Episode Notes
Disappointment abounds in this week's episode, from opening to close. But we start off giving people more info on how a bill gets written, and what qualifications someone needs to run for office (hint: not many). In the middle, we go over the long list of bills the General Assembly worked on the week of May 20th. The GA is now on a break while the Joint Finance Committee finalizes budget decisions, and will be back in session next week. We round out the episode with a personal story from the host that leaves her with more questions than answers about her House Representative.
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House Speaker: Income tax reform may be delayed
Babies smacked, slapped, knocked over at Delaware day care, then director lied to parents about state’s investigation
Examples of what a bill looks like
HB 142 - edits that remove permission for citizen's arrest
HB 153 - edits that make citizen's arrest illegal
Timestamps
(00:00) Intro and outline
(4:14) Who actually writes the bills?
(14:14) House Speaker speaks on delay of tax bracket bill
(24:28) House bills
(24:55) Affordable housing through Site Readiness Fund
(26:55) Slate of immigration bills
(29:59) Increasing vehicle fees
(31:43) multi-level marketing schemes
(32:10) Creates new crime charge for discharging a firearm in public
(35:00) Elimination of citizens’ arrests
(36:02) Threshold for automatic election recounts
(36:19) Protecting seniors from property reassessments
(38:23) Constitutional amendments for voting
(39:43) Senate bills
(40:06) right to marry
(41:29) rape kits monitoring
(41:42) Dental usage of general anesthesia & Medicaid dental coverage
(43:11) Bills related to evictions of renters
(44:18) Reducing property taxes for Low Income households
(49:31) Interaction with my House representative
(1:02:20) Closing

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