DE Legislation | 2013-2014 | 147th General Assembly

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DESB90This bill gives the Division of Professional Regulation authority to issue citations and monetary fines when individuals and businesses are found engaging in unlicensed professional practices regulated by a board, commission, council or committee und...
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2013-05-16
DEHB38This bill changes the membership of the Jockeys Health and Welfare Benefit Board to include, among the six-member board, one active Delaware jockey and one retired Delaware jockey participating in the benefit program rather than two active Delaware j...
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2013-05-16
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 38 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DEHB149Currently, some health insurers refuse to pay Delaware Volunteer Fire Companies and other emergency medical service ("EMS") providers directly for ambulance service and related supplies unless the Fire Company (or other EMS provider) has ag...
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2013-05-16
Introduced in House and assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee
DEHCR17This concurrent resolution proclaims the week of September 14 through September 22, 2013, to be “Sea-Level Rise Awareness Week.”
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2013-05-16
Passed in House by Voice Vote
DESB51This bill strengthens teacher preparation by raising the standards for entry into the teaching profession. More specifically, the bill requires all Delaware teacher preparation programs to set high admission and completion requirements, to provide hi...
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2013-05-16
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 37 YES 2 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DESB91This Bill amends the Delaware Securities Act to clarify that the Act’s anti-fraud provision should be interpreted in accordance with how federal courts interpret similar anti-fraud provisions in federal securities laws. The Bill also changes th...
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2013-05-16
DEHB148This bill would direct the Office of the State Treasurer to add a Roth option to state sponsored 403(b) and 457(b) savings plans that are offered to eligible teachers and state employees. This bill would not require the state to contribute any additi...
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2013-05-16
DEHB15The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has three law enforcement units known respectively as Environmental Protection Officers, Fish and Wildlife Agents, and Park Rangers. All three enforcement units undergo identical training ...
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2013-05-16
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 19 YES 0 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DESB65This Act intends to consolidate the Clean Water Advisory Council for the Delaware Water Pollution Control Revolving Loan Fund and the advisory activities of the Cabinet Committee on State Planning for the Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund into the W...
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2013-05-16
DESB89This Act confirms that vehicle licensing fees included by motor vehicle lessors in vehicle rental transactions cover only the motor vehicle lessors' costs for registering their vehicles in Delaware. If such fees are higher than the actual charges pai...
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2013-05-16
DEHB57In 2010, based on recommendations made by the Juvenile Justice Collaborative, Section 1007 of Title 10 was amended to expand the list of possible acts for which a child could be detained in a secure facility and provide significant safeguards against...
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2013-05-16
Signed by Governor
DESCR18This Resolution continues to raise awareness that the month of May is Melanoma and Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month in Delaware.
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2013-05-16
Passed in House by Voice Vote
DEHB145This bill facilitates emergency response by infrastructure companies when it is necessary for them to temporarily provide out-of-State resources and personnel during a State of emergency declared by the Governor or the President of the United States,...
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2013-05-16
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 40 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DESCR15This Resolution proclaims May, 2013, Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month in Delaware.
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2013-05-16
Passed in House by Voice Vote
DESB9This Act modifies Delaware's juvenile sentencing laws to bring those laws into compliance with decisions the United States Supreme Court issued in 2010 and 2012. During its last term, the United States Supreme Court held that the Eighth Amendment for...
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2013-05-16
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 39 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DESB41This bill requires risk retention groups (RRGs) to comply with the property and casualty actuarial opinion law and is necessary for maintaining Delaware’s National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) accreditation.
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2013-05-16
DEHB96This bill amends sections of Title 26 which govern public utilities that provide telecommunications services. It modernizes the rules governing such utilities and aligns them with the rapid competitive and technological changes affecting the industry...
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2013-05-16
DEHB115This bill provides that causes of actions regarding the performance or furnishing of land surveys and the creation or furnishing of survey products must be brought within 6 years or 3 years after the discovery of an error or omission, whichever occur...
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2013-05-16
Introduced in House and assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee
DESB55This bill adds members of the Public Service Commission to the definition of 'public officer' which would subject them, like many other individuals in positions of public trust, to certain financial disclosure requirements.
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2013-05-16
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DEHB89This bill promotes and facilitates the construction and operation within the State of Delaware of freestanding inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, which generally are capable of providing services to victims of stroke, spinal cord injuries, amputatio...
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2013-05-16
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 36 YES 0 NO 1 NOT VOTING 4 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DESB79This legislation will exempt from the licensing requirement those employees of a security business who sell security systems from retail store locations, over the internet or by telephone or those employees who monitor security systems from remote lo...
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2013-05-16
Laid On Table in Senate
DEHCR25This resolution recognizes the month of May as “Poppy Month” in the State of Delaware.
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2013-05-16
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DESB75This Act will increase the effectiveness of the Parks Endowment Fund at assisting with the financing of physical maintenance and capital improvements at Delaware State Parks. This Act will also help encourage private investments and donations for our...
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2013-05-16
DESB73This Bill amends the Uniform Controlled Substances Act’s provisions pertaining to hypodermic syringes or needles. The Bill authorizes a licensed pharmacist, pharmacist intern or pharmacy student under the supervision of a pharmacist to dispense...
