Delaware Representative Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]

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DESB151Intro
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This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 151. Like Senate Bill No. 151, this Act requires included facilities to disclose information related dementia care services in the form determined by the Department of Health and Social Services, and it es...
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2024-05-17
was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 151
DEHB162PassHouse Bill 162 authorizes the process of natural organic reduction to be used in this State. Natural organic reduction is the gentle, respectful process that accelerates the decomposition of human remains to soil. This process uses large vessels to h...
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2024-05-16
Signed by Governor
DEHB272Engross
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This act regulates persons who receive compensation for advising or assisting with veterans' benefits earned by serving our nation in the military. This bill would not prohibit persons or business entities from receiving compensation for advice t...
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2024-05-16
To Senate Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee
DEHB356Engross
50%
On military installations subject to exclusive federal jurisdiction, the investigation and prosecution of juveniles for alleged violation of federal crimes is conducted in the federal court system. The federal court system often tries juveniles as ad...
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2024-05-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
DEHB336Enroll
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This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the LLC Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments to ...
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2024-05-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
DEHB337Enroll
75%
This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the LP Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amend...
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2024-05-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
DEHB338Enroll
75%
This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (the Statutory Trust Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of proposed amendments to th...
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2024-05-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
DEHB339Enroll
75%
This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act (the GP Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments to...
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2024-05-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
DESB200Enroll
75%
This bill provides important consumer protections for property insurance contracts by improving the reliability of mailed notifications of policy cancellation or renewal. Section 1 of this bill requires insurers to deliver any homeowners notices of c...
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2024-05-16
Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT
DEHB379Engross
50%
This Bill would reinstate language formerly in the Delaware Code which would permit insurance agents to issue checks to policyholders in time sensitive situations without having to qualify as claims adjusters. This practice would be subject to regula...
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2024-05-16
[Hearing: May 22 @ 2:00 pm]
To Senate Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee
DESB272Engross
50%
Pharmacists in Delaware provide some of the same medical services as physicians, advance practice registered nurses, and physician assistants, including immunizations. The General Assembly has recently added to the services that pharmacists may provi...
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2024-05-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
DESCR165Engross
50%
This Senate Concurrent Resolution proclaims the month of May 2024 as "Community Action Month" in the State of Delaware.
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2024-05-16
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESCR161Engross
50%
This Senate Concurrent Resolution designates the week of May 13-17, 2024, as "Charter Schools Week" in the State of Delaware and commends Delaware's public charter schools for their efforts in educating Delaware students.
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2024-05-16
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DEHCR135Engross
50%
This Concurrent Resolution recognizes May 16, 2024, as Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated Day, or Z Phi B Day at the Capitol in Delaware.
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2024-05-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
DEHB377Intro
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This Act implements a recommendation from the December 31, 2023, Report of the Retiree Healthcare Benefits Advisory Subcommittee (RHBAS). Under this Act, the State must continue to offer eligible pensioners first employed by the State as a regular of...
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2024-05-16
To House Administration Committee
DEHB376Intro
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This Act implements a recommendation from the December 31, 2023, Report of the Retiree Healthcare Benefits Advisory Subcommittee. Under this Act, the state group health insurance program must include a pensioner coordination of benefits policy for el...
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2024-05-16
To House Administration Committee
DEHB378Engross
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This Act requires health spas selling subscription services online to provide a prospective buyer of such a subscription the right to cancel the automatic renewal online. The option to cancel is also to be presented on the website in a clear and cons...
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2024-05-16
To Senate Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee
DEHB5Engross
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The States Medicaid Plan still limits the reimbursement of Medicaid-covered, school-based behavioral health services to those provided under an Individualized Educational Program (IEP) or Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP), despite federal pol...
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2024-05-16
To Senate Education Committee
DEHB422Intro
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This Act defines certain facilities which will require an applicant seeking a permit for a new facility, or expansion of an existing facility, or renewal of an existing permit, located in an overburdened community, as defined in the Act, to provide a...
