| DE | SB150 | Engross
50% | This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 150. Like Senate Bill No. 150, this Act requires included facilities have sufficient staff to meet the needs of each resident and requires dementia care services training for staff. This Act differs from S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
To House Health & Human Development Committee |
| DE | SB151 | Engross
50% | This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 151. Like Senate Bill No. 151, this Act requires included facilities to disclose information related dementia care services in the form determined by the Department of Health and Social Services, and it es...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee |
| DE | SB13 | Engross
50% | Healthcare facility assessments are currently the second largest source of funding for states shares of Medicaid costs, behind general funds. Today, 49 states have at least one facility assessment in place, including Delaware, while 34 states and Was...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | SB265 | Engross
50% | The Delaware Energy Solutions Act of 2024 authorizes processes necessary to help meet the net zero goals of the Climate Change Solutions Act of 2023. The bill facilitates a transition to carbon-free energy sources by (i) preparing for offshore wind t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO |
| DE | SB275 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this Act is to combat aggressive driving and dangerous speed differentials on targeted roadways. This Act prohibits vehicles from traveling in the left lane on the portions of State Route 1 or Interstate 495 that are an express highway...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | SB11 | Engross
50% | This is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 11. Like Senate Bill No. 11, this Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment to modernize the bail provisions within the Delaware Constitution and clarify the power of the General Assembly to enumerate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
To House Administration Committee |
| DE | SB12 | Engross
50% | This Act amends Delawares laws regarding release of persons accused of crimes (Chapter 21 of Title 11 of the Delaware Code) as required in conjunction with the enactment of an amendment to § 12 of Article I of the Delaware Constitution permitting pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
[Hearing: Jun 12 @ 11:00 am]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| DE | SB293 | Engross
50% | The Delaware Fair Housing Act, Chapter 46 of Title 6, and Residential Landlord-Tenant Code, Chapter 51 of Title 25, both prohibit discrimination based on source of income, which is defined as including rental payments from any government program. How...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 5 NO 2 ABSENT |
| DE | SB286 | Engross
50% | This Act codifies the Delaware Hispanic Commission (Commission). The Commission was created by former Governor Jack Markell in Executive Order Number 28 to combine and streamline the duties of the former Governors Council on Hispanic Affairs and the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT |
| DE | SB307 | Engross
50% | This substitute bill for Senate Bill No. 307 clarifies the meaning of custom fabrication as first defined in Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill No. 102 in the 152nd General Assembly. That substitute bill modified the relationship between custom fabr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 6 NO 1 ABSENT |
| DE | SB169 | Engross
50% | This Act creates the Delaware Wrongful Conviction Compensation and Service Act. The Act provides compensation and reintegration services to individuals who have served sentences of incarceration, wrongful incarceration in a psychiatric institution, p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| DE | SB313 | Intro
25% | Section 1. Section 1 of this Act amends § 122. New § 122(18) sets forth certain types of provisions that may be included in contracts between a corporation and its current or prospective stockholders or beneficial owners of its stock, even if those...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| DE | SB216 | Engross
50% | This Act increases the civil penalties for violations of the statutes in Title 16, Chapter 11 related to Long Term Care Facilities and the regulations adopted pursuant to it. For violations that the Department determines pose a serious threat to the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 2 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB237 | Engross
50% | This Act amends the provisions in Title 9 of the Delaware Code relating to the county comprehensive plans for Sussex, Kent, and New Castle Counties, and Title 22 of the Delaware Code relating to municipal comprehensive plans for municipalities with p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Housing) in House with 5 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB212 | Engross
50% | Like Senate Bill No. 212, Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 212 codifies the Bureau of Health Equity (BHE) in the Division of Public Health, which includes the Office of Minority Health and the Office of Womens Health. The purpose of the BH...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB269 | Engross
50% | This Act simplifies and in some cases increases the civil penalties for violations of laws related to dogs that run at large, dogs that bite a human being or domestic animal while running at large, and dogs that are designated as dangerous or potenti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| DE | SB284 | Engross
