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 Titles 14 And 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Family Leave. [HB-3]
This legislation requires that all full-time employees of the State, including employees of school districts, continuously in the employ of the state for at least one year, shall be eligible for 12 weeks of paid leave upon the birth or adoption of a child 6 years of age or younger. Both parents would be eligible for such leave. Employees shall continue to have the right, as they do under current law, to use accrued sick leave for maternity and paternity purposes. This legislation leaves intact the rights of persons adopting a child over 6 years (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 06/30/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Destructive Weapons. [HB-300]
This bill makes it a crime to sell, transfer, buy, receive or possess a trigger crank or bump-fire device designed to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle, making such weapon function more like an automatic weapon. A bump stock was used by the gunman in Las Vegas in October 2017. Violation of this provision is a Class E felony.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 06/14/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 13 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Domestic Violence Coordinating Council. [HB-301]
This Act allows the various at-large members of the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council to be appointed for 3-year terms and be eligible for reappointment. This change is requested by the Council.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Outten Signed By Governor on 05/09/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 And Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Individuals With Mental Illness. [HB-302]
This Substitute Act incorporates House Bill No. 302, and also makes the following changes to House Bill No. 302:

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 04/30/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Controlled Substances. [HB-305]
In 2011, as part of a general overhaul of Delawares drug laws, this provision was inserted into Title 16 to allow juvenile adjudications to count as prior qualifying offenses for purposes of increasing the sentence of certain drug offenders. Pursuant to this provision, some defendants convicted of certain drug crimes who have one prior adult drug conviction and one prior juvenile adjudication within the past 10 years face a drastic increase in sentence as follows:

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Reported Out Of Committee (judiciary) In House With 3 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable on 01/24/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 5 And 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Prize-linked Savings Program. [HB-31]
This bill authorizes the use of prize-linked savings accounts in the State of Delaware. These accounts have been used in a number of countries and several U.S. states to promote savings, especially among persons with low-income and first-time savers. A deposit into the program makes the entrant eligible for a prize. The principal in the account remains untouched. The first large-scale program of this nature in the U.S. was launched in Michigan about 6 years ago, and the program has subsequently expanded to Nebraska, North Carolina and Washington. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker Signed By Governor on 05/02/2017

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Disposition Of Funds Received By The State Or A State Agency From Settlements Or Other Final Orders Or Judgments Of A Court. [HB-323]
This Act reaffirms the Constitutional requirement that the General Assembly appropriate money belonging to the General Fund by making clear that funds received by the State or a State agency from settlements or other final orders or judgments, other than those funds awarded specifically to a party or consumer or as attorneys' fees, or explicitly directed otherwise by law, are to be deposited to the General Fund and may not be transferred or expended until the funds are appropriated by the General Assembly.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. David Wilson Tabled In Committee on 06/20/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Child Care Act. [HB-324]
This Act requires that the Office of Child Care Licensing include application forms, the specific requirements to obtain a license, and due process provisions in regulations to ensure that child care providers have clear notice of what is required, the opportunity to comment on proposed changes, and an opportunity to correct minor deficiencies before they are posted on the Office of Child Care Licensings website as an instance of noncompliance.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. David Wilson Signed By Governor on 08/10/2018

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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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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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