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An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The State Energy Office. [SB-7]
This Bill amends the Delaware Energy Act, Title 29 of the Delaware Code, Chapter 80, Subchapter II, by updating and expanding upon the duties of the State Energy Office (located in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Controls Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy). In Section 1 of the Bill, the General Assembly finds and declares that: (a) Planning for Delaware's energy future is vitally important to Delawares economy and all of its citizens; (b) Developments in the energy sector of the economy are proceeding at a fast pace,
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SB-7: An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The State Energy Office.
Sponsored by: Rep. Debra Heffernan
Signed By Governor on 08/03/2023
An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Misconduct By Public Officials. [SB-67]
This Act updates the crime of official misconduct to ensure appropriate accountability of public servants who abuse their positions of power and public trust. The statute establishes a grade in the penalty for the official misconduct to be commensurate to the gravity of the misconduct. In addition, this statute conforms the discrimination language to the language used in the Hate Crimes statute. It also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
SB-67: An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Misconduct By Public Officials.
Sponsored by: Rep. Debra Heffernan
Signed By Governor on 09/21/2023
An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Medical Marijuana. [HB-285]
This Act amends the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act by removing the requirement that a patient have a debilitating medical condition to qualify for a registry identification card, instead allowing health-care providers to make the determination of whether a patient has a diagnosed medical condition for which the patient would receive therapeutic or palliative benefit from the use of medical marijuana. As a result, this Act removes the CBD-rich and compassionate use programs, which previously allowed for the use of marijuana for the treatment of conditions
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HB-285: An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Medical Marijuana.
Sponsored by: Rep. Debra Heffernan
Signed By Governor on 05/28/2024
An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Regulations And Prohibitions Concerning Game And Fish. [HB-271]
Currently, section 712 of Title 7 of the Delaware Code prohibits the hunting of any game birds or game animals (except deer) on Sundays. This Bill eliminates the prohibition against hunting game birds on Sundays. The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control still has authority to establish and regulate season dates, bag limits and enforcement for the hunting of game birds.
HB-271: An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Regulations And Prohibitions Concerning Game And Fish.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ronald Gray
Signed By Governor on 05/30/2024
An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The State Employee Benefits Committee. [HB-282]
This Act adds procedural requirements to meetings of the State Employee Benefits Committee (SEBC), revises the membership of the SEBC, and requires that the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources inform State employees and retired State employees (eligible pensioners) about changes in benefits coverages affecting eligible pensioners who are receiving or eligible to receive retirement benefits under the state employees' pension plan, including proposed changes.
HB-282: An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The State Employee Benefits Committee.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker
Enacted Into Law on 06/27/2024
An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Line Of Duty Death Benefits. [SB-202]
For claims for line of duty death benefits for covered persons, which include police officers, firefighters, auxiliary and volunteer ambulance and rescue company members, paramedics, and others, submitted on July 1, 2023, and thereafter, this Act increases the benefits for the beneficiary or beneficiaries from $200,000 to $375,000, payable in annual installments, with the maximum amount paid in any 1 calendar year being $50,000.
SB-202: An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Line Of Duty Death Benefits.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker
Signed By Governor on 09/19/2024