Sen. John Walsh

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District SD-009
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 59

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Certification Of Adoption Of Sustainability And Transparency Standards By Delaware Entities. [HB-310]
The Certification of Adoption of Sustainability and Transparency Standards Act (the Act) establishes a voluntary disclosure regime to foster dialogue around sustainability and responsibility among participating Delaware business entities and their various stakeholders. Because issues relating to sustainability and responsibility are fact-specific and fact-intensive and may vary greatly depending on, among other things, the size of the entity, the nature of its business and operations, and the industry in which it operates, the Act does not prescribe (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Passed By House. Votes: 39 Yes 1 No 1 Not Voting on 06/27/2018

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Board Of Clinical Social Work Examiners. [HB-311]
The Board of Clinical Social Work Examiners (Board) has worked several years to amend Chapter 39, Title 24 of the Delaware Code to update the statute governing social work licensure and practice in this State. The Boards work has included collaboration with the Division of Professional Regulation, the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee, several state agencies, and other stakeholders. The result of that work is this Act, which modernizes Chapter 39 to include a multi-tiered licensure system similar to those already in place in most (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ernesto Lopez Signed By Governor on 06/11/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Public Employment Relations Act. [HB-314]
This Act provides for a clear and established procedure and time frame during which public employees may revoke their membership in an employee organization. This Act allows public employers and employee organizations to manage membership status and authorizations in a manner that will meet public employees desires while not disrupting the public employers or employee organizations operations.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 05/09/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Experimental Treatment Health Insurance Coverage. [HB-319]
This legislation creates a benchmark for determining when a treatment or service is no longer experimental or investigational. When Medicare determines that a treatment is safe for its population, commercial insurers in Delaware may no longer deny coverage on that basis. This bill will remove inconsistencies for properly-evidenced treatments between payers.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 06/13/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Disposition Of Funds Received By The State Or A State Agency From Settlements Or Other Final Orders Or Judgments Of A Court. [HB-323]
This Act reaffirms the Constitutional requirement that the General Assembly appropriate money belonging to the General Fund by making clear that funds received by the State or a State agency from settlements or other final orders or judgments, other than those funds awarded specifically to a party or consumer or as attorneys' fees, or explicitly directed otherwise by law, are to be deposited to the General Fund and may not be transferred or expended until the funds are appropriated by the General Assembly.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. David Wilson Tabled In Committee on 06/20/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Advance Scholarship Program. [HB-326]
This Act creates the Delaware Advance Scholarship Program (Program). The goal of this Act is to encourage Delaware students with intellectual disabilities to pursue studies for a comprehensive certificate or degree at a Delaware institution of higher education in order to promote economic self-sufficiency. This will result in an economic benefit to the State in the form of a more diverse, well-prepared workforce that is less reliant on government support. This Act follows the Higher Education Opportunities Act of 2008, which authorizes comprehensive (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Melanie Smith Signed By Governor on 07/11/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Unmanned Aircraft Systems. [HB-328]
This Act makes it a crime to fly an unmanned aircraft system to do any of the following:

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Colin Bonini Signed By Governor on 06/12/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Benzodiazepine And Non-benzodiazepine Hypnotics. [HB-331]
This bill creates regulations concerning the use, distribution and education of Benzodiazepine and Non-benzodiazepine Hypnotics. It require Practitioners to obtain consent from a minors parent or guardian prior to prescribing these drugs, and require pharmacist to include a cautionary statement explaining the risks associated with the long term use of these drugs.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Bushweller Signed By Governor on 09/04/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Education. [HB-346]
This Act establishes the High Needs Educator Student Loan Payment Program. The Program allows qualified applicants to apply for a payment from the State to the applicants lending agency, to pay a portion of the applicants student loan debt. The purpose of the Program is to encourage Educators to work and remain working in certification areas in which Delaware has a shortage and to encourage Educators to work and remain working in Delawares hardest-to-staff Schools. The amount of the award shall be no less than $1000 and no more than $2000. This (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 09/05/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Commission On Irish Heritage And Culture. [HB-349]
This Act creates a Delaware Commission on Irish Heritage and Culture.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell Signed By Governor on 06/01/2018

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