Delaware Senator Laura Sturgeon [D]

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
DE	SB200	Engross 50%	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Amendment HA 1 to SB 200 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DE	HB281	Engross 50%	This Act repeals the option of providing health care insurance to state pensioners under Medicare part C, known as a Medicare Advantage Plan. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits
DE	HB282	Engross 50%	This Act adds procedural requirements to meetings of the State Employee Benefits Committee (SEBC), revises the membership of the SEBC, and requires that the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources inform State employees and retired State emplo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits
DE	SB252	Engross 50%	Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 252 is identical to Senate Bill No. 252 except that SS 1 for SB 252 corrects a spelling error in the synopsis to avoid confusion. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 To House Education Committee
DE	HB355	Engross 50%	This Act provides legal protections for financial institutions and other entities that provide financial or accounting services to cannabis-related businesses that are licensed or registered under Delaware law. Specifically, it clarifies that banks, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
DE	SB22	Intro 25%	This Act establishes the Delaware Workforce Housing Program" (DWHP). Modeled after the Downtown Development District Program, the DWHP allows a qualified workforce housing investor to be reimbursed through a grant up to 20 percent of the capital... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 22
DE	SB251	Engross 50%	The Board of Trustees of the Delaware Institute of Veterinary Medical Education (DIVME) was established in 1975 with a stated purpose of creating opportunities for Delaware residents to obtain veterinary training and strengthening factors that would ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DE	SB276	Engross 50%	This bill names the Newark Regional Transportation Center after United States Senator Thomas R. Carper. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
DE	HCR118	Engross 50%	This concurrent resolution designates the week of April 22nd to the 26th as National Environmental Education Week in the State of Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DE	SB231	Intro 25%	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, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 Favorable
DE	SB3	Engross 50%	This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment to eliminate the limitations on when an individual may vote absentee and authorizes the General Assembly to enact general laws providing the circumstances, rules, and procedures for absentee vot... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Amendment HA 2 to SB 3 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DE	HB308	Engross 50%	This Act mandates that employees of institutions of higher education and students receive training in sexual assault prevention. Although the current law makes training available, it has not been required. This Act further changes the reporting perio... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 To Senate Education Committee
DE	SB25	Engross 50%	This Act exempts contracts for the construction of affordable housing units from the 2% realty transfer tax imposed under 30 Del. C. § 5402(f). [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 To House Revenue & Finance Committee
DE	SB245	Intro 25%	The Office of Foreclosure Prevention and Financial Education and the Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program were created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to assist homeowners at risk of foreclosure or already navigating the forecl... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 To Senate Finance Committee
DE	HB382	Intro 25%	This Act requires that public school students receive a vision screening, including a test for color blindness, in kindergarten. Students must also receive vision screenings at appropriate intervals in grades 1 through 12, to be determined by the DOE... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 To House Education Committee
DE	SCR131	Engross 50%	This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes May 2024 as "Older Americans Month" in the State of Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DE	HCR120	Engross 50%	This Resolution pays tribute to the men and women of the Delaware National Guard for their service and sacrifices in support of defending our state and nation, and recognizes the outstanding advocacy provided by the National Guard Association of Dela... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DE	SB244	Engross 50%	This Act allows a county that imposes a lodging tax to spend money from that tax on workforce and affordable housing programs. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 To House Housing Committee
DE	SCR142	Engross 50%	This Concurrent Resolution observes April 2024, as the "2024 Month of the Military Child" in the State of Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Passed In House by Voice Vote
DE	SCR145	Engross 50%	This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes April 18, 2024, as "National Line Worker Appreciation Day" in the State of Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Passed In House by Voice Vote
DE	HB5	Intro 25%	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits
DE	SB169	Intro 25%	This bill creates the Delaware Wrongful Conviction Compensation and Service Act. The Act provides compensation and reintegration services to individuals who have served sentences of incarceration, parole, probation, and sex offender registration in t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
DE	HB274	Intro 25%	Early, sustained exposure to peanut and egg proteins in the infant diet significantly reduces the risk that an infant will develop a peanut or egg allergy, saving lives and future health care costs. Following multiple clinical studies, the current gu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
DE	SB21	Intro 25%	Like Senate Bill No. 21, Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 21 this Act) establishes an independent and nonpartisan Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the position of the Inspector General. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 To Senate Finance Committee
DE	HB353	Intro 25%	This Act provides civil and criminal remedies for the wrongful disclosure of deep fakes that depict individuals in the nude or engaging in sexual conduct. It provides the same remedies as those available under: (1) the Delaware Uniform Civil Remedies... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
DE	HB378	Intro 25%	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee
