An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Pawnbrokers, Secondhand Dealers, Scrap Metal Processors And Junk Dealers. [HB-164]
This bill makes several changes to the statutes regulating pawnbrokers, secondhand dealers and scrap metal processors. In particular: the bill renames the chapter to more accurately reflect the three types of licenses regulated; clarifies that individuals or businesses licensed as Federal Firearms Dealers are exempt from licensing under this chapter; specifies the forms that pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers must use; adds platinum and bronze to the list of precious metals as to which scrap metal processors must maintain and forward records to
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HB-164: An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Pawnbrokers, Secondhand Dealers, Scrap Metal Processors And Junk Dealers.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Outten
Signed By Governor on 07/24/2009
You have voted HB-164: An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Pawnbrokers, Secondhand Dealers, Scrap Metal Processors And Junk Dealers..
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
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HB-168: An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Drug Offenses.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson
Reported Out Of Committee (judiciary) In House With 5 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable on 06/23/2009
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
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HB-169: An Act To Amend Titles 10 And 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Records Of Arrest And Prosecution.
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
You have voted HB-17: An Act Proposing An Amendment To Article V, Section 2, Of The Constitution Of The State Of Delaware Relating To Qualifications For Voting..
An Act To Amend Chapter 7, Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Doctrine Of Employment At Will And Protection From Wrongful Termination. [HB-18]
This act is based on the Model Employment Termination Act promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 1991. The basic philosophy of this act is one of compromise and balancing the competing interests of employers and employees. Thus, although covered employees are granted an expanded substantive right to “good cause” protections against termination, available remedies are limited to reinstatement, with or without backpay, and severance pay when reinstatement is unfeasible. Compensatory and punitive damages are
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HB-18: An Act To Amend Chapter 7, Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Doctrine Of Employment At Will And Protection From Wrongful Termination.
Sponsored by: Sen. Margaret Henry
Reported Out Of Committee (labor) In House With 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits on 04/08/2009
You have voted HB-18: An Act To Amend Chapter 7, Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Doctrine Of Employment At Will And Protection From Wrongful Termination..
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.
HB-199: An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Developmental Screening Of Infants And Toddlers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis
Signed By Governor on 08/27/2009
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.
HB-206: An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Specific Offenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Outten
Signed By Governor on 07/10/2009