Rep. Richard Collins

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District HD-041
Party Republican
Bills Introduced 19

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act Proposing An Amendment To The Delaware Constitution Relating To A Vacancy In The Office Of Lieutenant Governor [SB-250]
This is the 1st Leg of a Constitutional Amendment to hold a special election when there is a vacancy in the office of the Lieutenant Governor. It is modeled after the special election for the Legislative seats. As is the case with the Legislative special elections, the details of the special election process will be placed in Title 15 of the Delaware Code when the 2nd Leg of the Constitutional Amendment is passed by the following General Assembly and the Amendment becomes part of the Delaware Constitution. AUTHOR: Sen. Simpson

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Assigned To Executive Committee In Senate on 05/04/2016

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Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29, Chapter 101, Subchapter Ii Of The Delaware Code Relating To Agency Regulations And Public Hearings. [SB-26]
This Bill provides for recording and maintaining a record of all deliberations made by public bodies during public hearings, including any discussion made “off the record.”

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Kowalko Signed By Governor on 07/20/2016

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Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Hate Crimes [SB-263]
This Act would add an additional criminal penalty if the offense committed was due to the victim being a law-enforcement officer, a volunteer firefighter, a full-time firefighter, emergency medical technician, paramedic, fire police officer, fire marshal, correctional officer, a sheriff, a deputy sheriff, public transit operator, a code enforcement constable or a code enforcement officer.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Colin Bonini Amendment Sa 1 - Introduced And Placed With The Bill In Senate on 06/15/2016

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Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act. [SB-45]
This Act amends the state implementation of the federal law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 [enacted as 1441A of Title 11 on July 9, 2008] so as to mirror the current federal law except that a definition has been added to distinguish the types of firearms one can qualify to carry.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 09/03/2015

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Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Right-to-work Zones And The Gross Receipts Tax. [SB-54]
This Act allows the Director of the Delaware Economic Development Office to create right-to-work zones as part of its inducements to bring new businesses to Delaware and requires these zones to be offered for manufacturing businesses hiring at least 20 employees. It also exempts those manufacturing businesses from their gross receipts taxes for their first 5 years.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Assigned To Labor & Industrial Relations Committee In Senate on 04/02/2015

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Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Certified Food Protection Manager Program. [SB-89]
In May 2014, the Department of Health and Social Services (“Department”) promulgated the State of Delaware Food Code, 4458, Title 16 of the Delaware Administrative Code. The State of Delaware Food Code requires all food establishments required to be permitted by the Department to have a certified food protection manager. This Act would require the Department to exempt charitable and fraternal organizations from this requirement. At least 7 other states have created a similar exemption; those states are: Florida, Indiana, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Outten Signed By Governor on 10/07/2015

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Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Regulatory Flexibility And Transparency Act Of 2015. [SB-95]
The Regulatory Flexibility and Transparency Act of 2015 improves Delaware’s regulatory environment for individuals and small businesses in several significant ways. Under the Act, whenever an agency proposes to adopt or amend a regulation that is “substantially likely” to impose additional costs or burdens upon individuals and/or small businesses, that agency must prepare both a written regulatory flexibility analysis and a regulatory impact statement to be published by the Registrar of Regulations. The regulatory flexibility analysis requires (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Stricken on 06/02/2015

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Delaware 148th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Foreign Defamation Judgments And To Expand Protections For Citizens Against Such Judgments By Providing For Declaratory And Injunctive Relief And Further Limit The Recognition Afforded To Such Judgments. [SB-98]
This Act enhances the protection of free speech liberties when faced with foreign defamation judgments (meaning a judgment or decree rendered in a jurisdiction outside of any state or territory of the United States which was founded on a cause of action arising from allegations of defamation, libel, or slander).

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Assigned To Judiciary Committee In Senate on 05/14/2015

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Delaware 148th General Assembly

Designating April 25, 2015 As "engineering And Technology Education Day" In The State Of Delaware. [SCR-12]
Establishes April 25, 2015 as Engineering and Technology Education Day in the State of Delaware to emphasize the importance of technological literacy.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker Passed In House By Voice Vote on 04/23/2015

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Delaware 148th General Assembly

Requesting An Advisory Opinion Of The Justices. [SCR-32]
This Concurrent Resolution requests an Opinion of the Justices as to whether 4, Article VIII of the Delaware Constitution requires the passage of the annual Budget Bill by a three-fourths vote due to the inclusion of appropriations to the University of Delaware and to Delaware State University.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Colin Bonini Assigned To Executive Committee In Senate on 06/24/2015

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