Sen. Gregory Lavelle

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District SD-004
Party Republican
Bills Introduced 0

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Earned Income Tax Credit. [HB-113]
This bill changes the earned income tax credit from nonrefundable to refundable. This bill creates a table for the percentage of earned income credit for tax years 2018 and after. Currently, if spouses file a joint federal return but separate State returns, only the spouse with the higher taxes due can use the State earned income tax credit. This bill eliminates that limitation starting with tax year 2018 and provides that the credit shall be divided equally between such spouses.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Amendment Sa 1 To Hb 113 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 Yes on 07/01/2018

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Infants With Prenatal Substance Exposure. [HB-140]
This non-punitive, public-health oriented bill seeks to codify certain sections of the federal law known as the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), as amended by the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), that requires states to have policies and procedures in place to address the needs of infants born with and identified as being affected by substance abuse, withdrawal symptoms, or Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, including a requirement that healthcare providers involved in the delivery or care of such infant notify the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker Signed By Governor on 06/07/2018

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Estate Tax. [HB-16]
This bill will sunset the Delaware Estate Tax on December 31, 2017.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 07/02/2017

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 2 Of The Delaware Code Related To The Community Transportation Fund. [HB-161]
This bill requires the Department of Transportation to provide the General Assembly with an annual report for community transportation fund expenditures.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Cloutier Introduced And Assigned To Transportation/land Use And Infrastructure Committee In House on 05/09/2017

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To School Attendance. [HB-17]
This bill increases the minimum age of required school attendance from 16 to the age of 17. The minimum age for truancy has also been increased accordingly.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker Introduced And Assigned To Education Committee In House on 12/15/2016

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Chapter 37 Of Title 24 Relating To Speech/language Pathologists, Audiologists And Hearing Aid Dispensers. [HB-171]
This Bill amends the Board composition to provide that a slot may be filled by an audiologist or by a hearing aid dispenser which shall address the challenge in locating a hearing aid dispenser to serve on the Board. Further, this Bill adds a definition for the practice of hearing aid dispensing to set forth the appropriate scope of practice for hearing aid dispensers, based on their training and qualifications, in the interest of public protection. This Bill also strikes references to audiology and speech pathology aides because the Board does (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Margaret Henry Stricken In House on 04/24/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Relating To Illegal Purchases Of Firearms. [HB-174]
This Act raises the first offense of purchasing or obtaining a firearm for someone not legally qualified to own, possess or purchase one from a Class F to a Class E Felony. This change is to deter such "straw purchases" by making jail time more likely for the offender, and consequently, to reduce the number of people who cannot legally possess firearms but obtain them in this manner.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 04/18/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 6, Title 8, And Title 12 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Various Fees And Taxes Charged By The Secretary Of State. [HB-175]
This Act alters various fees assessed by the Delaware Secretary of State. The Act provides that most changes to the fees and taxes assessed will take effect on August 1, 2017; however increases to the maximum franchise tax and the late penalty for the filing of an annual franchise tax report shall take effect for the tax year beginning January 1, 2017, and the increase of the assumed par value multiplier for calculation of the corporate franchise tax and the authorized shares multiplier for corporations with greater than 10,000 authorized shares (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 07/02/2017

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Possession Of A Weapon In A Safe School And Recreation Zone. [HB-176]
This bill gives local school boards or charter school boards more discretion on a case by case basis to suspend students for the possession of a deadly weapon other than a firearm in a Safe School or Recreation Zone. This bill is the result of a case in the Brandywine School District.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. David Wilson Signed By Governor on 09/29/2017

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Habitual Criminals. [HB-18]
This bill clarifies the General Assemblys intent last session in amending the states habitual offender law, specifically (a) that the changes made by the General Assembly were intended to affect minimum mandatory sentences, not sentences where judges had already exercised complete discretion, (b) that the changes were not designed to reduce minimum mandatory sentences associated in the Delaware Code with specific crimes (e.g. illegal gun possession), and (c) allows the sentencing judge to impose probation after the minimum mandatory sentence required (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Nicole Poore Signed By Governor on 04/13/2017

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