| HB234 | Intro
Sine Die | This act imposes a license requirement and fee of twenty five cents (25) per barrel upon any entity engaged in the commercial lightering of petroleum products on waters within the territorial jurisdiction of this State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-26
Stricken |
| HB261 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act adds direct-to-home satellite services to the public utility tax base and increases tax rates on public utilities other than cable television.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-26
Stricken |
| HB265 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act reinstates Delaware’s estate tax. Prior to 2002, the Internal Revenue Code allowed states to effectively share estate tax revenue with the federal government. From 2002 to 2005, the states’ share of this arrangement was phased-ou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-26
Stricken |
| HB266 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act increases certain General Fund business and occupational gross receipts tax rates. Sections 1 through 16 of the Act set forth the specific gross receipts tax rate increases made by the Act. Section 17 of the Act eliminates a sunset provision...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-26
Stricken |
| HB30 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill increases the Voluntary School Assessment fee paid by developers to more accurately reflect current school construction costs. In addition, the bill raises the cap on the Voluntary School Assessment to 6 percent of the total cost of a resid...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-26
To Senate Education Committee |
| HB297 | Pass | This bill confirms existing statutes and practices related to the administration of the corporation franchise tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-26
Signed by Governor |
| SB147 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act provides a retirement incentive of 2 additional years of service to employees in the State Employees Pension Plan that retire on 6/30/09. There is also a new tier of benefits created for employees hired after 7/1/09.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-26
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB199 | Intro
Sine Die | The Legislation expands the composition of the State Employee Benefits Committee and provides Delaware public employees and retirees with representation on the State Employee Benefits Committee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-26
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB201 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill enacts the recommendations of the Board of Directors of the nationally recognized Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN) for a permanent governance structure as it transitions from its developmental phase to its operational phase. The r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-26
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| HB202 | Pass | This bill makes a series of amendments to Chapter 44, Title 18 of the Delaware Code with the intent of implementing changes to the Delaware Life And Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act to ensure in a liquidation of a life and/or health insuranc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-26
Signed by Governor |
| HR33 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution implements a recommendation of the School Discipline Task Force which requests the Department of Education begin developing standardized school code of conduct policies with input from the relevant stakeholders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-26
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HB292 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act allows any person or persons, jointly or severally aggrieved by any decision of the Justice of the Peace Court made in the exercise of its appellate function, to petition for review by the Superior Court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-21
Stricken |
| HB311 | Intro
Sine Die | By way of this Act, to the extent there is no conflict with the provisions of this subchapter, the powers, remedies and penalties provided for in Title 6, Chapter 25, subchapters I, II, III, VIII, and XI; Title 25, Chapters 51, 53, 55, and 57; and Ti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-21
Introduced in House and assigned to Manufactured Housing Committee |
| HB255 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this amendment is to allow innocent victims of motor vehicle collision to access their own underinsured insurance benefits in circumstances where the victim’s damages are greater than the amount of the negligent driver’s in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-20
HS 1 for HB 255 - Reported Out of Committee (ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/BANKING/INSURANCE/COMMERCE) in House with 5 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable |
| SB154 | Engross
Sine Die | This is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that would change the voting age as stated in the constitution to 18 as provided in the 26th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, modernize the language, and remove the reasons for which a person may...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-20
Reported Out of Committee (HOUSE ADMINISTRATION) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits |
| HCR22 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing That A Joint Session Of The House Of Representatives And The Senate Be Convened For The Purpose Of Receiving The Annual State Of The State Address By The Honorable Jack A. Markell, Governor Of The State Of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-20
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB196 | Engross
Sine Die | This act is intended to address the alarming increase in the number of robberies of delivery and service employees. This act makes it a robbery of the most serious degree (Robbery in the First Degree: 3-25 years in prison) to lure or entice a person ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-20
Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| SCR25 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution welcomes Dr. Harry L. Williams to Legislative Hall and extends to him the best wishes of the General Assembly for a successful tenure as the 10th President of Delaware State University.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-19
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HB78 | Intro
Sine Die | Very young puppies learn bite inhibition and appropriate play behaviors during the 5th to 8th week with the mom and littermates. Puppies who are separated before this age are much more at risk for serious biting behaviors and dog to dog aggression. H...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-19
Stricken |
| HCR1 | Intro
Sine Die | This House concurrent resolution urges Congress to pass the Employee Free Choice Act, which will protect and preserve working Americans freedom to choose whether or not to form a union.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-19
Stricken |
| HR32 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution supports the Delaware River Main Channel Deepening Project and encourages the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to support the United States Army Corp of Engineers proposed pla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-19
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| HB306 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill intends to encourage the reporting of possible sexual abuse of a child by providing immunity from civil liability for making such a report.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-14
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB307 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill clarifies the General Assembly’s intent to escheat unrefunded bottle deposits held by any holder and further specifies that all unrefunded bottle deposits escheated to the State are to be used to support the operation of not-for-profi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-14
