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Stell Parker-Selby
Esthelda “Stell” Parker Selby has served Delaware’s 20th district in the state House of Representatives since 2022. She was born and raised in Southern Delaware and knows personally how to best serve Delawareans. A lifelong educator, Stell Parker Selby is committed to improving public education, increasing and enhancing access to quality healthcare, and supporting environmental preservation methods to keep our communities prosperous.
In the House, Selby serves on the Agriculture, Education, and Health & Human Development committees. In addition to her teaching career, she served as Vice Mayor of the Milton City Council, and as Cape Henlopen School Board President. Stell Parker Selby’s community involvement has led her to sponsor environmental protection legislation and advocate on behalf of legislation to improve protection for LGBTQ people.
A mother of two sons, she is also the grandmother of seven and great-grandmother of six. Generations of Stell Parker Selby’s family call Delaware home and through her work representing them, she is working to ensure that her family and all of Delaware’s families are safe, protected, and prosperous.
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Legislative Accomplishments
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This Resolution proclaims June 19, 2023 as Juneteenth National Independence Day in Delaware
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This Act updates the definition of "sexual orientation" throughout the Delaware Code by adding asexuality and pansexuality.
Asexuality refers to individuals with little to no sexual attraction to other individuals, although asexual individuals may desire emotionally intimate relationships with other individuals.
Pansexuality refers to individuals who are attracted sexually or romantically, or both, to another individual regardless of that individual's sex or gender identity.
Human Rights
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Establishes a statutory target of greenhouse gas emissions reductions over the medium and long term to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions on the State.
The Act establishes a process of regular updates to the Climate Action Plan to serve as the framework to achieve the targeted emissions reductions and develop resilience strategies for the State
Creates Climate Change Officers in certain Key Cabinet-Level Departments who will assist DNREC in the ongoing implementation of the Climate Action Plan
Requires State agencies to consider climate change in decision-making, rulemaking, and procurement
Requires an Implementation Report every 2 years on the progress of the State towards meeting the statutory targets.
Environmental Protections
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Requires all individual, blanket, and group health insurance policies to cover annual ovarian cancer screening tests for women at risk for ovarian cancer
It further expands the scope of monitoring tests available to women subsequent to ovarian cancer treatment.
Healthcare
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Requires the State to fund a Mental Health Professional and Coordinator position for each district and charter school by the 2024-2025 school year.
The Mental Health Professional and the Mental Health Coordinator must develop partnerships with community-based organizations, schools, families, and communities to assess the district’s mental health needs.
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This bill provides for excused absences for the mental or behavioral health of a student and requires that any student taking more than 2 such excused absences will be referred to a behavioral health specialist.
This bill provides a supplemental tool to identify students struggling with mental and behavioral health issues
Education
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Creates a right to representation for tenants in evictions and other landlord-tenant actions.
Tenant’s Rights
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Authorizes the creation of Family Justice Centers within Delaware to provide victims of crime with a single source to obtain resources and support services.