UPDATE: Delaware Senate Passes Bill To Provide End of Life Options to Terminally Ill Patients

UPDATE 04/18/25:   Sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Bryan Townsend and Representative Eric Morrison, legislation providing end-of-life options to terminally ill patients has passed the Senate and will now move to Governor Meyer’s desk for signature. House Bill 140 would provide mentally capable adults in Delaware that have received a prognosis of six months or less to live, the…

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Bill Introduced to Establish Office of Suicide Prevention in Delaware

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49 other  U.S. states have an Office of Suicide Prevention – Delaware is currently the only state in the nation without one. Legislation that has been introduced in Delaware proposes to change that.  Under House Bill 54, sponsored by Representative Eric Morrison and Senator Spiros Mantzavinos, The Office of Suicide Prevention would support the Suicide Prevention Coalition in raising…

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UPDATE: Legislation Filed in Delaware to Provide End of Life Options–Clears House Committee

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UPDATE 01/29/25: A bill sponsored by State Representative Eric Morrison and Senate Majority Leader Bryan Townsend,  which provides end of life options to terminally ill patients has cleared the House Health and Human Development Committee. House Bill 140 would allow mentally capable, adult residents of Delaware who are terminally ill, having received a prognosis of…

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Del. Equal Rights Amendment Could Expand

Delaware’s Equal Rights Amendment could be further amended to ensure that the rights of Delawareans are equally protected regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. Thursday, state lawmakers and advocates gathered at Legislative Hall to unveil a proposal (HB 199) to add protections to the Delaware Constitution’s equal rights clause. Delaware would become the…

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Del. Plastic Bag Ban Loophole Addressed In New Bill

What’s called a loophole in Delaware’s five-month old ban on single-use plastic bags at many establishments would be addressed under a measure filed in the Delaware General Assembly. Some stores, in doing away with the thinner plastic bags, introduced slightly thicker plastic bags for customers. Now, Representatives Gerald Brady, D-Wilmington and Eric Morrison, D-Glasgow along…

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