The Senate Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee heard testimony on two bills: SB198, which would lock Section 504 disability protections into state law amid federal legal threats, and SB201, which would require real estate wholesalers to hold a license and make disclosures to sellers. Both bills drew only supportive testimony, with outcomes unclear at adjournment.
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Senator Richardson expressed concern that consumers would not read the disclosure document, asking 'how do we know that the consumer is actually going to read, being able to read the document?' and requesting highlighted terms rather than a long legal document. Andrew Taylor responded by committing to work with the Delaware Association of Realtors and the Delaware Real Estate Commission to draft the disclosure document in plain English. Senator Richardson maintained an ongoing concern, stating 'I'm just concerned about the someone being taken advantage of.'
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“This is tremendously important right now because what we call the meat of section 504 is in the regulations. The law itself is very broad. The regulation is where businesses and governments get guidance on how to comply with section 504, many disability rights advocates had to fight very hard to get those regulations put into place after the law was passed.”
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Sign in to subscribeSam? Here. Cellular. Sig. Creed? Here. Senator Walsh? Senator Pettyjohn? Senator Richardson. With a sufficient number of members present, the Banking, Business, Insurance and Technology committee will move to the first item on the agenda and that is the first gen meeting minutes and we'll first review. We have draft meeting minutes from May 5. If there are no edits or corrections or additions or questions, I will entertain a motion to approve the meeting minutes from May 5th. We have a motion and a second to approve. All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? None. The meeting minutes from the committee's May 5 meeting have been approved. We have meeting minutes from June 18 again. If there are any edits, additions or corrections. Second motion. And second. All those in favor? Any opposed? Okay, those are approved. Finally, the meeting minutes from June 25th again. Any? I've got a motion and a second. Enthusiastically at motion is there. All those in favor? Okay. So we'll now turn to the legislative portion of the agenda as protocol. I will turn the community members first for questions and follow up by calling on any additional senators present. So the first bill…
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