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2013-05-16
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 16 YES 2 NO 2 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DESB92Legislative status for DE Senate Bill SB92
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2013-05-16
DEHB94This bill improves and clarifies the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s process and criteria for issuing permits to handle or possess protected wildlife, finfish or shellfish for scientific, education or propagation pur...
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2013-05-16
DESR8The Resolution urges the United States Congress to support efforts to reinstate the separation of commercial and investment banking functions in effect under the Glass-Steagall Act and supporting H.R. No. 129.
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2013-05-16
DESB43This bill permits the sharing of confidential information received by the Insurance Commissioner and the Department of Insurance with other state, federal and international regulators and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and...
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2013-05-16
Reported Out of Committee (INSURANCE) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
DEHB114The bill amends the Town’s Charter to provide the Town Manager with a defined, definite term in the position, rather than an indefinite one. It would allow the Town Council and the Town Manager to define that term in the employment contract, wh...
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2013-05-16
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 38 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DESCR21This Resolution declares June 2013 as Delaware Dairy Month and Honors Delaware’s farm creameries and dairy farmers.
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2013-05-16
Passed in House by Voice Vote
DESB93This bill creates a process for Kent County to establish a stormwater maintenance district and for the collection and use of stormwater maintenance fees.
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2013-05-16
DEHB136The law does not currently adequately address the situations that arise when the sole tenant of a residential rental unit dies. This bill allows the landlord to file and maintain an action for summary possession as necessary. In addition, this bill a...
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2013-05-16
Stricken
DESB44This bill is a housekeeping bill designed to, with respect to the amendment to Section 705 of Title 18, conform the lines of authority referenced therein to the form to be provided by each insurance company as furnished by the Insurance Commissioner ...
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2013-05-16
DEHB88SYNOPSIS This Act is designed to create procedures in Delaware for making sure firearms are not in the hands of dangerous people while protecting due process and not creating a barrier to care for those suffering from mental illness. Unlike other sta...
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2013-05-16
DESB61The purpose of this amendment is to allow innocent victims of motor vehicle collisions to access their own underinsured insurance benefits in circumstances where the victim’s damages are greater than the amount of the negligent driver’s i...
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2013-05-16
Reported Out of Committee (INSURANCE) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
DEHB147This bill updates the Delaware Code relating to Police Chief Due Process by providing that the hearing, which may be private or public, at the police chief’s request, is conducted by a panel of three persons appointed by the Delaware Police Chi...
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2013-05-16
DESB88This bill provides for continuity of care for patients transported from a facility in another state to Delaware by allowing respiratory therapists licensed in another jurisdiction to practice in Delaware for the limited purpose of interstate transpor...
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2013-05-16
DESB60This bill would allow a person or party that has suffered a loss, damages, or injury as the result of the intentional fraud or criminal misconduct of an attorney during the course of a civil action in the Courts of the State of Delaware to bring suit...
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2013-05-16
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 18 YES 1 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DESCR19This Concurrent Resolution proclaims May 2013 as “Mammography Month” in the State of Delaware.
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2013-05-16
Passed in House by Voice Vote
DESB87The bill adds a provision giving a licensed geologist or licensed psychologist the option to place his or her license on inactive status at the time of renewal instead of allowing the license to lapse. This bill would bring the Board of Geologists an...
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2013-05-16
DEHB31. This Act permits off-premises consumption licensees who obtain a Growler Filler permit to purchase kegs or partial kegs from wholesalers and fill and cap containers for the customer to consume off of the premises where sold.
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2013-05-16
Signed by Governor
DEHB73This Act will help deter the illegal possession of firearms by dangerous criminals by increasing the penalties imposed upon persons convicted of violating the crime of Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited. Adults convicted of illegally poss...
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2013-05-15
Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
DESB62This bill would allow farmers to register their trucks, semitrailers, and trailers with an “FT” tag at the reduced registration fee.
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2013-05-15
Reported Out of Committee (HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
DEHB141This bill is intended to ensure that chiropractors delivering chiropractic services in the state of Delaware are subject to the jurisdiction of the Delaware Board of Chiropractic.
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2013-05-15
DEHB124This bill continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the "Act") to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the prop...
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2013-05-15
Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 4 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits
DEHB143This Act makes permanent Delaware’s research and development tax credit.
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2013-05-15
Reported Out of Committee (REVENUE & FINANCE) in House with 4 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits
DEHB32This legislation updates and streamlines the State’s Oil Pollution Act by eliminating a monetary cap for liability for damages, and requires that a Certificate of Financial Responsibility (COFR) be issued by the U.S. Coast Guard, pursuant to th...
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2013-05-15
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 1 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DESB28This Bill allows a per diem employee of the legislature to receive a service pension while working for the legislature.
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2013-05-15
SS 1 for SB 28 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DEHB146This Act requires persons convicted of criminal offenses committed within the jurisdiction of the City of Wilmington to pay a $25.00 penalty to offset the costs incurred by the City to investigate, arrest and participate in the prosecution of such of...
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2013-05-15
DESB71This act would eliminate the requirement for an election when the property owner has requested annexation of their property, while retaining the election requirement in cases where the entirety of the area proposed for annexation is not the subject o...
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2013-05-15
Reported Out of Committee (COMMUNITY/COUNTY AFFAIRS) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
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