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2024-05-16
To House Natural Resources & Energy Committee
DEHB204Engross
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This bill grants authority to the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) to adopt regulations related to the operation of temporary staffing agencies that staff temporary nurses and other staff positions in long-term care facilities in the S...
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2024-05-16
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee
DEHB203Intro
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With 60% of U.S. households living paycheck to paycheck, 40% of Americans having less than $300 in savings, 33% of Americans having saved nothing for retirement, 95% of Americans having not saved enough for retirement, and 87% of American teens admit...
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2024-05-15
Amendment HA 2 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DESB150Intro
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This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 150. Like Senate Bill No. 150, this Act requires included facilities have sufficient staff to meet the needs of each resident and requires dementia care services training for staff. This Act differs from S...
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2024-05-15
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
DEHB87Engross
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This Act establishes the Delaware Agricultural Production Assistance Program. The Program will provide a subsidy of up to 30% of the premium for eligible producers multi-peril crop insurance premium, or whole farm revenue protection premium up to a m...
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2024-05-15
Amendment SA 1 to HB 87 - Stricken in Senate
DEHB273Engross
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This Substitute bill adds 5 additional speech-language diagnosis to the 2 diagnoses listed in H.B. 273 and references that all 7 speech-language diagnoses are classified in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) for billing purposes. T...
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2024-05-15
Amendment SA 1 to HS 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DEHB298Intro
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This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committees (JLOSC) review of Adult Protective Services. This Act creates the Vulnerable Adult Populations Commission (Commission), whose purpose is to improve the response to and redu...
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2024-05-15
Amendment HA 1 to HB 298 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DESB231Engross
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This Act removes the sunset provision in Chapter 453, Volume 83 of the Laws of Delaware relating to the program established under §9011A of Title 29 to assist individuals who are in or have experienced foster care in Delaware with driver education, ...
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2024-05-15
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee
DEHB293Engross
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Federal and Delaware law protect the right to vote and the rights of individuals with disabilities to have equal access to voting places and public facilities. Nonetheless, recent information suggests that a substantial number of polling places in De...
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2024-05-15
Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
DEHB322Engross
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This Act establishes the Delaware Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage and Culture.
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2024-05-15
Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
DEHB253Engross
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This Act is a substitute for House Bill 253. Like HB 253, it requires health insurance companies, including State employee/retiree health plans and Medicaid, to cover annual mammograms for the purpose of early detection for a woman 40 years of age or...
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2024-05-15
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
DESB284Intro
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This Act discharges balances owed by individuals ordered to pay a probation supervision fee under § 6504(14) of Title 11 of the Delaware Code or a Public Defender fee under § 4607 of Title 29 of the Delaware Code. The probation supervision fee and ...
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2024-05-15
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
DESB282Intro
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This Act repeals the Senior Trust Fund Fee, the Interstate Compact Fee, and the Substance Abuse, Rehabilitation, Treatment, Education and Prevention Fund Fee imposed on criminal defendants. The elimination of these fees was recommended by the Crimina...
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2024-05-15
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
DESB283Intro
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This Act repeals the DELJIS Fund fee imposed on criminal defendants. The elimination of this fee was recommended by the Criminal Legal System Imposed Debt Study Group created by House Bill 244, as amended by House Amendment No 2, of the 151st General...
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2024-05-15
To Senate Finance Committee
DESB293Intro
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The Delaware Fair Housing Act, Chapter 46 of Title 6, and Residential Landlord-Tenant Code, Chapter 51 of Title 25, both prohibit discrimination based on source of income, which is defined as including rental payments from any government program. How...
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2024-05-15
Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Land Use) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
DEHCR126Engross
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This Concurrent Resolution recognizes the month of May 2024 as Mental Health Awareness Month.
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2024-05-15
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHCR131Engross
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This House Concurrent Resolution designates May 15, 2024, as Youth Prevention Day in the state of Delaware.
