Sen. David Sokola

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District SD-008
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 79

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 150th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 12 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Creation, Regulation, Operation, And Dissolution Of Statutory Trusts. [SB-244]
This bill continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (the Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments of the Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Lynn Signed By Governor on 07/23/2020

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 150th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 4 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Alcoholic Liquors. [HB-349]
This bill codifies portions of the Second and Nineteenth Modifications of the Governor's Declaration of State of Emergency due to COVID-19 concerning food and drink establishments. Food and drink establishments suffered great losses since March, 2020 due to the pandemic including millions of dollars in lost sales and the loss of an estimated 30,000 jobs in this State. This purpose of this bill is to continue efforts to try and mitigate the losses this industry has suffered. This bill does all of the following: (1) allows an entity that has a valid (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Williams Signed By Governor on 07/16/2020

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Delaware 150th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Voting By Mail For The 2020 Non-presidential Primary, General, And Special Elections. [HB-346]
This Act provides for voting by mail for the 2020 primary and general elections and special elections held under the provisions of Chapter 73 of Title 15 due to the emergency caused by COVID-19, a highly contagious virus. Voting by mail is an alternative to, and not a replacement for, in-person voting, which remains an available option to those electors not voting by absentee or mail ballot. This Act establishes procedures for voting by mail which mirror the procedures for absentee voting. The Act makes clear that, like in absentee voting, no ballots (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 07/01/2020

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Delaware 150th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Health And Safety And Obligations Of Health-care Providers For Non-acute Patients. [SB-246]
Presently, a legal process does not exist for a Delaware hospital to seek the appointment of a guardian for a non-acute patient who has been a patient at the hospital for an extended period, after having been abandoned by family. This bill authorizes a hospital to petition for a court-appointed guardian for such a patient after providing two notices to the patient, the patient's surrogate, or the patient's family if there is no surrogate, of the need to seek a guardian for the patient.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 08/06/2020

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Delaware 150th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Disability Insurance Program. [SB-248]
The purpose of the Bill is to allow for the modifications to the Disability Insurance Program for state employees that were included in the Governors Twelfth Modification to the COVID-19 State of Emergency to continue until December 30, 2020 in the event that the State of Emergency ends prior to that date.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell Signed By Governor on 07/23/2020

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Delaware 150th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Pharmacy Benefits Managers. [HB-339]
Over 80% of pharmaceuticals in the United States are purchased through pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) networks. PBMs serve as intermediaries between health plans, pharmaceutical manufacturers and pharmacies, and PBMs establish networks for consumers to receive reimbursement for drugs. Given the scope of PBMs in the healthcare delivery system, this Act is designed to provide enhanced oversight and transparency as it relates to PBMs.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Andria Bennett Introduced And Assigned To Economic Development/banking/insurance & Commerce Committee In House on 06/16/2020

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Delaware 150th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Freedom Of Information Act. [SB-243]
Since 2009, when video-conferencing was first permitted under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by Senate Bill No. 104 (145th General Assembly), technology has continued to evolve and the need to provide more mechanisms for participation by members of public bodies and the public has grown. In addition, under the Governor's March 12, 2020, Declaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health Threat State of Emergency and House Concurrent Resolution No. 85 (HCR 85), public bodies in Delaware have been successfully (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Cloutier Passed By House. Votes: 39 Yes 1 No 1 Absent on 06/25/2020

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Delaware 150th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Death Certificates. [HB-354]
This Act requires statutorily designated health providers to provide medical certifications of death, for death certificates, electronically and for the death certificates to be electronically filed with the Delaware Vital Events Registration System (DelVers). This Act sunsets on March 30, 2021.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. William Paradee Suspension Of Rules In Senate on 06/25/2020

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Delaware 150th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 The Delaware Code Relating To Chokeholds. [HB-350]
This Act creates the crime of Aggravated Strangulation. A person is guilty of Aggravated Strangulation if the person is a law-enforcement officer, and while acting within the persons official capacity as a law-enforcement officer, knowingly or intentionally uses a chokehold on another person. Under this Act, a chokehold is only justifiable when the person reasonably believes deadly force is warranted in order to protect the life of a civilian or law-enforcement officer. Aggravated Strangulation is a Class D felony unless the law-enforcement officer (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 08/13/2020

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Delaware 150th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Price Protections During The Covid-19 Recovery Period. [SB-253]
This Act ensures that the price protections for Delawareans related to price gouging put in place during the COVID-19 state of emergency do not cease immediately upon the lifting of the COVID-19 state of emergency, but instead continue for a short period of time during the COVID-19 recovery period. The COVID-19 recovery period runs until the sixty-first day following the termination of the COVID-19 state of emergency.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Passed By House. Votes: 41 Yes on 06/25/2020

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