Current Legislative Letters

2020 Legislative Letters

April 2020

• HB175 Voting By Mail

February 2020

• HB265 Tax Exemptions for Veterans with Disabilities
• HB263 Out of Pocket Insulin Cost Cap & Formulary Inclusion

January 2020

• HB259 College Savings and “ABLE” Savings Accounts
• HB201 Administration of the Statewide Program for Services for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder

2019 Legislative Letters

June 2019

• SB 121 DE Election Laws 6-19-19
• SB 111 Advisory Council to DDDS Amendment 6-19-19
• HS1 and HB 92 Extended Learning Opportunities Subcommittee 6-19-19 HCR 47 Special Education Task Force 6-19-19

May 2019

• HB 105 Step Therapy Exception Process 5-01-19
• HB 103 Division of Substance Abuse & Mental Health 5-01-19
• HB 102 Criminal Record Relief for Survivors of Human Trafficking 5-01-19
• HB 101 School-Based Health Centers for High-Risk Schools 5-01-19
• HB 100 Mental Health Units for High-Risk K-5 Schools 5-01-19
• HB 73 Eliminating Limitations on Absentee Voting 5-01-19
• SB 59 Recommendation of Medical Marijuana Use 5-01-19
• SB 24 Medical Marijuana Use 5-01-19
• SS-SB92 Dental Benefits for Adult Medicaid Recipients 5-31-19
• SB81 License to Practice Dentistry 5-31-19
• SB78 Consent Training in School Health Education Programs 5-31-19
• SB71 Pharmacy Benefits Managers&Pharmacy Ownership 5-31-19
• SB65 Focus on Alternative Skills Training Program-FAST 5-31-19
• HS1-HB123 Limited Guardianship 5-31-19
• HB120 Rental Tax credit 5-31-19

March 2019

• HB 61 Update to Uniform Controlled Substances Act on Benzodiazepines 3-29-19
• HB 59 Community Transportation Fund Reporting Requirement 3-29-19
• SB 28 & 29 Increased Penalties for Unlawful Parking 3-29-19

February 2019

• HB 48 Basic K-3 Special Education Unit Funding 2-28-19
• HB 39 Same Day Voter Registration 2-28-19
• HB 21 & 22 Education for Inmates who are Students with Disabilities 2-05-19
• HB 21 & 22 Education for Inmates who are Students with Disabilities 2-05-19
• HB 19 School Nurse Funding 2-06-19

2018 Legislative Letters

June 2018

• SB 262 Share the Care Act letter of support 6-20-18
• HB 438 JP Court License Suspension for Truant Students 6-20-18
• HB 433 Alternative Routes for Teacher Licensure-Certification Program Expansion 6-19-18
• HB 402 DMV License Suspension of Expelled Students 6-20-18
• 21 DE Reg 947 DOE Prop Unsafe School Options Policy Regs 6-25-18
• 21 DE Reg 941 DOE Prop Anti-Discrimination Regs 6-25-18

March 2018

• H.R. 620 ADA Education and Reform Act
• House Bill No. 294 (Change in Jurisdiction for Programs Addressing Driving Under the Influence)
• House Bill No. 305, House Bill No. 306, House Bill No. 307, House Bill No. 308 and Senate Bill No. 146 (Juvenile Justice Legislation)

January 2018

• House Bill No. 287 (High School Diploma of Modified Standards)
• House Bill No. 292 Services for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders   

2017 Legislative Letters

June 2017

• HB 162 Financial Exploitation & Protection of Vulnerable Adults
• HB 171 Speech-Language-Audiology Practitioner Licensing
• SB 49 Homeless Bill of Rights
• SB 85 Student Discipline

May 2017

• HB 79 Motor Voter Program
• HB 120 Health Insurer Cancer Treatment Coverage
• HB 140 Infants with Prenatal Substance Exposure
• HB 142 SRO Training
• HB 145 ABLE Act Revisions
• SB 38 Realty Tax Exemptions for Individuals with a Disability   

April 2017

• HB 63 Absentee Voting
• HB 70 Cursive Writing
• HB 90 Early Voting
• HB 100 Substance Abuse Treatment
• HB 1 for HB 85 Charter School Enrollment Preference

