Posts Tagged ‘Senate Majority Leader Bryan Townsend’
UPDATE: Delaware Senate Passes Bill To Provide End of Life Options to Terminally Ill Patients
UPDATE 04/18/25:聽聽 Sponsored by聽Senate Majority Leader Bryan Townsend聽and聽Representative Eric Morrison, legislation providing end-of-life options to terminally ill patients has passed the Senate and will now move to Governor Meyer鈥檚 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…
Read MoreUPDATED: HB 350 Passed in the State House
UPDATED – 05/21/24 – After nearly an hour of discussion on the House floor, House Substitute 2 for House Bill 350 was approved with a simple majority of 24 for the bill and 16 against with 1 absent. The measure now goes to the Governor for his signature. Governor John Carney issued the following statement…
Read MoreUPDATE: Legislation Filed in Delaware to Provide End of Life Options–Clears House Committee
UPDATE 01/29/25: A bill sponsored by State Representative Eric Morrison and Senate Majority Leader Bryan Townsend,聽 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…
Read MoreDemocrats in Del. House, Senate Initiate Process to Seek Removal of Auditor McGuiness
Members of the Delaware State House Democratic Caucus are encouraging Governor John Carney to exercise his constitutional obligation to remove State Auditor Kathy McGuiness from office, once the verdict is entered by Superior Court.McGuiness was found guilty of three misdemeanor charges July 1st. She was acquitted of two felony chargesHouse Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf, D-Rehoboth Beach…
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