DE	HB23	Engross 50%	This Act does the following: [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
DE	SR21	Engross 50%	This resolution recognizes the efforts of Hawks, Inc. in helping with the clean-up of the 11th Street Bridge after Hurricane Ida in 2021. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-16 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DE	SCR144	Engross 50%	This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes April 2024 as "Child Abuse Prevention Month" in the State of Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-16 Passed In House by Voice Vote
DE	HCR107	Engross 50%	This Resolution recognizes April 11 - 17, 2024, as "Black Maternal Health Awareness Week" in Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-16 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DE	SB194	Engross 50%	This Act allows pharmacists, under protocol approved by the Division of Public Health, to provide HIV pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis treatments. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-11 To House Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)
DE	SB132	Intro 25%	Over the past decade, an increasing number of states have passed legislation establishing a Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights. At least 18 states have passed such legislation. Of these 18 states, 12 states have a Student Loan Ombudsperson and 13 h... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-11 To Senate Finance Committee
DE	SB198	Engross 50%	This Act revises existing animal cruelty laws to include people who knowingly possess, own, buy, sell, transfer, or manufacture animal fighting paraphernalia with the intent to engage in or otherwise promote or facilitate such fighting as guilty of a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-11 To House Judiciary Committee
DE	SB263	Intro 25%	This Act limits the use of plastic and other beverage container rings, as well as plastic shrink wraps and plastic tops used to connect beverages, by expanding the definitions of beverage and beverage container and prohibiting beverages from being so... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-11 To Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee
DE	HB275	Engross 50%	This Act updates the definition of "sexual orientation" throughout the Delaware Code by adding asexuality and pansexuality. Asexuality refers to individuals with little to no sexual attraction to other individuals, although asexual individu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 To Senate Health & Social Services Committee
DE	HB285	Enroll 75%	This Act amends the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act by removing the requirement that a patient have a debilitating medical condition to qualify for a registry identification card, instead allowing health-care providers to make the determination of whe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 NO
DE	HB331	Intro 25%	This Act creates a scholarship for students who have completed a Delaware Teacher Academy and are enrolled in a Delaware Educator Preparation Program. This scholarship supplements the Educator Support Scholarship and is intended to fill a $2500 fundi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 To House Appropriations Committee
DE	SB220	Enroll 75%	Medicaid is generally the payer of last resort, meaning that Medicaid only pays claims for covered items and services if there are no other liable third-party payers for the same items and services. When Medicaid beneficiaries have one or more additi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
DE	HB347	Intro 25%	This Act entitles non-exempt Delaware Department of Transportation employees who work over 37.5 hours to be paid at time and a half. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 To House Appropriations Committee
DE	SCR136	Engross 50%	This Resolution recognizes April 2024 as "Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month" in the State of Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Passed In House by Voice Vote
DE	HCR106	Engross 50%	This concurrent resolution designates April 7-13, 2024 as "Delaware Library Week" in the State of Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
DE	SCR137	Engross 50%	This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes March 29, 2024, as "National Vietnam War Veterans Day" in Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Passed In House by Voice Vote
DE	SCR139	Engross 50%	This resolution designates April 6, 2024, as "National Tartan Day" and commemorates the outstanding achievements and contributions made by Scottish-Americans to the United States. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Passed In House by Voice Vote
DE	HCR110	Engross 50%	This Concurrent Resolution supports Congressional efforts to proclaim the fourth Thursday in March a National Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
DE	SCR140	Engross 50%	This Senate Concurrent Resolution seeks to preserve the history of the famed World War II Black aviation units making up the Tuskegee Airmen. It also honors the Airmen as a group and names 13 Delawareans who have been identified thus far as having be... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Passed In House by Voice Vote
DE	HCR104	Engross 50%	Through this resolution, we recognize the service and sacrifices Veterans have made for the safety of our nation and reaffirm our commitment to supporting and advocating for the needs of our Veteran community, ensuring that they receive the recogniti... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-28 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DE	HB252	Engross 50%	This Substitute bill differs from House Bill No. 252 by placing the Delaware Institute of Higher Education year-long teacher residency program under Section 1312 of Title 14 rather than Section 1305.This Substitute bill grants graduates of the Delawa... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-27 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
DE	HB312	Engross 50%	School board members are currently required to engage both in financial responsibility training and a training to understand educational and legal issues about due process and special education. This Act will require that a school board president inf... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-27 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
DE	HB309	Engross 50%	This Act updates the definition of child care facility to reflect the move of the Office of Child Care Licensing from the Department of Services for Children, Youth & Their Families to the Department of Education. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-27 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
DE	HB332	Intro 25%	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-27 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 14 On Its Merits