Sen. Bryant Richardson

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District SD-021
Party Republican
Bills Introduced 36

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Requiring That Each School Year Begin After Labor Day. [SB-18]
This Act requires public schools to begin their school year after Labor Day. There have been many economic impact reports done that show a positive impact from starting public schools after Labor Day. A report by the Virginia Hospitality and Travel Association estimates that $369 million would be lost if schools were not required to start after Labor Day. This includes $104 million in wages and $21 million in state and local taxes. Maryland is considering similar legislation. A study of Maryland found that pushing the start of school back would (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Introduced And Assigned To Education Committee In Senate on 01/24/2017

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relatng To Workers' Compensation Benefits. [SB-202]
This Act ensures that the spouses of those killed in the line of duty are able to receive benefits for the remainder of their lives regardless of future marital status. When a surviving spouse remarries, the surviving spouse's benefit is reduced to 90% of the original benefit for the first 10 years after the remarrying and must be reduced to 75% of the original benefit thereafter until the death of the surviving spouse. Spouses of fallen first responders should not be forced to make decisions to carry on with their lives based on financial considerations.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker Passed By House. Votes: 41 Yes on 06/27/2018

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Unborn Children. [SB-205]
The Act protects the life of the unborn child at a time when the potential for the child to survive outside the womb increases, especially with the advancement of medical procedures. Also, there is substantial medical evidence that an unborn child is capable of experiencing pain by 20 weeks after fertilization. The Delaware Legislature has the constitutional authority to make this judgment as shown in U.S. Supreme Court decisions as detailed in this Act.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Introduced And Assigned To Health, Children & Social Services Committee In Senate on 05/10/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 3 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Agriculture. [SB-21]
This bill vests the authority for regulating seed in Delaware with the Delaware Department of Agriculture and repeals any inconsistent act or parts of acts.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 06/08/2017

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend The Delaware Code Relating To Public School Safety. [SB-215]
This Act creates the Omnibus School Safety Fund to provide funding to public and charter schools for certain school safety projects.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Introduced And Assigned To Education Committee In Senate on 06/01/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 16 And 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Restoration Of The Delaware Prescription Drug Payment Assistance Program. [SB-228]
This Act restores the Delaware Prescription Drug Payment Assistance Program (Program), which was eliminated in the Fiscal Year 2018 Annual Appropriations Act. This Act replaces Senate Bill 148 and makes the following additional changes:

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz Signed By Governor on 07/17/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code To Impose A Requirment That Informed Consent Be Obtained Prior To The Collection Of Natural Resource Data On Private Property. [SB-229]
This Act acknowledges that the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has been collecting natural resource data for years without the consent of the respective property owners. From the date of this Act forward, the Department must obtain written consent prior to physically entering onto private property for the purpose of collecting Natural Resource Data.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker Signed By Governor on 07/11/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act Making Appropriations For The Expense Of The State Government For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2019; Specifying Certain Procedures, Conditions And Limitations For The Expenditure Of Such Funds; And Amending Certain Pertinent Statutory Provisions [SB-235]
This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2019 Appropriation Act.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 06/28/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act Making A Supplemental Appropriation To Provide A One-time Salary Supplement For State Employees, To Provide A One-time Pension Supplement For State Pensioners And To Provide One-time Appropriations To The Office Of Management And Budget. [SB-236]
This Act appropriates $49,167,700 to provide a $500 one-time salary supplement to full-time and part-time employees, to provide a $400 pension supplement to pensioners and provides one-time funded projects through the Office of Management and Budget.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Passed By House. Votes: 39 Yes 2 Absent on 06/28/2018

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Delaware 149th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 12 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Register Of Wills. [SB-238]
Under current law, a person may deposit, for a fee, an original will with the Register of Wills in New Castle County for safekeeping. The person is not required to be a resident of New Castle County, but only the New Castle County Register of Wills is authorized to store original wills.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker Signed By Governor on 07/23/2018

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