50% | This Act discharges balances owed by individuals ordered to pay a probation supervision fee under § 6504(14) of Title 11 of the Delaware Code or a Public Defender fee under § 4607 of Title 29 of the Delaware Code. The probation supervision fee and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
[Hearing: Jun 12 @ 11:00 am]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| DE | SB283 | Engross
50% | This Act repeals the DELJIS Fund fee imposed on criminal defendants. The elimination of this fee was recommended by the Criminal Legal System Imposed Debt Study Group created by House Bill 244, as amended by House Amendment No 2, of the 151st General...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
[Hearing: Jun 12 @ 11:00 am]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| DE | SB282 | Engross
50% | This Act repeals the Senior Trust Fund Fee, the Interstate Compact Fee, and the Substance Abuse, Rehabilitation, Treatment, Education and Prevention Fund Fee imposed on criminal defendants. The elimination of these fees was recommended by the Crimina...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
[Hearing: Jun 12 @ 11:00 am]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| DE | SB297 | Engross
50% | This Act acknowledges the importance of diversity and inclusivity in education by requiring the Department of Education to update content standards and regulations using a non-exhaustive list of racial, ethnic, and cultural groups.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
To House Education Committee |
| DE | SB20 | Enroll
75% | The primary purpose of this Act is to remove the requirement that a public school district employee who donates leave to another employee must donate 2 days of leave for the other employee to receive 1 day of leave.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT |
| DE | SB236 | Engross
50% | This bill: (a) extends the expiration date for any new issuance or renewal of an ADA placard from 3 years to 8 years for a specific person with a diagnosis of a permanent disability and changing the minimum age from 85 to 80 years or older, (b) exten...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB245 | Engross
50% | The Office of Foreclosure Prevention and Financial Education and the Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program were created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to assist homeowners at risk of foreclosure or already navigating the forecl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
| DE | SB257 | Engross
50% | This Act changes Delawares law related to liability insurance for rental vehicles. Under the Act, the minimum level of coverage required for a vehicle owners policy of liability insurance under § 2902 of this title is also required for a vehicle own...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB278 | Intro
25% | This Act clarifies portions of Chapter 49 of Title 6 and Chapter 63 of Title 21 of the Delaware Code pertaining to motor vehicle dealers. These additions and modifications are intended to further improve our States franchise laws and ensure that Dela...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
Amendment SA 1 to SB 278 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| DE | SB272 | Engross
50% | Pharmacists in Delaware provide some of the same medical services as physicians, advance practice registered nurses, and physician assistants, including immunizations. The General Assembly has recently added to the services that pharmacists may provi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee |
| DE | SB23 | Intro
25% | Accessory dwelling units (ADUs), also known as in-law units or garage apartments, are valuable and convenient forms of housing that can help to increase Delawares housing supply. In order to expand affordable housing opportunities, this Act requires ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-20
To Senate Housing & Land Use Committee |
| DE | SB2 | Pass | This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 2. Like Senate Bill No. 2 this Act does all of the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB174 | Engross
50% | This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 174. Like Senate Bill No. 174, this Act adds Justices of the Peace, Commissioners in Superior Court, Family Court, and Court of Common Pleas, and Magistrates in Chancery to the State Judicial Pension Plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
To House Administration Committee |
| DE | SB25 | Engross
50% | This Act exempts contracts for the construction of affordable housing units from the 2% realty transfer tax imposed under 30 Del. C. § 5402(f).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-15
Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB244 | Engross
50% | This Act allows a county that imposes a lodging tax to spend money from that tax on workforce and affordable housing programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-15
Reported Out of Committee (Housing) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable |
| DE | SB254 | Intro
25% | This Act creates the Delaware Grocery Initiative. It directs the Office of State Planning Coordination (Office) to study food insecurity in urban and rural food deserts. The Act defines a food desert and directs the Office to expand access to healthy...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-15
To Senate Finance Committee |
| DE | SB246 | Engross
50% | For over 30 years, the Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) has invested in home repair programs that make necessary repairs to improve the health and safety conditions in the homes of Delawareans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-15
