Delaware House Bill 133

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 28 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-05-11 - Amendment HA 1 to HB 133 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

First responders, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical services (EMS) clinicians, and public safety telecommunicators, are crucial to ensuring public safety and health. First responders are at elevated risk for suicide because of the environments in which they work, their culture, and stress, both occupational and personal. This stress can be associated with a specific incident or an accumulation of day-to-day stress. Occupational stress in first responders is associated with increased risk of mental health issues, including hopelessness, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, as well as suicidal behaviors such as suicidal ideation (thinking about or planning suicide) and attempts. Even during routine shifts, first responders can experience stress due to the uncertainty in each situation. During emergencies, disasters, pandemics, and other crises, stress among first responders can be magnified. Relationship problems have also been linked to a large proportion of suicides among the general population (42%). Because first responders can have challenging work schedules and extreme family-work demands, stress caused by relationship problems may also be magnified in this worker group.

An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Line-of-duty Death Benefits.

Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Sen. David Lawson [R]	Rep. William Carson [D]	Rep. Larry Lambert [D]
Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. William Bush [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]
Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]
Rep. Daniel Short [R]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-11		Amendment HA 1 to HB 133 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2023-05-03		Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
2023-05-02		Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits
2023-04-28		Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130274
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=130274&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB133