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Daily Report for 3/5/2024

Governor's Actions

No legislation is Signed by Governor Today

New Legislation Introduced

Bill	Current Status	Sponsor	Synopsis	Title
HB 320	Committee	Yearick	This is the first leg of a Constitutional Amendment to constitutionally authorize 10 days of early in-person voting in Delaware. Additionally, at least 21 in-person early voting places, with 1 being located in each State Senate District, are required. Further, this Constitutional Amendment requires all administrative or procedural laws, rules, policies, or regulations applicable to safeguarding the security of in-person voting that apply to the general election shall be applicable to in-person early voting days.	AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V, § 1 OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO EARLY IN-PERSON VOTING.
SA 1 to SS 1 for SB 147	Passed	Sturgeon	This Amendment replaces the word "filing" with "pursuing" to include all steps in a judicial or administrative proceeding regarding the employee's claim that the employer violated a state or federal employment law protecting the rights of employees.
SA 1 to SB 221	PWB	Wilson	This amendment changes the agency responsible for providing flags from the Department of State to the Department of Safety and Homeland Security.
HB 321	Committee	Yearick	This act increases from $110 to $330 each personal exemption credit for certain lower income earning individuals.	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INCREASING THE PERSONAL EXEMPTION CREDIT.
HA 1 to HB 24	Passed	Longhurst	This Amendment restores the 21 charitable organization limit for the tax return and strikes an existing charitable donation option because that organization has been dissolved.
HS 1 for HB 273	Lieu/Substituted	Dorsey Walker	This Substitute bill adds 5 additional speech-language diagnosis to the 2 diagnoses listed in H.B. 273 and references that all 7 speech-language diagnoses are classified in the International Classification of Diseases(“ICD-10”) for billing purposes. This Substitute bill also broadens the definition of “child” from 1 year to first grade to include all children from birth to age 18.	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HEALTH COVERAGE FOR SPEECH THERAPY.
SCR 119	Passed	Townsend	This concurrent resolution establishes the Student Behavior and School Climate Task Force.	ESTABLISHING THE STUDENT BEHAVIOR AND SCHOOL CLIMATE TASK FORCE.

Legislation Passed By Senate

Bill	Current Status	Sponsor	Synopsis	Title
SB 20	Signed	Townsend	The primary purpose of this Act is to remove the requirement that a public school district employee who donates leave to another employee must donate 2 days of leave for the other employee to receive 1 day of leave. Further, this Act repeals Chapter 187 of Volume 81 of the Laws of Delaware ("this law"). Adopted in 2017, this law was designed to provide full-time employees of the State, including employees of school districts, with the ability to donate leave to other employees for use in connection with the birth or adoption of a child under 6 years of age. This law has never taken effect as the law does not take effect until the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") receives a letter from the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") stating that the tax treatment of the expansion of the donated leave program contemplated by this law will receive the same tax treatment as Delaware’s current donated leave program. OMB has not requested this letter from the IRS because, based on OMB's research, OMB does not believe this law would receive the same tax treatment by the IRS and because the General Assembly subsequently enacted Chapter 285 of Volume 81 of the Laws of Delaware, which provides 12 weeks of paid leave upon the birth or adoption of a child 6 years of age or younger for those continuously employed for at least 1 year as full-time employees of this State, including employees of school districts. Sections 1 and 2 of this Act re-enact portions of Chapter 187 of Volume 81 of the Laws of Delaware that would have also applied to the existing donated leave program for catastrophic illness. Specifically these provisions are intended to do the following: (1) Clarify how much leave employees of a public school district who do not accrue annual leave must use before being eligible for donated leave. (2) Clarify the interaction between donated leave and leave available under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual, including transferring existing definitions to a central definition section and transferring provisions that are substantive law out of defined terms. This Act is named in honor of Christopher Chujoy, a special education instructional aide in the Red Clay Consolidated School District. Mr. Chujoy was diagnosed in August 2022 with stage IV cancer. Mr. Chujoy used up all of his available sick time before his passing and his situation raised the issue that is the primary purpose of this Act.	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE AND CHAPTER 187 OF VOLUME 81 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO DONATED LEAVE.

Legislation Passed By House of Representatives

Bill	Current Status	Sponsor	Synopsis	Title
SCR 106	Passed	Brown	This Concurrent Resolution recognizes March 5, 2024, as Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated or “Alpha Phi Alpha Day at the Capitol” in Delaware. It honors Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated as an organization that has provided a voice and a strong vision to the struggle of African Americans and people of color in the State of Delaware and around the world.	RECOGNIZING MARCH 5, 2024, AS "ALPHA PHI ALPHA LEGISLATIVE DAY AT THE CAPITOL" IN DELAWARE.

Senate Committee Assignments

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House Committee Assignments

Senate Committee Report

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House Committee Report

Senate Defeated Legislation

Bill	Current Status	Sponsor	Synopsis	Title
SCR 117	Defeated	Buckson	This concurrent resolution establishes the Classroom Behavior and School Discipline Task Force.	ESTABLISHING THE CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR AND SCHOOL DISCIPLINE TASK FORCE.

House Defeated Legislation

No House Defeated Legislation

Nominations Enacted upon by the Senate

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