Rep. Earl Jaques

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District HD-027
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 7

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Establishing A School Safety And Security Fund. [HB-335]
This Act establishes the Delaware School Safety and Security Fund to allow certain eligible public schools to partially or fully fund projects intended to improve school facilities and training relating to safety or security. The Department of Education shall administer the fund. This Act is effective upon appropriation.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker Signed By Governor on 09/10/2018

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Silent Alarm Systems In Public Schools. [HB-336]
This Act requires each public school district to equip the schools within their respective jurisdictions with an adequate number of panic buttons that may be used to immediately alert local law enforcement authorities of a security threat at a school. Once activated, the required silent alarm system will immediately alert authorities without simultaneously activating an audible alarm within the school building.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Stricken In House on 06/21/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Exceptional Children. [HB-338]
This Act increases the eligibility for a child with a disability to be eligible for free appropriate public education from the end of the school year in which the child attains the age of 21 to the end of the school year in which the child attains the age of 22.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ronald Gray Tabled In Committee on 04/25/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Education. [HB-346]
This Act establishes the High Needs Educator Student Loan Payment Program. The Program allows qualified applicants to apply for a payment from the State to the applicants lending agency, to pay a portion of the applicants student loan debt. The purpose of the Program is to encourage Educators to work and remain working in certification areas in which Delaware has a shortage and to encourage Educators to work and remain working in Delawares hardest-to-staff Schools. The amount of the award shall be no less than $1000 and no more than $2000. This (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 09/05/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Violent Felonies. [HB-361]
This Act removes § 617 Criminal Youth Gangs from the list of felonies designated as violent felonies and adds § 616 Gang Participation so that age is less of a factor in determining whether a violent felony was committed. In addition, this Act makes § 1103A Child Abuse in the Second Degree a violent felony. Further, this Act makes technical corrections by updating the violent felonies list to reflect § 1103B Child Abuse in the First Degree, which was formerly known as § 615 Assault by Abuse.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Assigned To Judicial & Community Affairs Committee In Senate on 05/03/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Green Alert Program For Certain Missing Persons. [HB-368]
This Act creates the Green Alert Program to aid in locating missing members of the armed forces, including veterans, who have a physical or mental health condition that is related to their service. This Act is modeled after Delawares existing Gold Alert and Blue Alert Programs.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 08/29/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Medical Marijuana Act. [HB-374]
This bill adds glaucoma, chronic debilitating migraines, pediatric autism spectrum disorder, pediatric sensory processing disorder to the list of debilitating medical conditions which may qualify a person, upon certification by a physician, to be eligible for the use of medical marijuana in accordance with the terms of the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 08/28/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 9 And 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Realty Transfer Tax. [HB-380]
This bill allows first-time home buyers to pay their portion of the realty transfer tax at the rate that was in effect prior to the increase that took effect on August 1, 2017. The credit is calculated as 0.5% of the first $400,000 in home value, with a maximum allowable credit of $2,000. This legislation is retroactive for any first-time home buyer who entered into a transaction for the transfer of real estate on or after August 1, 2017. The seller in any transaction with a first-time buyer will still pay the current tax rate. The bill also removes (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. David Wilson Signed By Governor on 08/28/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Veterans Trust Fund. [HB-381]
This Act corrects the language regarding veterans who received a general discharge under honorable conditions to be consistent with federal law and makes the surviving spouses of eligible veterans eligible for assistance from the Delaware Veterans Trust Fund.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Introduced And Assigned To Veterans Affairs Committee In House on 04/24/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Vaccination Requirements For Dogs, Cats, And Ferrets. [HB-390]
This bill requires the Department of Health and Social Services to create a vaccination risk assessment form to be used by veterinarians for dog, cat, and ferret vaccinations. An abbreviated form would be allowed for mass vaccination of pets events.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker Tabled In Committee on 05/09/2018

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