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 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Special License Plates. [HB-280]
This bill creates a special license plate for World War II veterans.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 02/10/2020

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Delaware 150th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Voting By Mail. [HB-175]
This Act allows any qualified voter evidencing a desire to vote by mail in writing to the State Elections Commission to vote by mail in primary, general, and special federal elections. The State Elections Commission shall administer the program, creating rules and regulations that allow processing and scanning of mail ballots ahead of Election Day without tabulation until Election Day, dropping off mail ballots at any polling place on Election Day and dropping off mail ballots in a secure drop box of each county Department of Elections office before (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell Amendment Ha 3 To Hb 175 - Introduced And Placed With Bill on 03/27/2020

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Delaware 150th General Assembly

An Act To Amend The Delaware Code Relating To Stands Operated By A Child. [HB-270]
Stands operated by children that serve or sell lemonade or other nonalcoholic beverages on a temporary, occasional basis are a summertime tradition for many children. This Act exempts a stand operated by a child from State, county, and municipal regulations and licensing fees that might otherwise apply.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Cloutier Introduced And Assigned To Economic Development/banking/insurance & Commerce Committee In House on 12/12/2019

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Delaware 150th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Special License Plates. [HB-262]
This Act permits the Division of Motor Vehicles to assign special license plates for firefighters, auxiliary members, or volunteer ambulance members to vehicles owned by an artificial entity, including a corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, or joint-stock company.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Reported Out Of Committee (public Safety & Homeland Security) In House With 9 Favorable on 01/15/2020

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Delaware 150th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Gun Shop Project. [HB-240]
In 2009, New Hampshire was the first state to develop a statewide Gun Shop Project, reaching out to gun shops regarding the role they can play in suicide prevention. In the years since, at least 21 other states have implemented similar campaigns. This Act establishes the Delaware Gun Shop Project (Project), under which the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (Division) must develop relevant materials that may be posted conspicuously and available for distribution at Delaware gun shops.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Introduced And Assigned To Health & Human Development Committee In House on 06/18/2019

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Delaware 150th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The School Districts, Vocational School Districts, Charter Schools And The School Choice Program. [HB-223]
Since 1996, students across Delaware have participated in school choice. Currently, reorganized school districts, vocational technical school districts, and charter schools do not follow the same processes thus causing confusion and barriers for families seeking to access choice for their children. This Act aims to streamline the school choice process, making it easier and clearer for parents, guardians, and school administrators to navigate. This Act requires reorganized school districts, vocational-technical school districts, and charter schools (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Introduced And Assigned To Education Committee In House on 06/13/2019

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Delaware 150th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Litter Control Penalties. [HB-179]
This bill increases the fines for littering.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Reported Out Of Committee (environmental & Natural Resources) In Senate With 4 On Its Merits on 01/29/2020

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Delaware 150th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Local School Taxes. [HB-129]
This bill creates a mechanism by which school boards may increase funds for a school district both with and without a referendum. This bill also provides how certain school boards may levy real estate taxes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Baumbach Stricken In House on 01/14/2020

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Delaware 150th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Uniform Civil Remedies For Unauthorized Disclosure Of Intimate Images Act. [SB-169]
This Act adopts the Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act. This Act addresses an increasingly common form of abuse that can cause severe and often irreversible harm: the disclosure of private, sexually explicit images without consent. Much of the abuse is carried out electronically through internet websites, social media, email, or text messages, making it an interstate problem that is particularly suited for treatment by uniform state laws. This Act provides a uniform, comprehensive, clear, fair, and constitutionally (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 09/23/2020

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An Act To Amend Title 10, Title 11, And Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Fines, Fees, Costs, Penalties, And Forfeitures. [SB-39]
In 2017, 44,889 failure to pay capias issued for people who did not pay a fine, fee, cost, assessment, or restitution imposed for a non-felony offense. In the first 6 months of 2018, there were a total of 5,807 admissions to detention at all Level V facilities. Of these admissions, 129 were for failure to pay only and 595 were for failure to pay and another charge. When a capias is issued for nonpayment of a fine, courts currently may and do impose fees to cancel the warrant. When defendants are late paying their fines, the courts clerks also must (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Kowalko Introduced And Assigned To Judicial Committee In Senate on 05/31/2019

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