| HB399 | Pass | This Bill will create the Inspire Scholarship Program. Inspire scholarships are available to Delaware students with excellent credentials and economic need to attend Delaware State University. The intent of this program is to increase the number of s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-10-04
Signed by Governor |
| HB472 | Pass | This bill establishes March 30 as Vietnam Veterans Day in Delaware to honor those members of the United States Armed Forces who served in Vietnam.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-11
Signed by Governor |
| HB283 | Pass | This bill creates certain rights for children who are deaf or hard of hearing in the Delaware School System.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-10
Signed by Governor |
| HB381 | Pass | Current Delaware law allows individuals 18 and older, and those who will turn 18 before the next general election, to register to vote through the Division of Motor Vehicles. This act would allow 16 year olds to register to vote through the Division ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-09-08
Signed by Governor |
| HB384 | Pass | This Act amends the provisions of the Delaware Code relating to the criteria that the General Assembly must apply in determining the reapportionment and redistricting for the State. The Act provides that the General Assembly may not count as part of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-31
Signed by Governor |
| HB420 | Pass | This Act is intended to prohibit the practice of “post-claims underwriting” by health insurers, as defined in Title 18 of the Delaware Code. Underwriting is the practice of determining, based upon information provided by an applicant for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB448 | Pass | This Act creates a “Blue Alert” program for the speedy apprehension of persons suspected of killing or seriously injuring law enforcement officers. This program is modeled after the “Blue Alert” programs adopted in other state...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-26
Signed by Governor |
| HB347 | Pass | This Act implements recommendations of the Legislative Subcommittee of the School Discipline Task Force created by House Resolution No. 22 of the 145th General Assembly. Under current Delaware law, school officials have a mandatory obligation to repo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-25
Signed by Governor |
| HB455 | Pass | This bill does two things. It keeps in place the existing Durable Powers of Attorney statute which is relied upon for commercial transactions, changing only the out-dated reference of “attorney-in-fact” to “agent”; eliminating...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-19
Signed by Governor |
| HB453 | Pass | This Act updates the provisions of the Delaware Insurance Code governing the conversion of a mutual insurer to a stock insurer. It is intended that new Chapter [49A] will facilitate the recapitalization of the insurance industry nationally by establi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-18
Signed by Governor |
| HB462 | Veto | This bill provides for mandatory fines, which may not be suspended, for the violation of motor vehicle insurance laws in 21 Del.C. 2118, and for the unlawful possession, manufacture, sale, distribution, or circulation of fictitious insurance ID card...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-02
Vetoed by Governor |
| HB463 | Veto | This bill is a result of recommendations made by the Joint Sunset Committee. This bill phases out the two tier licensure structure in Delaware. Currently, the Board of Massage and Bodywork issues licenses to massage and bodywork therapists and certif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-08-02
Vetoed by Governor |
| HB481 | Pass | This Bill incorporates all of the changes recommended by the Joint Sunset Committee following its review of the Board of Dental Examiners. The Bill: 1) Gives the Board the power to subpoena records of hospitals as the Committee has done for the Board...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB483 | Pass | This bill exempts National Guard members and reservists who are called to active duty outside of the State from payment of late fees for renewal of State-issued licenses, including hunting and driver’s licenses, as long as the appropriate crede...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-29
Signed by Governor |
| HB431 | Pass | This bill repeals the current Town of Wyoming Charter and adopts a new Town of Wyoming Charter. This bill carries over without significant changes many sections and subsections of the former charter to the new charter and such sections are not mentio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-28
Signed by Governor |
| HB452 | Pass | This Act grants constable powers to certain juvenile probation and parole officers working for the Division of Youth Rehabilitative Services as designated by the Secretary of the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families, includi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-27
Signed by Governor |
| HB395 | Pass | This act amends the municipal charter of the Town of Bethany Beach regarding the procedure governing the referendum power (to provide a specific format for any referendum petition) and to clarify that non-resident natural persons holding title to rea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-27
Signed by Governor |
| HB433 | Pass | This bill tracks similar legislation relating to alternative dispute resolution procedures in the Court of Chancery that were previously enacted. This bill is intended to preserve and further Delaware’s pre-eminence in offering cost-effective o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-27
Signed by Governor |
| HB371 | Pass | Delaware law currently does not allow the parties in commercial loan situations to agree to require insurance policies be given to lenders as evidence of insurance on the collateral, thus inhibiting the freedom of contract. The purpose of this change...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-27
Signed by Governor |
| HB398 | Pass | This bill authorizes the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to extend the muskrat open season pursuant to regulations. By regulation the Department will be able to consider severe winter weather conditions and the status of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-27
Signed by Governor |
| HB378 | Pass | This bill strikes 1500(8) of Title 26 of the Delaware Code which has the unintended consequence of mandating a decoupled design mechanism.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-27
Signed by Governor |
| HB488 | Pass | This Act clarifies that the $100 fee assessed by the Division of Public Health for plumbing permits applies solely to new construction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-27
Signed by Governor |
| HB427 | Pass | This bill provides that a person holding a combative sports entertainment event must provide for adequate security and emergency equipment and personnel to be present at the event. Additionally, if the services of any fire company, police agency, par...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-27
Signed by Governor |
| HB437 | Pass | This bill allows an active duty member of the U.S. armed services to be deemed a resident of the State for the purpose of obtaining a Delaware hunting, trapping, or fishing license.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-27
Signed by Governor |
| HB464 | Pass | This Bill incorporates the recommendations of the Joint Sunset Committee and amends Chapters 64, 66, 66B, and 71A of Title 16 by updating obsolete language and procedures, revising procedures to make them more effective and efficient, removing confli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-27
Signed by Governor |
