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 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Service Pensions For Certain State Employees. [SB-22]
This bill establishes a 20 year retirement for correction officers and specified peace officers. The bill amends the multiplier for calculation of state employee pension benefits for correction officers and specified peace officers from either 1.85%, 2.0% or 2.45% to a uniform 2.5% for the first 20 years, plus 3.5% for years beyond 20 years. The increased multipliers reflect increased costs, reduced benefits and the need to recruit and retain qualified and competent correction officers and specified peace officers with a modernized pension benefit. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Introduced And Assigned To Finance Committee In Senate on 03/16/2017

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 16, Title 24, Title 29, And Title 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Insurance Coverage For The Treatment Of Back Pain. [SB-225]
This Act encourages prescribers and patients to use proven non-opioid methods of treating back pain by doing the following:

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 09/10/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 16 And 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Restoration Of The Delaware Prescription Drug Payment Assistance Program. [SB-228]
This Act restores the Delaware Prescription Drug Payment Assistance Program (Program), which was eliminated in the Fiscal Year 2018 Annual Appropriations Act. This Act replaces Senate Bill 148 and makes the following additional changes:

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 07/17/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association. [SB-241]
This Act provides the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association with the authority to establish fees for officiating.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 07/17/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Pay For Success Contracts. [SB-242]
This Act creates Pay for Success contracts. A Pay for Success contract is an agreement between a State agency and either a program intermediary or an investor under which an investor will provide upfront capital to fund a service, program, or economic development initiative. The State agency agrees to repay the program intermediary or investor if the service, program, or economic development initiative meets the performance measures and outcomes agreed to in the contract. An independent evaluator will determine if the performance measures and outcomes (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 08/08/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Welfare. [SB-244]
This bill provides technical changes and also creates the Committee on Employment and Social Services consolidating the work conducted by the Welfare Employment Committee and Social Service Advisory Council created by Executive Order Six-Eight signed by then Governor Michael N. Castle.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Carson Signed By Governor on 08/10/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Economic Development. [SB-245]
Both the Delaware Strategic Fund (Title 29, Chapter 87A, Subchapter II) and the Delaware Technical Innovation Fund (Title 29, Chapter 87A, Subchapter III) provide funding for Delaware businesses, including new businesses in growing technology-related fields. The Delaware Strategic Fund is intended to assist in the development of startup strategies such as seed capital and incubator programs. The Delaware Technical Innovation Fund is intended to promote coordination with Delawares institutions of higher education and the private sector to commercialize (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Colin Bonini Reported Out Of Committee (telecommunication Internet & Technology) In House With 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits on 06/26/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 9 And 22 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Counties, Municipalities And Public Lands. [SB-246]
This act provides greater flexibility for County and Municipal governments to enter into public-private partnerships for public lands. These agreements provide opportunities for the preservation of public land and limit the amount of government money required to maintain the land.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell Signed By Governor on 07/25/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act Concurring In A Proposed Amendment To Article Iv Of The Delaware Constitution Relating To The Appointment Of Judges. [SB-25]
This Act is the second leg of a Constitutional amendment to lengthen the time period during which the Governor must appoint a judicial officer following the occurrence of a vacancy, thereby giving the Governor and State Senate more flexibility in the consideration of vacancies occurring when the State Senate is not in session while preserving the Delaware tradition of quickly filling judicial vacancies. The first leg, Senate Bill No. 275 from the 148th General Assembly, was adopted by two-thirds of the members elected to the General Assembly and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Passed By House. Votes: 39 Yes 2 Absent on 04/06/2017

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Workplace Fraud. [SB-254]
This bill raises the civil penalty for a violation of section 3503 of the Workplace Fraud Act ("Act") from a range of $1,000 to $5,000 to $5,000 to $20,000. The bill also raises the civil penalty for wrongful discharge or discrimination under the Act from a range of $5,000 to $10,000 to $20,000 to $50,000. Finally, this bill provides that civil penalties and other revenue collected will be retained by the Department of Labor for enforcement purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Marshall Lifted From Table In Senate on 06/30/2018

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