An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Red Clay Consolidated School District Bus Safety Camera Pilot Program. [HB-202]
This bill creates a pilot program for the Red Clay School District to utilize external camera systems on their school buses to catch motorists that illegally pass school buses and to punish these motorists by issuing them a civil penalty. The purpose of this bill is to protect children as they are in the process of boarding and exiting the school bus and to spread awareness of school bus traffic safety. At least 16 states have implemented similar legislation, including Pennsylvania in 2018. As Red Clay School District already has these cameras in
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HB-202: An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Red Clay Consolidated School District Bus Safety Camera Pilot Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Wilson
Signed By Governor on 05/01/2020
You have voted HB-202: An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Red Clay Consolidated School District Bus Safety Camera Pilot Program..
An Act To Amend The Delaware Code Relating To Clean Water For Delaware. [HB-200]
Many of the States waters do not meet water quality standards to support their designated uses, such as for drinking, swimming or supporting aquatic life. The Clean Water for Delaware Act establishes a framework for assessing needs and planning and implementing projects that support Delawares efforts to improve the quality of the States water supply and waterways. A Delaware Clean Water Trust account is created as a funding source for executing projects highlighted by this framework.
HB-200: An Act To Amend The Delaware Code Relating To Clean Water For Delaware.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz
Reported Out Of Committee (natural Resources) In House With 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits on 01/22/2020
An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The State Department Of Justice. [SB-96]
In January of 2015, the Office of Civil Rights & Public Trust was created by the Attorney General to establish a centralized office within the Department of Justice for the investigation of matters concerning civil rights enforcement and the prosecution of matters concerning violations of the public trust. This office must remain an independent entity within the Department of Justice to avoid conflicts with other Department of Justice duties and thus effectively enforce laws protecting the public trust and civil rights.
SB-96: An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The State Department Of Justice.
Sponsored by: Sen. Colin Bonini
Signed By Governor on 04/08/2020
An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Litter Control Law. [SB-208]
The intent of this Act is to reduce the amount of waste that ends up in the environment and to raise awareness of the need to properly dispose of balloons. To that end, this Act imposes a civil penalty for the violation of intentionally releasing 5 or more balloons filled with air or lighter-than-air gases, to prevent litter which blights our communities and environment and causes harm to wildlife and marine animals. The release of multiple balloons at 1 time is a single offense under this Act. This Act also establishes that intentionally releasing
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SB-208: An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Litter Control Law.
Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell
Reported Out Of Committee (health & Social Services) In Senate With 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits on 01/29/2020
HCR-77: Establishing The Gun Violence Prevention Task Force To Study And Make Findings And Recommendations Regarding Whether Delaware Should Become The Point Of Contact To Conduct Background Checks For Firearms Transfers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker
Introduced In House on 01/30/2020
You have voted HCR-77: Establishing The Gun Violence Prevention Task Force To Study And Make Findings And Recommendations Regarding Whether Delaware Should Become The Point Of Contact To Conduct Background Checks For Firearms Transfers..
An Act To Amend Title 3 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Invasive Plants. [SB-207]
This Act prohibits the import, export, sale, transport, distribution, or propagation of any plant identified by the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, with the advice of the Delaware Native Species Commission, as an invasive plant. This Act also requires that plants identified as potentially invasive be sold with a tag that identifies the plant as potentially invasive. A violation of this Act may result in a civil penalty of $50 to $500, but only after the person has had the opportunity for an administrative hearing and the opportunity
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SB-207: An Act To Amend Title 3 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Invasive Plants.
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Cloutier
Assigned To Natural Resources Committee In House on 03/12/2020
An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Environmental Control. [HB-212]
This bill defines industrial landfill in conformity with the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Controls Regulations Governing Solid Waste. This bill also establishes a height restriction, or vertical limit, for an industrial landfill at 130 feet above the mean sea level of the area.
HB-212: An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Environmental Control.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis
Signed By Governor on 02/20/2020