Delaware Police Reform and the Law Enforcement Accountability Taskforce
We have two posts from a guest writer, Terrell A. Williams, being published today. You may recognize his name, asContinue Reading
Category: General Assembly
Senate Passes Budget Bills
The Delaware State Senate passed the Fiscal Year 2022 budget Thursday afternoon, sending both bills to the governor for signature. Continue Reading
Leg Hall will reopen to the Public… sort of.
Starting tomorrow, the general public is allowed back into Legislative Hall to observe House and Senate sessions in the gallery,Continue Reading
Chokehold Ban Passes House and Senate
House Bill 350 passed the House and Senate today, by votes of 41-0 and 16-5, respectively. The Senate debate wasContinue Reading
Vote By Mail Passes Senate!
House Bill 346, which will allow all eligible voters to cast ballots by mail for any elections held in calendarContinue Reading
Shock! House passes a Marijuana bill
Senator Bryan Townsend’s Senate Bill 170 has passed the House unanimously exactly one year after it passed the Senate on JuneContinue Reading
House Passes SB191 (Equal Rights Amendment Based on Race)
The House today unanimously passed Senate Bill 191, the Amendment to the State Constitution that will prohibit discrimination based onContinue Reading
SB151 and SB222 – The Competing Bail Bills
In 2018, the General Assembly passed House Bill 204, which gave judges the option to release non violent defendants withoutContinue Reading
SB243(S) – Allowing Virtual Public Meetings
The Delaware State Senate last week passed Senate Bill 243(S) by a vote of 16-5, which would allow various publicContinue Reading
HB80(S) – Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit
Another bill that must be passed in the post-Pandemic era is Representative Paul Baumbach’s House Bill 80(S), which would makeContinue Reading
The 62 District Strategy – Filling out the Republican Statewide Slate
The Republicans are finally beginning to field candidates for the top statewide jobs. Not with stellar and credible candidates, mindContinue Reading
HB289 – Amending the Training Wage
In June 2018, at the end of the session for that year’s General Assembly, the minimum wage was finally raisedContinue Reading
HB251 and HB252 – Minimum Wage for Tip Employees
Late last session, State Representative Kim Williams introduced two bills that seek to improve and update minimum wage law inContinue Reading
HB286 – Out of Network Insurance Coverage
Another bill that is waiting on the House floor once the General Assembly resumes that would seem to be anContinue Reading
HB144 – Protecting Healthcare Workers
Given that Republican terrorists that gathered in Dover on Friday, and that Republican terrorists have been threatening police officers andContinue Reading