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DEHB11This Bill permits employees that are trained by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to obtain biological samples. By eliminating the “medical” reference in the existing language, this legislation will allow for a broader pool of indi...
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2013-03-28
Signed by Governor
DEHB13This bill prohibits a former member of the General Assembly from acting as a lobbyist for a period of one year after such person’s term of office ends. Any person who knowingly violates this section shall be guilty of an unclassified misdemeano...
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2013-05-08
DEHB16This Bill is intended to facilitate the hosting of temporary large events in the State of Delaware, such as music festivals, car shows, auctions or conventions, by exempting such events from a provision in the Code that prohibits the holder of a lice...
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2013-03-28
Signed by Governor
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
DEHB10This Act is the second leg of a Constitutional Amendment which eliminates the existing five-year waiting period before eligible felons who have fully discharged their sentences may have their voting rights restored. This Act shall be known as the Haz...
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2013-04-16
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 15 YES 6 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DEHB9This legislation represents the work of the HJR 17 Study Group created to review Delaware’s civil mental health laws. HJR17 required a report and recommendation on immunity provisions of 16 Del. C. 5122(j) and 5004(f) by January 1, 2013. This i...
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2013-03-28
Signed by Governor
DEHB3This bill prohibits certain ticket scalping for musical concert events at the Delaware State Fair.
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2013-01-16
Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 3 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits
DEHB18This bill brings the designation of judges who act as the boards of canvass into compliance with 6 of Article V of the Delaware State Constitution.
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2013-05-09
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DEHB17This Bill removes a reference to the former Justice of the Peace Court No. 5, located in the Town of Milford. Justice of the Peace Court No. 5 is no longer in operation, having been consolidated into Court No. 6 nearly ten years ago.
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2013-05-03
Signed by Governor
DEHB20This is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that would eliminate from the Delaware Constitution the requirements as to when a person may vote by absentee ballot. This amendment to the Delaware Constitution provides that the General Assembly s...
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2013-04-16
Defeated by House of Representatives. Votes: Defeated 27 YES 14 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DEHJR2This joint resolution rejects the report of the Delaware Compensation Commission in its entirety.
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2013-01-30
Signed by Governor
DEHCR4This Resolution proclaims the week of January 27 through February 2, 2013 as National School Choice Week in Delaware.
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2013-01-24
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DEHCR5This resolution proclaims February as Children’s Dental Health Month.
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2013-01-24
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DESCR4This Resolution supports the Million Hearts initiative to prevent One Million heart attacks and strokes in the United States.
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2013-01-24
Passed in House by Voice Vote
DEHB22This Bill protects from discrimination in hiring and retention those rendering service to volunteer fire and ambulance companies. Specifically prohibited are discriminatory adverse actions related to compensation, terms, conditions and privileges.
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2013-01-24
DEHB23This bill requires that all public meetings of the boards of education of traditional public school districts, vo-tech school districts, and public meetings of charter schools’ boards of directors be digitally recorded and made available to the...
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2013-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (EDUCATION) in House with 6 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
DEHB21This bill establishes the Volunteer Emergency Responders Job Protection Act. The Act prohibits an employer from terminating or taking any other disciplinary action against an employee who is a volunteer emergency responder if such employee, when acti...
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2013-01-24
DEHB24This Bill implements recommendations from the Truancy Task Force by changing provisions of the Delaware Code regarding compulsory attendance and when a truancy case must be brought to the Truancy Court. Specifically, school attendance requirements sh...
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2013-04-16
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DEHB25This bill eliminates the Wilmington Federal Credit Union from the definition of employee for purposes of the State Employees’ Pension Plan.
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2013-03-28
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DEHB28This bill makes it a crime to operate or attempt to operate a clandestine laboratory defined as any location on or in which a person assembles any chemicals or equipment which are intended to be used to or have been used to unlawfully manufacture a c...
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2013-05-15
HS 1 for HB 28 - Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT) in House with 10 On Its Merits
DEHB34This Act establishes the Delaware School Safety and Security Fund to allow eligible public schools to compete for grant awards to partially or fully fund projects intended to improve school safety or security. The Department of Education shall admini...
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2013-03-07
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
DEHB40This bill extends the Automatic Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program and the Office of Foreclosure Prevention for four additional years beyond the current sunset date in January 2014. The bill also makes technical changes to the adminis...
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2013-04-30
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 41 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DESB12This bill adds AEMTs and paramedics to the class of victims that raises the level of offense to a class A misdemeanor. This change is necessary because last year, SB 210, which updated EMS practitioner titles, was enacted into law but those new title...
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2013-03-12
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
DEHB35Federally licensed firearms dealers (FFLs) are required to perform criminal history background checks on prospective firearms purchasers. However, when the sale or transfer of a firearm does not involve a licensed dealer, no background check is requi...
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2013-05-08
Signed by Governor
DESB10This amendment adds the United States Bankruptcy Courts to the list of entities that may certify questions of law to the Delaware Supreme Court. This is the second leg of this Constitutional Amendment.