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2024-05-15
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB17Intro
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This Act requires all employers in the State to provide employees with a minimum of 1 hour of earned sick time and safety leave for every 30 hours worked. For employers of fewer than 10 employees, the time may be unpaid, job-protected time instead of...
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2024-05-14
Amendment HA 2 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DEHB349Engross
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This bill codifies that the Superior Court Veterans Treatment Court is a qualified rehabilitation program under § 4177D of Title 21 of the Delaware Code for persons seeking to have their driver's licenses reinstated after a DUI. This Act makes t...
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2024-05-14
[Hearing: May 21 @ 12:00 pm]
To Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee
DEHB332Engross
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This Act codifies the teacher academy pathways program that prepares students for careers in elementary and secondary education. Among other things, it requires the DOE to update and revise statewide standards and guidelines for teacher academies and...
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2024-05-14
[Hearing: May 22 @ 12:00 pm]
To Senate Education Committee
DEHB383Intro
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Section 1 of this Act prohibits discrimination against 340B drug distribution by manufacturers, repackagers, third-party logistics providers, and wholesalers. Violations are deemed an unlawful practice enforceable by the Consumer Protection Unit of t...
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2024-05-14
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 6 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
DEHB317Intro
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This bill creates a requirement for all sellers of third-party gift cards to display a notice of potential scams involving gift cards.
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2024-05-14
Amendment HA 1 to HB 317 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DEHB392Intro
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The United States Department of Agriculture runs a voluntary program that provides risk management coverage to dairy producers that pays out based on the difference between the national price of milk and the average cost of feed. This Act enables the...
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2024-05-14
[Hearing: May 21 @ 10:00 am]
To House Agriculture Committee
DEHB394Intro
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This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's ("JLOSC") review of the Delaware Health Resources Board, which this Act renames the Delaware Health Resources Advisory Board ("Advisory Board"). Ba...
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2024-05-14
[Hearing: May 21 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)
DEHCR130Engross
50%
This Concurrent resolution recognizes the Success of the Downtown Development District (DDD) Program on the tenth anniversary of its establishment.
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2024-05-14
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DESCR159Engross
50%
This Senate Concurrent Resolution proclaims the month of May 2024 "Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month" in the State of Delaware.
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2024-05-14
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DEHB393Intro
25%
This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's ("JLOSC") review of Adult Protective Services ("APS"). JLOSC approved recommendations to modify several areas of the APS statute, Chapter 39 of Tit...
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2024-05-14
[Hearing: May 21 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)
DEHB354Engross
50%
This Act gives the dependent children of active military members, full-time Delaware National Guard members, and active duty members of a reserve component of the US military priority in choice and charter enrollment.
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2024-05-14
[Hearing: May 22 @ 12:00 pm]
To Senate Education Committee
DEHB363Engross
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This Act requires a landlord who provides a dwelling place to a person as part of their employment compensation to provide them with a disclosure form advising them of the conditions and requirements for occupancy and vacancy of the premises once the...
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2024-05-14
[Hearing: May 22 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Housing & Land Use Committee
DEHB391Intro
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Delaware relies on fees imposed as surcharges by the criminal legal system to generate revenue for government services. These criminal fees can be an unstable revenue generator, especially when there are recessions, pandemics, or other major economic...
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2024-05-14
To House Judiciary Committee
DESB286Intro
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This Act codifies the Delaware Hispanic Commission (Commission). The Commission was created by former Governor Jack Markell in Executive Order Number 28 to combine and streamline the duties of the former Governors Council on Hispanic Affairs and the ...
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2024-05-13
[Hearing: May 22 @ 3:00 pm]
To Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee
DESB4Intro
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This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 4, replacing Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 4. Like Senate Bill No. 4 and Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 4, this Act modernizes Delawares probation system. Specifically, this Act ...
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2024-05-09
Amendment SA 1 to SS 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
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