March 2017

• HB 11 Removal of Bar on TANF Eligibility
• HB 14 Motorcycle Helmet Use
• HB 24 School Attendance
• HB 49 School Safety &Construction
• HB 50 School Nurse Funding
• HB 83 DelDOT Right of Way Maintenance

February 2017

• House Bill No. 23 – Student Withdrawal from School
• SB 17 Genetics-Based Insurance Discrimination 2-28-19
• House Bill No. 55 – Compulsory School Attendance
• House Bill No. 21 – Organ Transplant Discrimination
• House Bill No. 21 – Organ Transplant Discrimination
• House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill No. 12 – Basic Special Education Unit

2016 Legislative Letters

June 2016

• HB 365 Removal of TANF Eligibility Barrier for Drug Convictions
• HB 382 Representation of Delinquent Minors
• HB 400 Medical Marijuana Eligibility Expansion
• SB 52 Lay Caregivers
• SB 239 School Discipline
• SB 1 for SB 134 Homeless Bill of Rights

May 2016

• SB 230 Supported Decision Making
• HB 302 Penalties for Texting Handheld Phone Use While Driving
• HB 310 Family Court Jurisdiction Outpatient Treatment
• HB 311 Mental Health Transition Plan
• HB 317 Employment Discrimination Family Responsibilities
• HB 319 Substance Exposed Infants

April 2016

• SB 221 Employer Tax Credit for DVR&DVI Referrals
• SB 214 Employment Discrimination
• SB 186 Disabled Veteran School Tax Refund Fund
• HB 268 Substance Exposed Infants&Medically Fragile Children
• HB 214 Nurse Workplace Violence Protection
• HB 211 Youth Shackling

February 2016

• HB 261 Alternative Schools
• HB 250 School Choice & Charter School Enrollment-Bullying
• HB 243 Accountability & 95% Student Participation Standard
• HB 240 After-School Programs
• HB 234 School-based Health Centers
• HB 229 School Choice Priority
• HB 261 Alternative Schools
• HB 250 School Choice & Charter School Enrollment-Bullying

2015 Legislative Letters

April 2015

• HB 5 E-Cigarettes
• HB 46 Bill of Rights for Children in DSCYF Custody
• HB 50 Smarter Balanced Assessment Opt-out
• HB 52 Cursive Writing
• HB 63 Guardian Sale of Wards Real Estate
• SB 38 Right to Try Act

March 2015

• HB 12 School Nurse Funding
• HB 30 Basic Special Education Unit Funding
• HB 45 Epilog-DOE Flexible Funding Pilot
• SB 28 Office of Defense Services
• SB 33 IEP Process

2014 Legislative Letters

November 2014

• SB 254 Committee to Advance Educator Compensation and Careers

June 2014

• SB 229 Assessment Exemptions for Specific Students
• SB229 Assessment Exemptions for Specific Students Amendments 2 & 3
• SB 219 Opioid Overdose Intervention
• HB 400 DE Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment-DMOST
• HB 347 w-HA1 School Safety Construction & Renovation Features
• HB 344 w-HA1 Criminal Mental Health Code
• HB 337 w-HA1 Public School Choice Program Enrollment
• HR 20 Deaf Education Taskforce Letter

May 2014

• HB 309 Clean Indoor Air Act& E-Cigarettes
• HB 302 State Board of Elections
• HB 298 Distracted Driving Civil Penalty
• HB 293 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Prog

April 2014

• SB 181 Child Protection Registry
• SB 163 Endangering the Welfare of a Child
• HB 263 School District Nurse Funding
• HB 256 w-HA1 Sexual Solicitation of Child
• HB 251 Guardianship of Child
• HB 245 w-HA1 Restroom Access

March 2014

• SB 163 Endangering the Welfare of a Child
• SB 162 Possession &Purchase of Deadly Weapons
• SB 161 Educator Evaluation System Waiver

February 2014

• HB 230 Family Financial Protection Act
• HB 228 Child Placement Review Act
• HS 1 for HB218 Prescription Pick-up
• HB 214 Down Syndrome Information Dissemination
• HB 167 Public Employment -Consideration of Criminal Record
• HB 33 Public School Alarm Systems