The Agenda – May 3, 2023

Senate Bill 2, which would require a permit to purchase a handgun, passed the Senate yesterday by a party line vote of 15-6.

House Bill 96, a bill that would lower the age to vote in School Board Elections from 18 to 16 will be heard in the House Education committee today. Advocates say that it will increase civic engagement of young people and allow them to be more directly involved with how their education is conducted.

HOUSE AGENDA – The House will reconvene at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. There is no public agenda as it is Committee Day.

SENATE AGENDA – The Senate will reconvene on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at 4:00 PM. There is one bill on the Agenda, a bill that will continue to revise the Delaware Code to remove gender specific language.

SB 97

Sokola

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 1, TITLE 2, TITLE 3, TITLE 4, TITLE 5, TITLE 7, TITLE 12, TITLE 16, TITLE 25, TITLE 26, TITLE 27, TITLE 28, TITLE 29, TITLE 30, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO GENDER SILENCING THE DELAWARE CODE.

COMMITTEE HEARING SCHEDULE

Date	Chamber	Committee	Location	Notice
5/2/23 11:00 AM	House	Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce	House Majority Hearing Room (H217)	view
5/2/23 12:00 PM	House	Public Safety & Homeland Security	House Majority Caucus Room	view
5/2/23 12:00 PM	House	Natural Resources & Energy	House Chamber	view
5/3/23 10:00 AM	Senate	Health & Social Services	Senate Chamber	view
5/3/23 10:00 AM	Senate	Housing & Land Use	Senate Hearing Room	view
5/3/23 10:45 AM	Senate	Labor	Senate Hearing Room	view
5/3/23 11:00 AM	House	Health & Human Development	House Chamber	view
5/3/23 11:00 AM	House	Agriculture	House Majority Hearing Room (H217)	view
5/3/23 11:00 AM	Senate	Corrections & Public Safety	Senate Chamber	view
5/3/23 2:00 PM	Senate	Judiciary	Senate Chamber	view
5/3/23 2:00 PM	Senate	Environment, Energy & Transportation	Senate Hearing Room	view
5/3/23 3:00 PM	Senate	Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology	Senate Hearing Room	view
5/3/23 3:00 PM	House	Education	House Chamber	view
5/3/23 3:00 PM	Senate	Executive	Senate Chamber	view

HOUSE READY LIST

Legislation	Short Title	Sponsor	Long Title
HB 41 -HA 1	Digital Right to Repair Act	Briggs King	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIGITAL RIGHT TO REPAIR ACT.
HB 50	Theft of Mail and Packages/Residential Dwelling/Offense	K. Williams	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THEFT.
HB 62	Reassessment/Real Property/Every 5 Years	Wilson-Anton	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ASSESSMENT OF REAL PROPERTY.
HB 65 -HA 1	Sloane Hajek Act of 2023/Bereavement Leave	Heffernan	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BEREAVEMENT LEAVE.
HB 73	UI Overpayment Debts/Remove Stat. of Limitations	Osienski	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CIVIL ACTIONS TO RECOVER OVERPAID UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
HB 99	DE Climate Change Solutions Act of 2023	Heffernan	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 7 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
HB 106	Motorcycle Rider Ed. Adv. Committee/Codify	D. Short	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MOTORCYCLE RIDER EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
HB 110	Termination of Pregnancy/Ins. Coverage	Minor-Brown	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 18, 29, AND 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY.
HB 112	Children under 12/Detention Facility/Prohibit	Chukwuocha	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO JUVENILES.
HB 117 -HA 1	Professional Land Surveyors/Quals Updates	Ramone	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS.
HB 119	Open Container/Alcohol/Bans in Motor Vehicles	Dukes	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RULES OF THE ROAD.
HB 127 -HA 1	Counties/Fire Protection Fee/Create	Baumbach	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 AND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION FEES.
HB 131	Real Property/Spouse/Tenant/Interest	Bush	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE OF REAL ESTATE BETWEEN SPOUSES.
HB 132	Decedents’ Estates and Fiduciary Relations/Updates	Bush	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10, TITLE 12, TITLE 13, AND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DECEDENTS’ ESTATES AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONS.
HB 133	First Responders/Suicide/Death Benefits	Dorsey Walker	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LINE-OF-DUTY DEATH BENEFITS.
SB 47	JLOSC/Council on Libraries/Updates	Hoffner	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE COUNCIL ON LIBRARIES.
SB 48	JLOSC/Council on Libraries/Delaware Public Library Technology Assistance Act/Repeal	Hoffner	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE PUBLIC LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE ACT.
SB 49	JLOSC/Governor’s Commission on Community and Volunteer Services/Updates	Hoffner	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE GOVERNOR’S COMMISSION ON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTEER SERVICES.
SB 50	JLOSC/Advisory Council on Walkability and Pedestrian Awareness/Codify	Hoffner	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 2 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON WALKABILITY AND PEDESTRIAN AWARENESS.
SB 51 -(HA 1)	Polystyrene Foam Containers/Single-Use Plastic Straws/Prohibits/Food Establishments	Paradee	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE USE OF SINGLE-SERVICE PLASTIC IMPLEMENTS AND POLYSTYRENE CONTAINERS IN FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS.
SB 56	Delaware Public Utility Code/Omnibus Bill/Updates	Hansen	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.
SB 62	Insurance/Travel/Licensing/Registration/Changes	Mantzavinos	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRAVEL INSURANCE.
SS 1 for SB 95	Driver’s Licenses/Foster Children/Learner’s Permit/Clarify	S. McBride	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVER’S LICENSES.

