| HJR7 | Pass | This Joint Resolution vacates the parkland dedication for ± .22 acres of Tax Parcel No. 19-009.00-015, as depicted in the exhibit that accompanies this Joint Resolution, thereby removing the restrictions on permitted uses for public parks, held ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-10
Signed by Governor |
| HJR8 | Pass | This Joint Resolution vacates the parkland dedication for ± .31 acres of Tax Parcel No. 07-039.30-002 (the Property), as depicted in the exhibit that accompanies this Joint Resolution, thereby removing the restrictions on permitted uses for publ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-10
Signed by Governor |
| SB196 | Pass | This Act authorizes the Town of Slaughter Beach to acquire real and personal property located inside and outside the boundaries of the Town of Slaughter Beach.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-10
Signed by Governor |
| SB198 | Pass | This Act repeals the authority granted to Kent County Levy Court to impose a lodging tax to benefit the Kent County Regional Sports Complex Corporation, also known as DE Turf. This authority was granted by Chapter 102 of Volume 82 of the Laws of Dela...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-10
Signed by Governor |
| SB200 | Pass | This Act supports the ongoing work of the Primary Care Reform Collaborative to achieve better health for Delawareans at a lower cost by facilitating the sharing of de-identified health expenditure information and fostering transparency that is critic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-10
Signed by Governor |
| HB118 | Pass | This Act enables Sussex County to establish ordinances, rules, and regulations regarding property maintenance and penalties for violations of said ordinances, rules, and regulations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-10
Signed by Governor |
| SB85 | Pass | This bill permits the administrative transfer of cases from an aldermans court or mayors court to the Justice of the Peace Court when such a transfer is in the interests of justice. This transferability may be used in cases where an alderman must rec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-10
Signed by Governor |
| HB290 | Pass | This Act amends the Fiscal Year 2020 Bond and Capital Improvements Act to (1) reauthorize Appoquinimink School District project local shares; (2) redistribute Community Reinvestment Funds from the African American Heritage Institute to the Peoples Se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-06
Signed by Governor |
| HCR80 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution honors and recognizes the leadership and achievements of African Americans and urges the celebration of Black History Month.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| SB79 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act clarifies existing law so that an individual is not disqualified from possessing or purchasing a firearm because the individual is a registered qualifying patient under the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-30
Amendment HA 1 to SB 79 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HCR78 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution designates January 2020 as "Human Relations Awareness Month" in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-30
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| HB236 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act exempts constables from the limitations on use of seclusion and restraint because some schools employ constables, but constables are not included in the current exclusion that uses the definition of "law-enforcement officer" in § ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-30
Tabled in Committee |
| HB289 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill clarifies when an employer may pay a training wage in lieu of the minimum wage. A training wage is only during the first 90 days after the employee is initially hired by the employer. This bill defines that as the first time an employee is ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-30
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee |
| HB80 | Intro
Sine Die | Section 1 of this Act modifies Delawares Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to allow recipients to choose the most beneficial credit to be applied against their Delaware Personal Income Taxes. Under this Act, recipients can choose between a non-refundab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-30
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB291 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill creates a financial incentive for employers to train and retain apprentices in apprenticeship programs. The purpose of this financial incentive is to encourage employers to create employment opportunities in Delaware and to train Delawares ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-30
To House Labor Committee |
| SB182 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act makes the following changes related to traffic control devices erected on order of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation (Secretary) limiting the size and weight of vehicles and loads permitted on a specific highway:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-30
To House Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee |
| HCR77 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act creates the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force to study and make findings and recommendations regarding whether Delaware should become the point of contact to conduct background checks for firearms transfers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HB296 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill increases the amount that a tenant may deduct from rent in order to have necessary work done on the rental premises if the landlord fails to repair or maintain the premises after proper notice. The original amount of $200 was selected at th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-30
To House Housing & Community Affairs Committee |
| HB277 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill establishes the crimes of possession of an unfinished firearm frame or receiver with no serial number, possession of and manufacturing a covert or undetectable firearm, possession of and manufacturing an untraceable firearm, and manufacturi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-30
Amendment HA 1 to HB 277 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB295 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill would allow a court of competent jurisdiction to dismiss minor equipment violations upon a showing that repair(s) have been made. The sections include inoperative horn, missing rear-view mirror, improper window tint, and inoperable headligh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-30
To House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee |
| HB292 | Intro
Sine Die | This amendment repeals Title 16 § 7204 in its entirety. This particular section prescribes a practice that is typically unused and handled through a traditional warrant process by charging a previous section of this chapter brought by a law enforcem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-30
To House Health & Human Development Committee |
| HB300 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2021 Bond and Capital Improvements Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-30
To House Capital Infrastructure Committee |
| SCR67 | Engross
Sine Die | The Division of Developmental Disabilities Services Task Force was established under Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 62 of the 150th General Assembly. The Task Force has met regularly since August 2019, but needs additional time to complete its work...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-30
