its provisions include: (a) Permitting local districts substantially more discretion with respect to expenditure of state education funds than they have under existing law. However, the bill also establishes a number of safeguards to ensure that those funds are spent in a responsible manner that enhances student achievement, including state approval of local district budgets, a requirement of full transparency (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Hs 1 For Hb 119 - Necessary Rules Are Suspended In Senate on 06/30/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Certain Offenses [HB-120]
This bill amends the “zero tolerance” provision in the Delaware Code to give discretion to school boards to modify the terms of expulsions when a school board determines that it is appropriate to do so.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 06/26/2009

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