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2013-04-17
DEHB42This bill adds adult aunts and uncles to the list of relatives who may act as a surrogate to make health care decisions for an adult patient if the patient lacks capacity and there is no agent or guardian, no prior designated surrogate, the prior des...
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2013-05-15
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 18 YES 2 NO 1 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DEHCR7This House Concurrent Resolution recognizes and applauds the commitment of Delaware’s hospitals to child and maternal health, as recently evident by their adoption of the pulse oximetry testing standard for newborn screening.
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2013-03-13
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DESCR5This Senate Concurrent Resolution continues the Motorcycle Rider Education Advisory Committee, which must meet at least quarterly to monitor the Motorcycle Rider Education Program, assess future needs, and recommend program improvements. Author: Sen....
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2013-04-25
Passed in House by Voice Vote
DESCR6This resolution establishes the Workplace Bullying Task Force to examine the issues of workplace bullying.
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2013-03-28
Passed in House by Voice Vote
DEHB39This Act will make changes to Delaware’s bail statutes that will reduce the crimes committed by dangerous and violent offenders who have been released on bail only to commit additional crimes. The Act will require any court setting bail to requ...
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2013-05-08
HS 1 for HB 39 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DEHB41This bill forbids the possession, sale, offer for sale, and distribution of shark fins in the State of Delaware. Shark finning (whereby a shark is caught, its fins cut off and the carcass dumped back in the water while the shark is still alive) is al...
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2013-05-01
HS 1 for HB 41 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 19 YES 0 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DEHB45This bill prohibits certain ticket scalping for events held at locations within the State of Delaware.
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2013-03-27
Stricken
DEHB47This bill offers more flexibility to the Medical Advisory Board (MAB) by enabling the Chair of the Board to nominate new members in addition to the President of the Medical Council of Delaware and reorganizes existing language by moving subsection(e)...
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2013-05-14
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DEHB48A dealer plate entitles its owner to operate on the highways a vehicle that is not individually registered, provided that the vehicle is operated for certain specified purposes, such as testing or demonstrating the vehicle. Under current law, the num...
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2013-05-15
Reported Out of Committee (HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
DEHB49This bill reduces the minimum number of reassignments a dealer must buy from 10 to 5. Dealers can still purchase quantities greater than 5 if needed. Additionally, this bill makes 2504 consistent with 2129(b), Title 21 of the Delaware Code which al...
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2013-05-15
Reported Out of Committee (HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
DEHB54This bill addresses the regulation of any potential location of a liquefied natural gas terminal in the State of Delaware. Such a facility is treated under this legislation the same way as incinerators. That is, any such facility would require a perm...
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2013-03-19
DEHB56This bill sets certain regulations for motor vehicle data-reporting devices to prohibit the use by insurance companies of such data for anything other than consideration for premium discounts, requires disclosure to the insured of others who may gain...
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2013-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/BANKING/INSURANCE/COMMERCE) in House with 9 On Its Merits
DESB21This Bill expands the composition of the State Employees Benefits Committee and provides Delaware public employees with representation on the Committee.
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2013-05-01
DESCR7This concurrent resolution recognizes the work of the Governor’s Advisory Council for Exceptional Citizens.
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2013-04-25
Passed in House by Voice Vote
DESB16This bill would require owners of lost or stolen handguns to report such loss or theft within 48 hours of discovery. Owners may report such loss or theft to the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction, or to any State Police Troop.
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2013-05-14
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 22 YES 19 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DEHCR13This resolution recognizes the valuable contribution that the Lions Clubs International make to our local communities, as well as the world at-large, by designating that March 30, 2013 be declared as Delaware State Lions Day.
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2013-03-27
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
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
DEHB58This bill would prohibit the manufacture, sale, purchase, transfer or delivery of large-capacity magazines, which are defined as ammunition feeding devices with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds. Acknowledging that thousands of law-abiding D...
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2013-05-01
Reported Out of Committee (HOUSE ADMINISTRATION) in House with 3 On Its Merits
DEHB59This Bill amends Title 21 of the Delaware Code to allow for the public inspection of information in accident reports when (1) it is for purpose of researching the history of vehicles; (2) the information sought from the accident report does not discl...
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2013-03-21
DESCR9This resolution creates a Blue Ribbon Task Force to review the feasibility of opening Family Court proceedings to the public. The report is due by February 15, 2014 with a copy delivered to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of t...
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2013-03-27
DEHB65This Bill recognizes the importance of the Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund in providing stability for persons displaced by a change in a manufactured home community by extending the Trust Fund for an additional five (5) years to July...
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2013-05-01
Reported Out of Committee (MANUFACTURED HOUSING) in House with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
DEHB64This bill allows parents to “Freeze” their minor children’s credit at any time to protect them from identity theft. This bill also allows for credit to be frozen for an incapacitated person by their guardian.
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2013-05-08
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
DESB36This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that will modernize the bail provisions within the Delaware Constitution and clarify the power of the General Assembly and the Courts to define certain felony offenses for which and circumstance...
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2013-03-28
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