Sponsor: McBride
Co-sponsor[s]: McDowell, Poore
Synopsis: Establishes a Wetlands Advisory Committee to recommend policies to conserve, preserve and restore non-tidal wetlands. Committee is to issue recommendations to the governor and General Assembly by 31 Dec. 14. Also amends the Code to expedite resolution of violations through administrative action/penalties where applicable.
Status: Signed
Sponsor[s]: McBride
Co-sponsor[s]: Blevins, Bushweller, Ennis, McDowell, Poore
Synopsis: Shifts operational control of the State Park Endowment Fund and the Delaware Land and Water Conservation Trust Fund to the Delaware Community Foundation in an effort to encourage increased private donations and investments.
Status: Signed
Senate Sponsor[s]: Hall-Long
Senate Co-sponsor[s]: Henry, Poore, Townsend
Synopsis: Makes violations of the state’s non-nurse midwife law a F-Felony with a DHSS fine of $1,000 to $10,000.
Status: Signed
Senate Sponsor[s]: Hall-Long
Senate Co-sponsor[s]: Blevins, Poore
Synopsis: Allows the construction of free-standing acute inpatient rehabilitation hospitals without the need for certificates of public reviews and imposes a two-year sunset on construction without a certificate of public review.
Status: Signed
Co-sponsor[s]: Ennis, Henry, Poore, Sokola, Townsend, Venables
Synopsis: Requires distribution of materials on Sudden Cardiac Arrest to scholastic athletes and their families and mandates training on dealing with Sudden Cardiac Arrest for officials and coaches.
Status: Senate Health and Social Services Committee (as of 9/17/2013)
Senate Sponsor[s]: Hall-Long
Senate Co-sponsor[s]: Blevins, Bushweller, Ennis, Poore, Sokola, Venables
Synopsis: Continuation of efforts to combat the manufacture of methamphetamine by authorizing a real-time electronic monitoring system for the purchase of over-the-counter drugs which can be distilled into ingredients for meth. The bill will allow Delaware to join with 25 other states in the National Precursor Log Exchange which track interstate sales of drugs containing pseudoephedrine and block sales of the drug above set limits.
Status: Signed
Senate Sponsor[s]: McDowell
Senate Co-sponsor[s]: Henry, Peterson, Poore, Sokola, Townsend
Synopsis: Attacks the “Gun Show Loophole” for firearms sale by requiring federally licensed firearms dealers to conduct criminal background checks on most private firearms sales and maintain records of the checks as required by state and federal law. Excluded are transfers among immediate family members, antique and certain antique firearm replicas, returns to an owner by a pawnbroker or transfers involving qualified active-duty and retired law enforcement personnel. First offenses are Class A misdemeanors and subsequent offenses are G felonies.
Status: Signed
Sponsor[s]: Poore, Hall-Long
Co-sponsor[s]: Ennis, Henry
Synopsis: Allows pharmacists to substitute FDA-approved interchangeable biosimilar products for biological products with safeguards and provides some liability protections. To make a substitution, pharmacists must provide notice, make and maintain a label information/distribution record. Records would be maintained for three years.
Status: Senate Ready List (as of 9/17/2013)
Sponsor[s]: Poore
Co-sponsor[s]: Sokola, Townsend
Synopsis: [127] Adds victim advocacy as a qualification for appointment to the board; defines terms for dereliction of duty for board members; staggers terms for board members [129]Restores the Board of Paroles power to hear and make rulings regarding people released through good time credits.
Status: Senate Ready List