Senate Passes SB139 (Insurance Coverage for Fertility Care Services)
The Senate passed Bryan Townsend’s SB139 unanimously. I was honestly surprised by this, as this would typically be something anContinue Reading
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SB165 – Making Unions Great Again
I need someone to explain this bill to me. SB165 would permits private sector labor organizations and employers to enterContinue Reading
SB162 – Recorded Interrogations
This is another common sense criminal justice reform, which might explain why no Republican will sponsor it. Senator Henry’s SB162Continue Reading
HB350 – Biometric Privacy
Now this bill is interesting. And relevant given recent events with Facebook being hacked by the Trump campaign and RussiaContinue Reading
More Bill Filings in the General Assembly
We have some more bill filings that are interesting but not interesting enough on their own to warrant an individualContinue Reading
SB163 – Townsend, Longhurst to Introduce Assault Weapons Ban
As we wait to see whether the House will strip the Ennis Amendment from HB300 (Bump Stock Ban) that makesContinue Reading
Bruce Ennis Weakens Bump Stock Ban
The weakening? The Senate passed an amendment that lessened the penalty that a first offense charge of possessing such anContinue Reading
HB337 – Banning Child Marriage
Recently, banning child marriage has become an issue in a number of states like Kentucky and Tennessee because of theContinue Reading
Weakened Minimum Wage Bill On the Agenda
On the Senate Agenda today is Senator Bob Marshall’s SB10, which, as originally drafted, would raise the minimum wage 0.50Continue Reading
HB305 – No more juvenile offenses being used as qualifying offenses for sentence enhancements
Currently, juvenile drug convictions can be used as a qualifying offense in Delaware’s sentence enhancement laws for drug offenses. Thus,Continue Reading
HB270 – Clean Water Trust
Representative Mike Mulrooney and Senator Bryan Townsend are sponsoring a bill that would establish a Delaware Clean Water Trust thatContinue Reading
House Passes HB300 – Bump Stock Ban
The bill passed 25-3, with 11 Republican Representatives too scared of the NRA to do their jobs and vote. ThreeContinue Reading
Vote Tracker Update: Gun Bills Amended
As you may have noticed, we have been adding some newly filed pieces of legislation to our Vote Tracker andContinue Reading
SB140 – Capital Project Fund Constitutional Amendment
We all remember Al Gore’s lockbox. The idea, espoused during his debates with the unfortunate President George W. Bush, theContinue Reading
More Bills – EMT Pensions, Candidate Tax Returns, Lower DUI Limits
Representative Mitchell has introduced HB312, which includes “emergency medical technicians” within the definition of employee under the County/Municipal Police/Firefighter PensionContinue Reading