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SR13 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Resolution designates March 5, 2020 as "Delaware Giving Day."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HCR73 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution recognizes February 29, 2020, as "Rare Disease Day" in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| HB293 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires a landlord to provide 15 days notice to a single room tenant prior to the termination of a rental agreement for any reason other than a material violation. This notice provision ensures that the tenant has time to find suitable hou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-30
To House Housing & Community Affairs Committee |
| SB226 | Intro
Sine Die | Governor's Recommended One-Time Supplement FY21
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB258 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill allows the Department of Correction to implement prison nurseries, which would allow women inmates that give birth during their time incarcerated the option of raising their infant up to the age of 18 months. Studies have shown that prison ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB225 | Intro
Sine Die | Governor's Recommended Budget Bill
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HCR72 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution recognizes the State Officer Leadership Team participating in the 2019-2020 Delaware State Leadership competition and commends the Delaware Association of Business Professionals of America.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| SB208 | Intro
Sine Die | The intent of this Act is to reduce the amount of waste that ends up in the environment and to raise awareness of the need to properly dispose of balloons. To that end, this Act imposes a civil penalty for the violation of intentionally releasing 5 o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits |
| SCR71 | Engross
Sine Die | Designating February 6, 2020 as "Ronald Reagan Day" in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| SB209 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act removes the exclusive jurisdiction of the Superior Court for offenses under § 4836 of this Title on the basis of the voluntary and involuntary exclusion lists. This would allow the Court of Common Pleas to hold jurisdiction over these offen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29
Amendment SA 1 to SB 209 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB179 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill increases the fines for littering.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29
Reported Out of Committee (Environmental & Natural Resources) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| SB126 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act expands eligibility for Line-of-Duty disability benefits to paid firefighters who work for municipal fire departments and to fire service instructors and fire marshals who work for the State and for nonphysical disabilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB134 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act changes the term of a school board member from 5 years to 3 years and adds the requirement that each school board member is paid $100 per meeting attended by the Department of Education
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB211 | Intro
Sine Die | The National League of Families POW/MIA flag is a symbol of our Nation's concern and commitment to resolving as fully as possible the fates of Americans still prisoners, missing, or unaccounted for in all U.S. wars 36. U.S.C. § 902.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29
To Senate Veterans Affairs Committee |
| SB112 | Engross
Sine Die | The Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee approved a project to work with the Governor's Office throughout 2018 and 2019 to identify antiquated boards, commissions, and councils that need statutory updates or outright repeals. The Coun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29
To House Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) |
| HB243 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act allows registered qualifying patients and registered designated caregivers to grow limited amounts of medical marijuana if the following requirements are met:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29
Tabled in Committee |
| HCR76 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution designates the week of February 24 - 28, 2020, as PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK and calls upon Delawareans to support public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HB4 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act, known as the James Johnson Sentencing Reform Act, named for Representative JJ Johnson, makes significant changes to the sentencing laws in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB265 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act fully exempts county property taxes and local school taxes for a disabled veteran with a 100% VA rated service-connected, permanent and total disability or for a disabled veteran who is receiving 100% disability compensation due to individua...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB284 | Intro
Sine Die | This legislation allows the Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs to employ the spouses of veterans and retains the stipulation that the Executive Director of the Commission must be a veteran.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29
Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in House with 13 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits |
| HB286 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires that inadvertent out-of-network services be included in individual and group health insurance policies as well as group and blank health insurance policies. This bill defines inadvertent out-of-network services are those services t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits |
| SB206 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act revises the appointment process for members of the Primary Care Reform Collaborative who are not members by virtue of position. Under this Act, these members are appointed by a government official to comply with the requirements of the Delaw...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| SCR70 | Engross
Sine Die | Cholangiocarcinoma, also known as bile duct cancer, is a cancer that occurs in the bile ducts in or outside the liver. This Resolution recognizes February 12, 2020 as "World Cholangiocarcinoma Day" in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HB144 | Engross
Sine Die | House Bill 212 enacted by the 148th General Assembly (80 Del. Laws c. 287) expanded the offense of Assault in the Second Degree to include the intentional assault of ambulance operators, rescue squad members, and nurses injured while performing work-...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29
Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits |
| HB281 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill increases the minimum amount of property damage that triggers the mandatory reporting of a vehicular collision to police from $500 to $2,000. This bill also increases the minimum amount of property damage requiring police agencies to invest...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-28
To Senate Transportation Committee |
| HB257 | Intro
Sine Die | This substitute act establishes a Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Program for new primary care providers to be administered by the Delaware Health Care Commission. Under the loan repayment program, the Health Care Commission may award education l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-28
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB28 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill clarifies definitions relating to airbags, counterfeit supplemental restraint system components, nonfunctional airbags, and supplemental restraint systems, and prohibited trade practices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-28
To Senate Banking, Business & Insurance Committee |
