| SCR 114 | Defeated | Richardson | This Senate Concurrent Resolution is an application for a Convention of the States under Article V of the Constitution of the United States.
| APPLICATION FOR A CONVENTION OF THE STATES UNDER ARTICLE V OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. |
| SB 222 | Committee | Buckson | This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that would create term limits for legislators and the Attorney General, Insurance Commissioner, Auditor of Accounts, and State Treasurer.
Specifically, this Act provides:
(1) That an individual may not be elected to be a Senator more than 5 times or a Representative more than 8 times.
(2) That an individual may not be appointed or elected to serve more than 2 times each as the Attorney General, Insurance Commissioner, Auditor of Accounts, or State Treasurer.
This Act takes effect on the passage of its second leg in the 154th General Assembly. Sections 3 and 4 of this Act make clear that holding an office before the implementation of this Act for that office will not be counted toward the newly instituted term limits.
Amending the Delaware Constitution requires not only the passing of the changes in this Act, but also passage of the same changes after the next general election by the next General Assembly.
This Act requires a greater than majority vote for passage because § 1 of Article XVI of the Delaware Constitution requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly to amend the Delaware Constitution. | AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II AND ARTICLE III OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO TERM LIMITS. |
| SA 1 to SB 211 | PWB | Hoffner | This Amendment clarifies that the Council on Agriculture must include at least 1 member from the poultry or livestock producer community and that this requirement is a minimum threshold, allowing for the Council to have multiple members from the poultry and livestock producer community, if appropriate. | |
| HB 264 | Committee | K. Williams | School nurses are a vital link in implementing the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act and in preventing lead poisoning among Delaware’s children. Since the 1990s, school nurses have been on the front lines of ensuring that students entering pre-kindergarten and kindergarten have a lead screening completed prior to the start of school.
The Delaware School Nurse Association (DSNA) Advocacy Committee has actively participated in the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Advisory Committee (CLPPAC) as a stakeholder, collaborating to improve blood lead testing rates and to address racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in lead poisoning. School nurses also contribute to the development, updating, and implementation of the statewide screening plan. Most importantly, when a child tests positive for an elevated blood lead level, school nurses are uniquely positioned to connect that student and family with the academic and health resources needed for success.
This Act adds a school nurse as a member on the CLPPAC. The presence of a school nurse as a voting member will strengthen the Committee’s work and ensure that the voices of those most directly supporting children are represented in both policy and practice. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 RELATING TO THE CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING PREVENTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE. |
| HB 261 | Committee | K. Williams | This Act amends Title 14 to provide the Department of Education the authority to adopt rules and regulations regarding the transportation of public school students. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS. |
| HB 259 | Committee | K. Williams | This Act requires the Division of Public Health to submit a report to various government officials and post on its website the data it receives from schools regarding the number of kindergartners who meet the requirements under this chapter for screening for lead poisoning. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCREENING FOR LEAD POISONING. |
| HB 263 | Committee | K. Williams | This Act removes the Department of Education from the process related to funding for apprenticeships, as this is administered through the Department of Labor. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. |
| HB 267 | Committee | K. Williams | This Act provides that each school district and charter school must report three times a year, instead of annually, to the Department of Education, the number and percentage of students, disaggregated by grade and by individual school, identified with a potential reading deficiency, including characteristics of dyslexia, pursuant to mandated literary screening, and the literacy intervention approaches being provided. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO READING COMPETENCY. |
| HR 21 | Committee | Shupe | This House Resolution requires every member of the House of Representatives that is not a member of the Joint Finance Committee or Joint Committee on Capital Improvement to complete financial responsibility training. | AMENDING THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 153RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE RELATING TO FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TRAINING. |
| HR 22 | Committee | Shupe | This Resolution amends the House of Representatives' Rules to have any report, study, or similar item that has been requested by the General Assembly or the House of Representatives be assigned to committee and posted online for a public hearing relating to the report, study, or item and its findings. | AMENDING THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 153RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY RELATING TO REPORTS, STUDIES, OR SIMILAR ITEMS REQUESTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. |
| SB 223 | Committee | Sturgeon | This Act updates the requirements for Department of Education’s regulations for personnel records to include charter schools.
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 THE RETENTION OF PERSONNEL RECORDS. |