SENATE READY LIST

Legislation	Short Title	Sponsor	Long Title
SB 3	Const. Amend/1st Leg/Voting/Date	Brown	AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO VOTING.
SB 30 -(SA 1)	Silviculture/Sawmill/Clarify/Definitions/Add	Huxtable	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SILVICULTURE.
SS 1 for SB 42	Pension Plan/State Employees/Burial Benefit/Increase	Brown	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BURIAL BENEFITS.
SB 45	Labor/Unemployment Benefits/Lockout/Disqualification Period	Brown	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.
SB 55	Delaware Rare Disease Advisory Council/Establish	Poore	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE ESTABLISHING THE DELAWARE RARE DISEASE ADVISORY COUNCIL.
SB 75	Transportation/Secretary/Designee/Traffic Resolutions/Sign/Incorporated Towns and Cities	Hansen	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 17 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AUTHORITY IN INCORPORATED TOWNS AND CITIES; CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF HIGHWAYS.
SB 76	Transportation/Dept. of/Allow/Vacate/Right of Way/Resolution	Hansen	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 17 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VACATION OF PUBLIC ROADS BY ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION.
SB 80	Professional Licensing/Proof of Citizenship/Not Required/Codify	S. McBride	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO IMMIGRATION STATUS REQUIREMENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL LICENSES.
SS 1 for SB 83		Brown	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 5 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT VENTURE FUND.
SB 92	Delaware Public Employment Relations Act/Amend/Expand/Jurisdiction	Walsh	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS ACT.
SB 97	Technical Corrections/Gender Neutralize/Code Revisors	Sokola	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 1, TITLE 2, TITLE 3, TITLE 4, TITLE 5, TITLE 7, TITLE 12, TITLE 16, TITLE 25, TITLE 26, TITLE 27, TITLE 28, TITLE 29, TITLE 30, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO GENDER SILENCING THE DELAWARE CODE.
HB 28	Whitetails Unlimited/Special License Plate	Morris	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.
HB 32	Boat Registration/Ramp Certification/Raise	Bush	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 23 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BOAT LICENSING AGENTS.
HS 1 for HB 33	Preschool Children with Disabilities/Increased Funding	K. Williams	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FUNDING FOR PREKINDERGARTEN SPECIAL EDUCATION.
HB 46	NAIC Revisions/Reinsurance	Bush	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CREDIT FOR REINSURANCE.
HB 47	Capital and Surplus Req./Increase	Bush	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AUTHORIZATION OF INSURERS AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
HB 48	Record Retention Req./From 3 to 5 Years	Bush	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RECORD RETENTION REQUIREMENTS.
HB 53 w/ HA 1	DOJ/Residency Req./Removal	Griffith	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
HB 54	Epinephrine Autoinjectors/Expand Coverage	K. Williams	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18, TITLE 29, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE OF EPINEPHRINE AUTOINJECTORS.
HB 57	Drag Racing/Speed Contests/Updates	K. Williams	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPEED EXHIBITIONS, DRAG RACING, AND OTHER SPEED CONTESTS.
HB 63	Raise Earnings Limit/State Pensioners	Dukes	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT OF PENSIONERS.
HB 69	Beer Garden/Employee Daily Average	Lynn	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BEER GARDENS.
HB 81	Charter School Transportation/School District Denial	K. Williams	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENT TRANSPORTATION.
HB 88	School Board Election Candidates/Eligibility Standards	Baumbach	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CANDIDACY FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.
HB 89	PIT/Update Standard Deduction/EITC Updates	Baumbach	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE AND CHAPTER 118 OF VOLUME 83 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO PERSONAL INCOME TAXES.

HOUSE ROLL CALL

Chamber	Legislation	Result	Date	Vote Type	Yes	No	Not Voting	Absent	PDF
House	SB 34	Passed	5/2/23 4:35 PM	SM	40	0	0	1	view
House	SB 36	Passed	5/2/23 4:30 PM	SM	40	0	0	1	view
House	HB 120	Passed	5/2/23 4:27 PM	SM	40	0	0	1	view
House	HB 113	Passed	5/2/23 4:22 PM	SM	39	0	0	2	view
House	HB 105 w/ HA 1	Passed	5/2/23 4:17 PM	SM	40	0	0	1	view
House	HA 1 to HB 105	Passed	5/2/23 4:16 PM	SM					view
House	SCR 42	Passed	5/2/23 2:42 PM	SM					view
House	SCR 43	Passed	5/2/23 2:39 PM	SM					view
House	HCR 39	Passed	5/2/23 2:21 PM	SM					view

SENATE ROLL CALL

Chamber	Legislation	Result	Date	Vote Type	Yes	No	Not Voting	Absent	PDF
Senate	SS 1 for SB 46	Passed	5/2/23 5:24 PM	SM	21	0	0	0	view
Senate	SS 1 for SB 2	Passed	5/2/23 5:20 PM	SM	15	6	0	0	view
Senate	SB 61 w/ HA 2	Passed	5/2/23 3:01 PM	SM	21	0	0	0	view
Senate	SB 93	Passed	5/2/23 2:54 PM	SM	21	0	0	0	view
Senate	HCR 39	Passed	5/2/23 2:50 PM	SM	20	0	0	1	view
Senate	SCR 42	Passed	5/2/23 2:34 PM	SM	20	0	0	1	view
Senate	SCR 43	Passed	5/2/23 2:27 PM	SM	20	0	0	1	view

Finally, here are some recent social media posts from members of the General Assembly or the Democratic Party or Caucuses.

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