Vote Tracker Update – 5/11/21
Here is the latest update to our Vote Tracker spreadsheet. It is up to date before the Senate votes thisContinue Reading
Category: Vote Tracker
HB 162– Reducing the Juvenile Recidivism Rate
The 18-month recidivism rate among juveniles released from Delaware’s Level 4 and Level 5 juvenile detention facilities is over 80%.Continue Reading
HB 158– Republican $500 Tax Credit
Some Republicans have introduced House Bill 158, which is a $500 Tax Credit for those making $18,000 or less individuallyContinue Reading
HB 163– School Attendance And Religious Holidays
When you read in a bill synopsis that the Delaware Code does not contain a provision relating to excused absencesContinue Reading
HB 170 – County Use of Realty Transfer Tax Proceeds
Whenever I see Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf team up with downstate Republicans, I wonder what kind of shenanigans are afoot. ButContinue Reading
HB 157 – Electronic Prescriptions and Hypodermic Syringes
House Bill 157 is another one is a series of bills this session authorizing either the prescription of common sense medicalContinue Reading
HB 146 – Municipal Election Registration
House Bill 146 is a bipartisan bill that will seek to make voter registration in municipal elections easier, thus hopefully increasingContinue Reading
SB 1 – Paid Family & Medical Leave
This week, Sen. Sarah McBride introduced legislation in the General Assembly that will make Delaware the 10th state to passContinue Reading
HB 147 – Republican Plan to Not Raise the Minimum Wage
As Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley and Donald Trump tell it, the Republican Party stands for the working man andContinue Reading
HB 154 – Republican Cancel Culture Grievance Bill
House Bill 154 is totally the product of the conservative grievance fever dreams about “Cancel Culture” coming to get them.Continue Reading
HB 185/195 – Body Worn Police Cameras
Obviously, some police departments in Delaware, like the New Castle County Police Department, are already wearing Body Cameras. But HouseContinue Reading
HB 165 – Human Composting?!
Every once and a while a bill will come along that makes me say “What the hell?” This session, thatContinue Reading
Moving towards a New Teacher Evaluation System, once House at a time
House Bill 133, which changes the current evaluation system for all teachers from the former Delaware Performance Appraisal System IIContinue Reading
Bill Protecting Against Discrimination in Accommodations Passes Senate
Senator Sarah McBride‘s bill, Senate Bill 72, protects people from religiously-based discrimination in public spaces. It passed the Senate lastContinue Reading
SB 106 – Services for Children with Disabilities in Homeschools – Passes Senate
A Republican bill that was not inherently evil has passed the Senate. Actually, as you can see from the sponsorshipContinue Reading