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'''Scott DeLano''' (born September 20, 1971), is a commercial [[real estate]] developer in [[Biloxi]] on the Gulf Coast of [[Mississippi]], who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 117 in Harrison County.<ref name=billstatus>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/delano.xml|title=Scott DeLano|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>

'''Scott DeLano''' (born September 20, 1971), is a commercial [[real estate]] developer in Biloxi on the Gulf Coast of [[Mississippi]], who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 117 in Harrison County.<ref name=billstatus>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/delano.xml|title=Scott DeLano|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>

A native of Hendersonville, [[North Carolina]], DeLano graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach in Harrison County  and received a bachelor's degree in [[accounting]] at the University of Southern Mississippi at Hattiesburg.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/117442/scott-delano#.WeTTg7pFzb0|title=Scott DeLano's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref> He is a [[Presbyterian]].<ref name=billstatus/> He and his wife, Robin, have two children, Matthew and Emily.<ref name=pvs/>

A native of Hendersonville, [[North Carolina]], DeLano graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach in Harrison County  and received a bachelor's degree in [[accounting]] at the University of Southern Mississippi at Hattiesburg.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/117442/scott-delano#.WeTTg7pFzb0|title=Scott DeLano's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref> He is a [[Presbyterian]].<ref name=billstatus/> He and his wife, Robin, have two children, Matthew and Emily.<ref name=pvs/>

In 2015, DeLano, while still chairman of the Constitution Committee, agued for the continuation in the Mississippi Constitution that forbids an [[atheist]] from holding public office in the state. The provision has been rendered unenforceable by the [[United States Supreme Court]], but DeLano said he favored keeping it in the state constitution as a matter of principle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/01/07/mississippi-rep-scott-delano-says-law-preventing-atheists-from-holding-public-office-should-remain-in-constitution/|title=Mississippi Rep. Scott DeLano Says Law  Preventing Atheists from Holding Public Office Should Remain in Constittuion|publisher=Patheos.com|date=January 7, 2015|author=Hemant Mehta|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref> In 2017, he supported the legislation which authorizes additional methods of execution in Mississippi and co-sponsored the measure to classify the killing of first responders as first-degree [[murder]]. He voted to increase identification requirements for [[Medicaid]].<ref name=voting>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/117442/scott-delano#.WeTf87pFzb0|title=Scott DeLano's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>

In 2015, DeLano, while still chairman of the Constitution Committee, agued for the continuation in the Mississippi Constitution that forbids an [[atheist]] from holding public office in the state. The provision has been rendered unenforceable by the [[United States Supreme Court]], but DeLano said he favored keeping it in the state constitution as a matter of principle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/01/07/mississippi-rep-scott-delano-says-law-preventing-atheists-from-holding-public-office-should-remain-in-constitution/|title=Mississippi Rep. Scott DeLano Says Law  Preventing Atheists from Holding Public Office Should Remain in Constittuion|publisher=Patheos.com|date=January 7, 2015|author=Hemant Mehta|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref> In 2017, he supported the legislation which authorizes additional methods of execution in Mississippi and co-sponsored the measure to classify the killing of first responders as first-degree [[murder]]. He voted to increase identification requirements for [[Medicaid]].<ref name=voting>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/117442/scott-delano#.WeTf87pFzb0|title=Scott DeLano's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>

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