| HB449 | Pass | This bill merely makes a technical change by indicating that Sussex County Planning & Zoning Commission appointments are based on county council districts rather than representative districts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-27
Signed by Governor |
| HB451 | Pass | This bill clarifies that Family Court may extend an ex parte order up to 30 days, for purposes other than effectuating service, where necessary to continue protection.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-27
Signed by Governor |
| HB447 | Pass | This Bill would permit the sale of beer made on the premises to consumers for consumption on the premises similar to that currently permitted under Delaware law for Farm Wineries. This will encourage tourism at the Microbreweries licensed in this Sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-24
Signed by Governor |
| HB256 | Pass | Delaware law is unclear whether, for purposes of this Section, the 10 year requirement applies to the original term of the lease as of the date it was entered into or the remaining balance of the term at the time of the mortgage transaction. The gene...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-23
Signed by Governor |
| HB480 | Pass | This legislation implements DNREC’s reorganization by separating the current Division of Air and Waste Management into the Division of Waste Management and Division of Air Quality; changes the name of the Division of Soil and Water Conservation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-23
Signed by Governor |
| HB482 | Pass | This Act implements the recommendations of the Joint Sunset Committee that the Delaware Higher Education Commission be dissolved and its functions transferred to the Delaware Higher Education Office within the Department of Education. The bill also m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-23
Signed by Governor |
| HB361 | Pass | This act makes it clear that a candidate for State office has a duty to file the financial disclosure reports which are required to be filed pursuant to Chapter 58 of Title 29.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-23
Signed by Governor |
| HB396 | Pass | This Act aligns Delaware law with the federal requirements of the reauthorized Individuals With Disabilities Education Act relating to the content of prior written notice, the requirements for the appointment of educational surrogates, and the applic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-23
Signed by Governor |
| HB415 | Pass | This Act codifies an agreement between the Department of Technology and Information and the Division of Communications of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security (DSHS) to transfer to DSHS the authority to enter into leases and license space f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-23
Signed by Governor |
| HB419 | Pass | SYNOPSIS This act transfers certain responsibilities and authority to the counties for the administration and enforcement of laws, ordinances, and regulations relating to dogs and dog control that were formerly vested in the Department of Natural Res...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-23
Signed by Governor |
| HB425 | Pass | House Bill 245, enacted into law on February 1, 2010, changed the number of registered voters required for a political party to be listed on the general election ballot from 5/100 of 1 percent of the total number of voters registered in Delaware to 1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-23
Signed by Governor |
| HB409 | Pass | This Act clarifies that the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) and government agencies may use hunting, fishing, and trapping license information (except social security information) for research purposes involving hunt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-23
Signed by Governor |
| HB410 | Pass | Under Delaware law, upon the filing of a petition for divorce or annulment, an automatic preliminary injunction is issued prohibiting both parties from transferring, encumbering or disposing of any property, except in the ordinary course of business ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-23
Signed by Governor |
| HB477 | Pass | This legislation clarifies that a pharmaceutical wholesaler located inside or outside of the state that ships pharmaceutical drugs to a pharmaceutical distribution wholesaler in this state is exempt from the gross receipts tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-19
Signed by Governor |
| HB92 | Veto | The act defines a new class of occupational license tax licensee for direct care workers and provides for the license fee of such direct care workers to be reduced, if the gross receipts of such direct care workers for the 12 months, beginning July 1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-19
Vetoed by Governor |
| HB236 | Pass | This bill is a total rewrite of the special election chapter. It provides that the officer issuing the writ do so within 10 days of the vacancy, that he/she sets the date of the special election not less than 30 nor more than 35 days following the is...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| HB392 | Pass | This bill requires a landlord to make a community center available to a tenant’s association or, if none, a group of tenants to use to hold meetings addressing matters affecting or relating to the tenants’ rights, obligations, and/or priv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| HB439 | Pass | This Act amends the Charter of The Town of Laurel to allow The Town of Laurel to finance the eligible costs of qualifying projects and items for a TIF District and a special development district created by The Town of Laurel under Section 36A of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| HB440 | Pass | Delaware's Confidentiality of Personal Health Information Statute prevents DHSS from engaging in activities, permitted under federal HIPAA, which would protect Delaware residents. This legislation carves out 4 narrow exceptions which would allow DHSS...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| HB37 | Pass | This Bill adds various protections to the Mental Health Patients’ Bill of Rights Act, including safeguards in administration of restraint and requirement of an enhanced patient grievance system for DPC patients.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| HB41 | Pass | As the State mental health delivery system evolves from a primarily institutional to a community-based model, it is important to define minimum patient rights in community facilities. This Act establishes a community mental health treatment act with ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| HB85 | Pass | This bill implements recommendations of the Delaware Health Care Commission and its Small Business Health Insurance Committee to reform rating rules for small employer group health insurance. A comprehensive review of the current law revealed that it...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| HB326 | Pass | Consistent with Delaware’s Child Victim’s Act, this Act clarifies that civil actions based on sexual abuse of a patient by a healthcare provider may be filed at any time after the commission of the abuse. This Act also creates a 2-year &#...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-13
Signed by Governor |
| HB393 | Pass | This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Dewey Beach to authorize the Town Commissioners to change the date of annual municipal elections to prevent conflict with Jewish holy days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| HB276 | Pass | This bill adds a mandatory $500 penalty to criminal and/or civil charges of injuring, damaging, littering, or applying graffiti to or along a scenic and historical highway or a scenic byway, as defined in 17 Del.C. 101(a)(9), as follows: 101(a)(9) ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-07-12
Signed by Governor |
