HB-171: An Act To Amend Title 12 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Administering A Decedent's Estate And To Amend Title 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Definitions And Summary Possession Proceedings.
Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell
Signed By Governor on 06/30/2013
You have voted HB-171: An Act To Amend Title 12 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Administering A Decedent's Estate And To Amend Title 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Definitions And Summary Possession Proceedings..
An Act To Amend Titles 18 And 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Workers’ Compensation. [HB-175]
This Act implements the legislative recommendations of the Workers’ Compensation Task Force, created by House Joint Resolution 3 to recommend improvements to Delaware’s workers’ compensation system to address the double-digit increases in workers’ compensation rates Delaware saw in 2011 and 2012. Section 1 of the Act expands the responsibilities and resources of the Data Collection Committee, which is overseen by the Department of Insurance. The section provides the committee with more frequent updates on medical cost drivers for the Delaware workers’
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HB-175: An Act To Amend Titles 18 And 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Workers’ Compensation.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Outten
Signed By Governor on 06/27/2013
An Act To Amend Titles 6 And 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Fair Housing. [HB-196]
This bill prohibits housing discrimination based on source of income by adding “source of income” as a protected class under the Delaware Fair Housing Act and the Landlord Tenant Code. A person may still take into account sufficiency of income and credit worthiness of a tenant or buyer, so long as any standards are applied neutrally without regard to the source of income. There is also an exception for landlords who are employees of a housing authority and are prohibited by their employer’s conflict of interest policy from renting to persons receiving
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HB-196: An Act To Amend Titles 6 And 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Fair Housing.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis
Introduced And Assigned To Housing & Community Affairs Committee In House on 06/19/2013
An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Public Schools. [HB-23]
This bill requires that all public meetings of the boards of education of traditional public school districts, vo-tech school districts, and public meetings of charter schools’ boards of directors be digitally recorded and made available to the public on the districts’ and charter schools’ websites within seven business days. The recordings will not be considered the official board minutes. Currently the Red Clay Consolidated School District, Christina School District, and the Capital School District on a voluntary basis approved by their boards
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HB-23: An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Public Schools.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson
Reported Out Of Committee (appropriations) In House With 5 On Its Merits on 03/31/2014
An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Violation Of Privacy. [HB-260]
This bill adds to the existing crime of Violation of Privacy additional prohibited conduct related to the non-consensual dissemination of visual depictions containing nudity or sexual acts, conduct popularly referred to as “revenge porn”. “Revenge porn” typically refers to the situation where visual depictions are consensually given to an intimate partner who, after the end of the relationship, later disseminates them without the consent of the person depicted. As a result, the person depicted unwillingly becomes sexual entertainment for strangers
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HB-260: An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Violation Of Privacy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melanie Smith
Signed By Governor on 08/12/2014