Rep. John Viola

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District HD-026
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 1

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Prescription Monitoring Program. [HB-458]
This Act removes language from the states Prescription Drug Monitoring Program statute that unreasonably prevents law enforcement officials from accessing the PMP database when officials can show that the information on the database is relevant to an investigation or prosecution. This Act leaves intact the statutory right and responsibility of the Office of Controlled Substances to maintain the privacy of patients and patient information except under circumstances enumerated in the Delaware Code.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Reported Out Of Committee (public Safety & Homeland Security) In House With 9 On Its Merits on 06/13/2018

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act Proposing An Amendment To Article Viii, § 6 Of The Delaware Constitution Relating To Limitations On Appropriations. [HB-460]
This Act is the first leg of a Constitutional Amendment reflecting the recommendations of the Advisory Panel to the Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council (DEFAC) on Potential Fiscal Controls and Budget Smoothing Mechanisms established as per House Joint Resolution 8 of the 149th General Assembly (Panel). This Act would build upon the States existing appropriation limit methodology by moving the Budget Reserve Account into a newly defined Budget Stabilization Fund, defining rules for deposits to and withdrawals from said Budget Stabilization (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Reported Out Of Committee (administration) In House With 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits on 06/13/2018

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 6, Title 7, Title 8, Title 10, Title 11, Title 14, Title 16, Title 24, Title 29, And Title 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Technical Corrections. [HB-465]
In January 2018, the Code Revisors provided the General Assembly with a list of potential technical corrections that they identified as they revised the Delaware Code to reflect legislation that was enacted by the 149th General Assembly in 2017 or as they reviewed titles of the Code. While technical in nature, these changes are beyond the authority of the Code Revisors to make and can only be done by the General Assembly through legislation.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 09/04/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Juvenile Expungements. [HB-48]
This bill fixes a drafting error in Senate Bill 198 of the 148th General Assembly that inadvertently made it harder for juveniles to get mandatory expungements by adding the term violent misdemeanor as an excepting factor that would prevent a youth from receiving an expungement. Previously, violent misdemeanors were never included in the states statute regarding mandatory expungements. The bill also strikes the definition of violent misdemeanor, which is no longer applicable to the states juvenile expungement statute.The phrase sex offense was added (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ronald Gray Signed By Governor on 05/18/2017

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act Concurring In A Proposed Amendment To Article Iv, Section 37 Of The Delaware Constitution Of 1897, As Amended, Relating To The Court On The Judiciary. [HB-56]
This Act is the second leg of a constitutional amendment that would add the Chief Magistrate to the Court on the Judiciary. Like all judges within the state, the judges of the Justice of the Peace Court are subject to the jurisdiction of the Court on the Judiciary. This amendment makes it so that the presiding judge of each of the six state courts serves as a member.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 Yes 2 Absent on 05/10/2017

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Personal Income Tax. [HB-61]
This bill will add 4 new check-off donation boxes on the Delaware personal income tax return whereby individuals may choose to donate a portion of their tax refund, or designate an amount in addition to the tax they owe that will be transferred by the Division of Revenue to one of the following organizations: Food Bank of Delaware, Sussex County Habitat for Humanity, Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity, or Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 09/14/2017

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 30 Of The Delaware Code Related To Tax Administration. [HB-66]
Section 1 of this Act provides that the statute of limitations period for a substantial underpayment of a license fee or gross receipts tax will commence at the end of the period for which the license is issued, in order to parallel the normal limitations period for the assessment of an underpayment of this type of tax. Section 2 of this Act provides that notice of a judgment must have been provided to the taxpayer not later than the date of the notice given prior to the revocation of a professional license resulting from non-payment of taxes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 05/18/2017

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Chapters 198 And 200, Volume 78 Of The Laws Of Delaware Relating To Foreclosures. [HB-76]
This Act extends the Office of Foreclosure Prevention and Automatic Residential Foreclosure Mediation Program an additional two years, from January 18, 2018 until January 18, 2020.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Kowalko Signed By Governor on 07/17/2017

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Board Of Mental Health And Chemical Dependency Professionals. [HB-82]
Sections 1-4 clarify the type of supervised experience applicants are required to obtain in order to be qualified for licensure and eliminates the requirement that reciprocal applicants be certified by a national organization prior to being qualified for licensure. Additionally, section 2 eliminates a pending criminal charge as a basis to deny licensure.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 05/02/2017

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Fines, Costs, Penalties And Forfeitures. [HB-84]
This bill provides that civil violations or penalties under subchapters IV and V of Delawares Uniform Controlled Substances Act in Title 16 are included as offenses whereby a $15 penalty is assessed for the Fund to Combat Violent Crimes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 06/08/2017

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