| HA 3 to SS 1 for SB 2 | Defeated | Yearick | This amendment realistically expedites the background investigation process and brings the statutorily required background investigation into conformity with the manner in which such background investigations are routinely conducted both here in Delaware and throughout the majority of the states and in the process appropriately accelerates the time in which such investigations may be conducted.
This amendment requires SBI to access all of the nationally recognized criminal justice data bases and will greatly reduce the cost of such investigations by reducing the number of personnel required to perform such investigations to a realistic operational level.
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| HA 4 to SS 1 for SB 2 | Defeated | Spiegelman | Every person desiring to purchase a firearm must first undergo and pass the criminal background check required by the laws of both the United States and the State of Delaware.
Likewise, there are numerous professions and individual licensing processes that require their members to undergo either intense screening, intense training, or both. This amendment recognizes that fact and provides an exemption for certain professionals and individuals for whom the “permit-to-purchase” process contained in the original bill would represent an unnecessary waste of State time, money and human resources while adding no additional safety to the community.
This amendment would eliminate from the permitting process those who have already been screened, trained and/or licensed and would allow scarce resources to be used more effectively to protect the public by eliminating unnecessary volume from the system and recognizing the overall value and trustworthiness the listed persons and professionals bring to our State.
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| HA 7 to SS 1 for SB 2 | Defeated | Michael Smith | This amendment recognizes that there are those persons whom the Courts of this State have found to be either vulnerable to or at risk of physical abuse or attack and further provides a mechanism by which such persons may obtain a permit on an expedited or emergency basis.
This amendment provides a process by which persons under the protection of a Protection From Abuse (PFA) Order issued by the Family Court and those victims of crimes who are under the protection of a No Contact Order issued by the Superior Court, Court of Common Pleas or Justice of the Peace Courts to obtain a permit to purchase a firearm for self-protection before having completed the required training but requires the person to obtain the training within 180 days and provide proof of that training to the Director of SBI.
This amendment further requires the Secretary to develop, promulgate and administer a procedure for expediting the issuance of permits on an emergency basis to persons whom the Courts have protected either with a Protection From Abuse Order (PFA) or a No Contact Order.
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| HA 8 to SS 1 for SB 2 | Defeated | Collins | Public trust is the ultimate lynchpin to the public’s acceptance of the permitting system being created by Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 2. For this new system to work and be trusted and accepted by the public it is absolutely imperative that the public understand and have confidence that their confidential personal information will remain secure and that the system will not be abused by unauthorized personnel or used in an ethically questionable manner to infringe upon their constitutional rights or their individual privacy. This amendment is designed to directly address those concerns and those specific issues.
This Amendment exempts the information submitted by the applicant and/or developed by SBI’s investigation from public access under the Freedom of Information Act. This amendment also limits the access to such information and data to authorized personnel by requiring either a valid court order or an Attorney General’s subpoena. This protection ensures that any law enforcement access and/or use will truly be for legitimate law enforcement investigative purposes and eliminates or reduces the possibility of such information being used for political or other nefarious purposes.
As an additional safeguard, this amendment punishes the unauthorized possession, use, access, transmission, release or publication of confidential information as a Class F felony.
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| HA 9 to SS 1 for SB 2 | Defeated | Yearick | This amendment creates a system by which an applicant can apply to the State for a permit to purchase a handgun online, complete the mandatory training requirements on line, and quickly obtain the required permit, thus significantly reducing the cost to the applicant, removing many of the perceived constitutional infirmities found in the original bill, and reducing the overall manpower costs and requirements for the State, thereby significantly reducing the overall fiscal impact of the permitting process on a long-term basis.
The system created by this amendment is similar in concept to and inspired by systems found in other states.
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| HA 5 to SS 1 for SB 2 | Stricken | Spiegelman | Every person desiring to purchase a firearm must first undergo and pass the criminal background check required by the laws of both the United States and the State of Delaware.
Likewise, there are numerous professions and individual licensing processes that require their members to undergo either intense screening, intense training, or both. This amendment recognizes that fact and provides an exemption for certain professionals and individuals for whom the “permit-to-purchase” process contained in the original bill would represent an unnecessary waste of State time, money and human resources while adding no additional safety to the community.
This amendment would eliminate from the permitting process those who have already been screened, trained and/or licensed and would allow scarce resources to be used more effectively to protect the public by eliminating unnecessary volume from the system and recognizing the overall value and trustworthiness the listed persons and professionals bring to our State.
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| HB 330 | Committee | Baumbach | This Act increases the amount of the annual appropriation to prefund future State employee retiree health insurance as recommended by the Retiree Healthcare Benefits Advisory Subcommittee of the State Employee Benefits Committee. Like other required contributions to the Other Post-Employment Benefits Fund (OPEB) Fund, this appropriation must be included in the review of and plan for proposed expenditures that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget submits to the Governor and in the Governor's Budget Appropriation Bill.
This Act also revises existing law to allow the current practice of making the annual payment to the OPEB Fund of 1% of the operating budget appropriations for the prior fiscal year in a Supplementary Appropriation Bill and makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS FOR RETIREE HEALTH INSURANCE. |
| HB 335 | Committee | K. Williams | This Act requires that any general salary increase, salary supplement, or one-time adjustment payable to public school employees likewise be payable to charter school employees. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOL EMPLOYEE SALARIES. |
| SR 18 | Passed Senate | Hoffner | This resolution expresses support for the designation of March 2024 as "National Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month."
| EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE DESIGNATION OF MARCH 2024 AS “NATIONAL MULTIPLE MYELOMA AWARENESS MONTH." |
| HA 1 to HS 1 for HB 203 | PWB | Hilovsky | This amendment makes technical corrections. | |