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 4 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB247 | Intro
25% | This Act creates a clearer and workable system for ensuring that manufactured home communities with health and safety violations and conditions that threaten the health and safety of people in the community cannot continue to raise rents on residents...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-15
Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Land Use) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB261 | Engross
50% | This Act amends Delaware Code provisions which govern the Delaware Health Facilities Authority (DFHA).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-15
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB16 | Engross
50% | The governance of this State relies on the qualifications and performance of the members of the Governors cabinet. The General Assembly finds that the confirmation process is an important step to ensure the qualifications and performance of the Gover...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-15
To House Administration Committee |
| DE | SB15 | Engross
50% | The governance of this State relies on the qualifications and performance of the members of the Governors cabinet. The General Assembly finds that the confirmation process is an important step to ensure the qualifications and performance of the Gover...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-15
To House Administration Committee |
| DE | SB194 | Engross
50% | This Act allows pharmacists, under protocol approved by the Division of Public Health, to provide HIV pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis treatments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-14
Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 Favorable |
| DE | SB22 | Engross
50% | This Act establishes the Delaware Workforce Housing Program" (DWHP). Modeled after the Downtown Development District Program, the DWHP allows a qualified workforce housing investor to be reimbursed through a grant up to 20 percent of the capital...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-14
To House Housing Committee |
| DE | SB4 | Intro
25% | This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 4, replacing Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 4. Like Senate Bill No. 4 and Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 4, this Act modernizes Delawares probation system. Specifically, this Act ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Amendment SA 1 to SS 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| DE | SB203 | Engross
50% | Senate Bill 67, from the first session of the 152nd General Assembly, updated the crime of official misconduct. Senate Bill 67 intended to change the penalty for official misconduct from a class A misdemeanor to a graded system, where the penalty is ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-08
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable |
| DE | SB268 | Engross
50% | Sections 1 and 2 of this Act update Chapter 8 of Title 12, the Uniform TOD Security Registration Act. Section 1 of this Act does the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-08
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee |
| DE | SB17 | Intro
25% | Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 99 (152nd) created the Victims Bill of Rights Committee (VBR Committee) to perform a comprehensive review of the Victims Bill of Rights (VBR) and make recommendation to clarify the VBR, strengthen protections for vict...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-08
To Senate Finance Committee |
| DE | SB290 | Intro
25% | This Bill institutes a State nontidal wetlands program and leaves intact the current State tidal wetlands program under Chapter 66 of Title 7. Prior to these amendments, the only regulatory protection of the State's nontidal wetlands was through ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-08
To Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee |
| DE | SB276 | Pass | This bill names the Newark Regional Transportation Center after United States Senator Thomas R. Carper.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-07
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB255 | Intro
25% | This Act does the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB271 | Intro
25% | This Act clarifies portions of Chapter 49 of Title 6 and Chapter 63 of Title 21 of the Delaware Code pertaining to motor vehicle dealers. These additions and modifications are intended to further improve our States franchise laws and ensure that Dela...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Stricken in Senate |
| DE | SB3 | Engross
50% | This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment to eliminate the limitations on when an individual may vote absentee and authorizes the General Assembly to enact general laws providing the circumstances, rules, and procedures for absentee vot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Amendment HA 2 to SB 3 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| DE | SB202 | Engross
50% | For claims for line of duty death benefits for covered persons, which include police officers, firefighters, auxiliary and volunteer ambulance and rescue company members, paramedics, and others, submitted on July 1, 2023, and thereafter, this Act inc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Not Worked in Committee |
| DE | SB21 | Intro
25% | Like Senate Bill No. 21, Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 21 this Act) establishes an independent and nonpartisan Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the position of the Inspector General.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
