Tag: Delaware General Assembly

FYI: SB 121 Scheduled for Committee Hearing Wednesday

Filed in Delaware by on June 15, 2009 4 Comments

SB 121, which would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, is scheduled to be considered by the Senate Insurance Committee this Wednesday at 2 p.m. Now is the time to contact the committee members (especially if your Senator is on the committee) to urge them to release the bill to the Senate floor. […]

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Delaware Legislative Roundup & Preview-June 10, 2009

Filed in National by on June 10, 2009 34 Comments

Here’s what happened in Dover yesterday. Highlights: In addition to the House passing HB 117, which would move school board elections from May to Election Day, the Senate passed SB 90, which would ban minors from tanning salons w/o a parent’s consent; and the Senate passed SB 148, which provides for $6.5 million in dedicated but […]

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Today’s Legislative Agendas-Tuesday, June 9

Filed in Delaware by on June 9, 2009 3 Comments

Delaware State Senate Agenda. Delaware State House of Representatives Agenda. You can click on each of the above links, and you can then click on the individual bill numbers to find out about each piece of legislation. Probably the two most notable bills on the Senate agenda are SB 90, sponsored by Sen. Bethany Hall-Long, […]

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Del-Tech Has the Joint Finance Committee Wired. Here’s How…

Filed in National by on June 8, 2009 18 Comments

“DTCC Grunt”, over at the Delawareonline board, posted the following from Delaware Technical & Community College President Orlando J. George, Jr.: I am pleased to share with you that on Tuesday, June 2, the Board of Trustees unanimously passed the Employee Compensation Resolution, giving them the flexibility to preserve College employee salaries at existing levels […]

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Supermarket Owner Co-Sponsors Beer/Wine Sales in Supermarkets Bill

Filed in National by on June 5, 2009 78 Comments

Only in Delaware. Imagine the Beast Who Slumber’s surprise when he went looking for more information on HB 193, the bill that would enable supermarkets to sell beer and wine, and he discovered that a prominent grocery store owner who also just happens to be a state legislator is one of its sponsors. Rep. Gerald […]

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