Rep. John Viola

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District HD-026
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 1

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Lottery. [HB-100]
This bill requires the Lottery Director to use his or her authority to reestablish a sports lottery, which will enhance the Delaware Lottery, protect Delaware employment, help Delaware and its lottery meet new competition, and provide additional revenues for the State. The bill is intended to provide a significant additional source of revenue to the State. The sports lottery excludes collegiate sporting events that involve a Delaware college or university. Persons under the age of 21 will not be allowed to participate in the sports lottery. The (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Margaret Henry Hs 1 For Hb 100 - Passed By Senate. Votes: Passed 17 Yes 2 No 2 Not Voting 0 Absent 0 Vacant on 05/12/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The State Employees' Pension Plan. [HB-101]
This Act allows an alternative method of calculating a retiree’s final average compensation that does not result in the loss of pension benefits from salary and wage reductions.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Colin Bonini Reported Out Of Committee (house Administration) In House With 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits on 06/03/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code With Respect To Public Education. [HB-119]
This Bill takes several steps targeted at allowing local schools and districts to make better decisions at the local level to educate students. Its provisions include: (a) Permitting local districts substantially more discretion with respect to expenditure of state education funds than they have under existing law. However, the bill also establishes a number of safeguards to ensure that those funds are spent in a responsible manner that enhances student achievement, including state approval of local district budgets, a requirement of full transparency (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Hs 1 For Hb 119 - Necessary Rules Are Suspended In Senate on 06/30/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Certain Offenses [HB-120]
This bill amends the “zero tolerance” provision in the Delaware Code to give discretion to school boards to modify the terms of expulsions when a school board determines that it is appropriate to do so.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 06/26/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Construction Industry Independent Contractor Act. [HB-129]
This bill is the Construction Industry Independent Contractor Act. Employers in the construction industry who improperly classify construction employees as independent contractors deprive these employees of proper Social Security benefits and other benefits, while reducing the employers’ State and federal tax withholdings and related obligations. Moreover, this practice puts businesses that bear higher costs by complying with the law at a competitive disadvantage. This bill imposes substantial penalties on employers who improperly classify their (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Outten Introduced And Assigned To Labor Committee In House on 04/22/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 9 Of The Delaware Code Relating To New Castle County. [HB-131]
This Act permits New Castle County to contract for sole source items, emergency needs and contract performance to the same extent available to the State of Delaware pursuant to Chapter 69 of Title 29 of the Delaware Code

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Kowalko Signed By Governor on 06/26/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 5 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Compensation Received By Mortgage Loan Brokers And Licensed Lenders For Mortgage Loan Modification Services. [HB-149]
This Act limits compensation that may be received by mortgage loan brokers and licensed lenders who engage in mortgage loan modification services for homeowners.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Colin Bonini Signed By Governor on 07/08/2009

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Drug Offenses. [HB-168]
This Bill repeals mandatory minimum sentences in Title 16 relating to violations of our drug laws, returning to our State’s outstanding judiciary the discretion to pronounce sentences appropriate to the cases and individuals before them. Delaware’s sentencing guidelines and Truth-in-Sentencing Law will remain in force, helping to guide judges in their decisions and ensuring offenders’ completion of their sentences. Allowing judges to individually craft criminal sentences will result in more accurate sentences, thereby reducing the injustice, elevated (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Reported Out Of Committee (judiciary) In House With 5 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable on 06/23/2009

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An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Crimes And Criminal Procedure. [HB-171]
This bill establishes a moratorium on executions in Delaware pending completion of the Cornell Law School Death Penalty Project’s study of the death penalty in Delaware and an opportunity for the Governor and the General Assembly to act upon its findings.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Stricken on 06/11/2009

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An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Specific Offenses. [HB-176]
This bill increases the minimum fine for the first offense of Graffiti from “$500” to “$1000” and increases the hours of community service from “200” to “250”. The bill also increases the minimum fine for the second or subsequent offense of graffiti to “$2000” and increases the hours of community services to “500” hours.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Outten Signed By Governor on 07/22/2009

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