| SB54 | Pass | This Bill codifies Delawares compatibility with certain sections of the Federal Code of Regulations related to weight of vehicles and loads and commercial vehicle safety. Delaware enforces violations contained in the Code of Federal Regulations Parts...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-04
Signed by Governor |
| HB260 | Pass | This Act provides supplementary appropriations to certain Grants-in-Aid for Fiscal Year 2020.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB180 | Pass | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2020 Bond and Capital Improvements Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB259 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill would allow Delaware residents two new deductions from personal income tax. The first is a deduction from taxable income of up to $2,500 for contributions to a 529 College Savings Plan. The second is a deduction from taxable income of up to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
To House Revenue & Finance Committee |
| HB148 | Pass | This Act allows the Department of Labor ("Department") to deliver notice by methods other than through mail to reduce costs by using e-mail delivery for certain notices and makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standard...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB177 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act amends the Delaware Energy Act to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles in the State by creating more accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Specifically this Act permits State Agencies to allow public use of electric veh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Defeated By Senate. Votes: 12 YES 7 NO 2 NOT VOTING |
| HB49 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill changes the earned income tax credit from nonrefundable to refundable. For tax year 2020 and thereafter, the rate of the credit is in the amount of 5.9 %.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Stricken in House |
| HB38 | Pass | This Act establishes in-person early voting in Delaware beginning January 1, 2022. Registered voters will be allowed to vote in-person during at least 10 days before an election, up to and including the Saturday and Sunday immediately before the elec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| SB129 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act exempts a number of nonprofit corporations from property taxation or assessment by a county or other political subdivision of the State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Stricken in Senate |
| SB71 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act protects consumers from paying high prices for prescription drugs by ensuring competition in the marketplace by doing the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NO |
| HB198 | Pass | This bill would increase the maximum weekly benefit amount that would be payable to claimants seeking unemployment compensation benefits from the Delaware Division of Unemployment Insurance from $330 a week to $400 a week. The funds necessary to pay ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB188 | Pass | Currently, Family Court has jurisdiction over name changes for minors when considered in conjunction with establishing parentage, as well as adult name resumption related to divorce proceedings. Outside of that context, a name change must be filed in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| SB173 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act establishes the Universal Pre-K Consortium to recommend a comprehensive plan for the implementation of a mixed-delivery, non-compulsory public pre-kindergarten program for all 4 year olds in this State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 1 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits |
| HB180 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act creates the Professional Athlete Funding Act which authorizes and establishes regulations pertaining to player brand agreements. A player brand agreement is an agreement between a professional athlete and an investor whereby in exchange for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 12 YES 6 NO 3 NOT VOTING |
| SB37 | Pass | In our modern society, a criminal record can limit a persons opportunities and the quality of life they can achieve for themselves and their families for years, and even decades, after that person has completed the terms of the criminal sentence impo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB149 | Pass | This Act disqualifies an individual who obtained an overpayment of benefits through fraud from receiving future unemployment benefits until the total overpayment, penalties, and interest are repaid in full. This change does not apply to fraud overpay...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB254 | Intro
Sine Die | This act will allow a critical need reimbursement to be distributed directly to an institute of higher education or Secretary of Education approved Alternative Routes to Teacher Licensure and Certification program for an eligible teacher who is takin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
To House Education Committee |
| HB252 | Intro
Sine Die | The minimum wage for employees who receive tips or gratuities has not changed since 1983, when the overall state minimum wage was $3.35 per hour. Tipped wage workers at that time were paid a percentage 66.67% of the minimum wage, which was $2.23 pe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee |
| HB256 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires criminal background checks for any current or prospective employees, contractors, and volunteers of the Division of Health and Social Services that visit families in their homes and in the community or have regular, direct access t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
To House Health & Human Development Committee |
| HB133 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act amends the Delaware Governmental Accountability Act to make the annual budget process part of a performance management system of strategic planning, performance metrics and performance budgeting, dedicated to continuous process improvement t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits |
| HB172 | Pass | This Act, the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT), is an interstate compact designed to facilitate the practice of telepsychology and the temporary in-person, face-to-face practice of psychology across state boundaries. PSYPACT has becom...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Signed by Governor |
| SB104 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill clarifies that Probation Before Judgment (PBJ) may be entered for multiple charges arising from a single arrest. Changes to the legislation also allow for a defendant to be permitted Probation Before Judgment more than once in a five year p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 On Its Merits |
| HB221 | Enroll
Sine Die | The bill makes any "police officer" employed by the State and its political subdivisions not currently under the jurisdiction of the Police Officers' and Firefighters' Employment Relations Act subject to it. The purpose of this bill...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| SB106 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill allows the Court to suspend an amount of the fine for uninsured driving if the defendant provides evidence that they have now secured insurance, demonstrating compliance with the law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 On Its Merits |
| SB154 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act establishes the Quality Improvement Advisory Council (Advisory Council) to promote collaboration and problem-solving with stakeholders in the system of care administered by the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services (the Division). ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 3 On Its Merits |
