| SB 15 w/ SA 1 | Signed | Lopez | This Act, modeled on similar laws in Virginia and Maryland, requires a health-care provider to provide notice to a patient at the time blood is drawn to perform a laboratory test for Lyme disease that explains the limitations of the test and instructs the patient to see their health-care provider if the patient continues to experience unexplained symptoms. This Act is consumer and patient friendly. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION ABOUT LYME DISEASE. |
| SB 30 w/ SA 1 | Committee | Sokola | This Act adopts the Uniform Law Commission's Revised Athlete Agents Act ("Revised Act"), revising Chapter 54, Title 24 of the Delaware Code, which is based on the Uniform Law Commission's Uniform Athlete Agents Act ("Uniform Act").
In the early 2000's, Delaware and 42 other states adopted the Uniform Act. Delaware's version of the Uniform Act included a Board of Athlete Agents Examiners ("Board"), which was sunsetted by the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee in 2012 and removed from the Delaware Code by Senate Bill 184 of the 146th General Assembly (78 Del. Laws, c. 376). In addition to removing provisions related to the Board, Senate Bill 184 also removed provisions requiring athlete agents doing business in Delaware to be registered and subject to administrative oversight.
In 2015, the Uniform Law Commission adopted the Revised Act to enhance protections for student athletes and educational institutions, create a uniform body of athlete agent registration information, and simplify the registration process.
The changes made to the Uniform Act by the Revised Act became necessary as athlete agent tactics have become more advanced and the industry has become more sophisticated. The need for the Revised Act is highlighted by a recent FBI investigation into athlete agent activities related to the college basketball programs at a number of Division I schools. The Revised Act provides additional safeguards for student athletes by requiring that athlete agents be licensed and that agency contracts contain specific notice provisions.
The Revised Act has been enacted by 12 states, with 4 of those enactments occurring in 2018, and introduced in 8 states in 2019. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ATHLETE AGENTS. |
| HB 68 w/ HA 1 | Signed | Kowalko | This Act extends the Automatic Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program and the Office of Foreclosure Prevention and Financial Education through December 31, 2024. The Automatic Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program and the Office of Foreclosure Prevention and Financial Education were established by 3 different Acts which each sunset after 2 years, based upon the effective date of each Act. The sunset periods have been extended for additional 2 year periods so that the Office of Foreclosure Prevention and Financial Education sunsets in September 2019; § 5062C and § 5062D of Title 10 sunset in January 2020; and § 5062A of Title 10 sunset in January 2019.
In addition to providing a uniform date for the expiration of the entire Automatic Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program and the Office of Foreclosure Prevention and Financial Education, this Act makes the expiration date a new subsection of each statute, so that the effective period of the law is clear and easily identified. | AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 27, VOLUME 79 AND CHAPTER 74, VOLUME 81 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE AND TITLE 10 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FORECLOSURE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION. |
| SB 60 w/ HA 4 | Signed | Poore | This bill clarifies that in order to be found guilty of prostitution the person must be 18 years or older.
| AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CRIMES. |
| HCR 36 | Passed | Jaques | This Concurrent Resolution commends the 2019 Delaware State Teacher of the Year, Dana Bowe, and all of the District Teachers of the Year. | COMMENDING DANA BOWE REPRESENTING THE SEAFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR BEING SELECTED AS DELAWARE'S STATE TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR 2019 AND COMMENDING EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR. |
| SA 1 to SB 15 | Passed | Lopez | This Amendment revises the language in the notice provided to patients and sunsets this Act in 3 years, unless extended by the General Assembly. | |
| SA 1 to SB 30 | Passed | Sokola | This Amendment does the following:
(1) Adds a three-fifths vote requirement because the Act grants the Secretary of State the authority to set fees to defray the expenses related to the administration of this chapter.
(2) Changes language related to what the Secretary provides an athlete agent as proof the agent is properly registered to reflect the Secretary's practice of providing electronic records in lieu of paper documents to licensed professionals through the Division of Professional Regulation.
(3) Removes language that is subject to a possible amendment to the Uniform Act to be considered by the Uniform Law Commission. | |