| HB205 | Pass | This bill clarifies the options for becoming licensed as a master barber. In particular, a cosmetologist will be able to become licensed as a master barber after one year of post-licensure work experience and a 35-hour course in shaving. The reciproc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Signed by Governor |
| HB199 | Pass | This Act amends various chapters under Title 5 to facilitate the modernization of certain practices and procedures at the Office of the State Bank Commissioner. In particular, this Act authorizes the State Bank Commissioner to require applicants for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Signed by Governor |
| SB145 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act enhances 2 existing agricultural horse racing programs, the Delaware Standardbred Breeder's Program and the Delaware Certified Thoroughbred program, by providing additional funding. Under this Act, horsemen provide half of the additional...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB185 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill makes soccer the State Sport until June 30, 2020, then bicycling shall become the State Sport.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits |
| SB150 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act requires the Department of Education (Department) to establish a uniform kindergarten registration process. The Department must establish a uniform kindergarten registration process by the 2021 through 2022 school year and the school distric...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 10 On Its Merits |
| HB147 | Intro
Sine Die | Currently, a municipality other than the City of Wilmington must be granted the authority to impose a lodging tax by an amendment to the municipalitys charter through a special act of incorporation passed by the General Assembly. This Act authorizes ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Amendment HA 1 to HB 147 - Stricken in House |
| SB171 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act establishes a new subchapter of Title 16 regulating urgent care facilities. It requires such facilities, existing and new, to obtain a license from DHSS, which requires the urgent care facility to either be accredited by an approved accredit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Amendment SA 1 to SB 171 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB115 | Pass | This Bill requires Podiatrists, Dentists, Doctors, Nurses and Optometrists who issue prescriptions to utilize electronic prescriptions except under certain exceptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Signed by Governor |
| HB253 | Intro
Sine Die | In addition to criminal background checks that are to be done upon application, this bill further permits SBI to release subsequent criminal histories of any individuals applying to public and private schools, including substitute teachers, and indiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
To House Health & Human Development Committee |
| HB173 | Pass | This bill makes changes to the Adult Correction Healthcare Review Committee by adding the chairpersons of the House and Senate Correction committees as ex-officio non-voting members. This bill also places this Committee within the Criminal Justice Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| HB127 | Pass | This legislation gives authority to the Executive Director of the Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs to use the term Delaware Office of Veterans Services when carrying out the work of the Commission. This will enable the Executive Director and o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| HB122 | Pass | Section 1 of this Act allows those licensed as importers to pay tax upon the sale of alcoholic beverages to customers, instead of the tax being due when the alcoholic beverages come to rest in the State of Delaware. Section 2 of this Act provides tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| HB170 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act increases the age requirement for compulsory school attendance in Delaware from 16 to 18 years of age. The age increase is phased in over a 2-year period; accordingly, there is a 1-year interim period where the compulsory school attendance a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 1 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits |
| HB91 | Pass | This Act updates the definition of hospital, raises the fees associated with hospital licensing, and imposes an additional fee for plan reviews prior to construction or renovation of hospitals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| HB114 | Pass | This Bill raises the time periods for public access to individual vital records from 72 years to 80 years after the date of birth, and from 40 years to 50 years after the date of death or marriage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| HB190 | Pass | This bill makes several updates to the Delaware Interactive Fantasy Contests Act initially signed into law on July 26, 2017, including the permanent removal of the July 1, 2019 sunset date from § 4860, Title 29 and § 2301, Title 30 of the Delaware ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| HB40 | Pass | This bill: (1) increases the number of directors on the Board and allows the Board to appoint four additional directors; (2) implements clarifying language; (3) sunsets the former Advisory Council to replace it with a subcommittee structure to allow ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| HB106 | Pass | Delaware is one of only a few states that does not provide statutory or regulatory authority regarding the regulation of service contracts and warranties. In some states, these products are regulated as insurance products. In other states, the Attorn...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| HB5 | Pass | The stacking of sentences can, and has, in some cases, result in severe prison sentences without permitting the sentencing judge any discretion as to the offenders individual circumstances or the facts of the case. In order to provide such judicial d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-25
Signed by Governor |
| SB118 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act revises the circumstances under which an applicant can be denied a license by the Real Estate Commission because of a criminal conviction. Similar to the recent changes made other professional license requirements, this Act does all of the f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-25
Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 3 On Its Merits |
| SB103 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act amends Section 3001(d)(1) of Title 14 to require that the Department of Education ensure that the standards of the Delaware Stars for Early Success system are consistent with the regulations of the Office of Child Care Licensing. It also rem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-25
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 12 On Its Merits |
| HB225 | Pass | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2020 Appropriations Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-25
Signed by Governor |
| HB226 | Pass | This Act appropriates $61,980,700 to provide one-time funded projects through the Office of Management and Budget.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-25
Signed by Governor |
| HB249 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act incorporates a grandfather provision into the definition of resident such that a claimant for a tax exemption who is at least 65 years of age and who was domiciled in the State of Delaware by December 31, 2018, upon reaching their 3-year ann...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-25
To House Housing & Community Affairs Committee |
| HB248 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill creates a Delaware personal income tax credit, not to exceed $500 per year per individual for interest paid on student loans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-25
To House Revenue & Finance Committee |