To House Health & Human Development Committee |
| SB186 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill would provide the council of the City of Newark with the requisite authority to impose a tax of up to 5% on the gross rental receipts generated by residential dwelling units within the city limits. This tax shall not apply to any rental rec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-14
Stricken |
| HR31 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution extends to the reporting date of the School Discipline Task Force to February 15, 2010.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-14
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SB29 | Intro
Sine Die | Article I Section 20 of the Delaware Constitution guarantees the individual citizen’s right to keep and bear arms for legitimate and lawful purposes such as “defense of self, family, home and State, and for hunting and recreational use.&#...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-13
Stricken |
| HB50 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act amends the Charter for the Town of Dewey Beach to limit the height of structures within the Town. Structures existing at the time of this amendment are excluded.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-13
Reported Out of Committee (COMMUNITY/COUNTY AFFAIRS) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits |
| SB71 | Engross
Sine Die | Current Delaware Code limits the number of Superior Court Judges to 19 (14 judges in addition to the President Judge and the 4 judges required by Article IV, 2 of the Constitution). This legislation would allow for, but not require, the addition of 2...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-13
Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits |
| SJR1 | Intro
Sine Die | This Joint Resolution directs an Independent Council established by the Governor to prioritize the projects and services provided by the State to use in developing a plan to provide to the General Assembly and the Governor to restructure and reorgani...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-12
To Senate Executive Committee |
| HB254 | Engross
Sine Die | An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Education And Exceptional Persons
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-12
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB162 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill creates an assessment of 2% of gross receipts from any pharmacy in Delaware not participating in the Medicaid program. It requires all collected funds to be deposited in a special fund dedicated to Medicaid related expenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB166 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill clarifies that guardians ad litem appointed by the court through the Office of the Child Advocate or the Court-Appointed Special Advocate Program are entitled to absolute immunity from suit for acts or omissions occurring within the scope o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB187 | Intro
Sine Die | This 1st Leg of a Constitutional Amendment would grant the Governor the power to commute a death sentence to a sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of probation or parole. Currently a majority of the Board of Pardons must first recommend...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-12
To Senate Executive Committee |
| SB191 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill places an overall cap on State appropriations of the lesser of $2.85 billion or the May 2010 DEFAC estimated revenue projections for FY 2011.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HJR5 | Engross
Sine Die | This joint resolution requests DNREC, DSWA, and other interested parties to work together to discuss and create legislation, to be delivered to the Legislature by the first day of session in 2010, to bring Delaware into compliance with the Governor&#...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-12
To Senate Natural Resources & Environmental Control Committee |
| HB197 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act establishes a 2 year pilot program which authorizes any Delaware police agency to initiate camera and video enforcement of speed limits within mile of any work zone and/or school. Similar to the red light cameras currently in use in this St...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HR30 | Intro
Sine Die | The House Resolution commends the Kiwanis Club of Dover for their service to the community and congratulates them on reaching their Seventy-Fifth Anniversary.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-12
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HB222 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act provides that any periodic report that a State agency, board, committee and/or commission is required by law to report to the General Assembly may, alternatively, be provided to Members of the General Assembly in electronic format. This Act ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB298 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill prohibits the use of hand held cell telephones by the driver of a motor vehicle while the vehicle is in motion on Delaware highways. A civil penalty is created.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-07
To House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee |
| HB302 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill is intended to encourage the reporting of suspected financial exploitation of the elderly and infirm adults by providing immunity from criminal and civil liability for making such reports. Under the bill, anyone who makes a good faith repor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-07
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB303 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill creates the Delaware Predatory Refund Anticipation Lending Prevention Act which prohibits unfair lending practices in relation to loans in advance of tax returns, and provides civil and administrative enforcement procedures. This bill would...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-01-07
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee |
| HB187 | Pass | This act permanently designates the Friday before Mother’s Day of each year as Military Spouse Appreciation Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-10-06
Signed by Governor |
| HB232 | Pass | This Bill clarifies that the Debt Management Services Act is intended to regulate providers who negotiate terms or concessions related to an individual’s unsecured debt. Businesses offering to negotiate modification of mortgage loans on behalf ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-10-05
Signed by Governor |
| SR15 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating To The Roll Of Members Of The Senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-09-22
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SB153 | Pass | This bill prepares Delaware for a new technology, grid-integrated electric vehicles with vehicle-to-grid power. This technology provides electrical storage and other services to the grid; it does not generate new power and thus over time will not rec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-09-21
Signed by Governor |
| SB104 | Pass | This Bill amends the Freedom of Information Act to take advantage of current technology by permitting members of certain public bodies to participate in a meeting using video-conferencing under certain conditions. Public bodies, other than elected pu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-09-17
Signed by Governor |
| HB191 | Pass | This bill creates a tax check-off for Delaware taxpayers to designate contributions to the Delaware Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Fund. The use of contributions will be restricted locally by the Delaware Chapter to benefit Delawa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-09-04
Signed by Governor |
| HB73 | Pass | The Act makes several changes to the Delaware National Guard Educational Benefits program. Section 1 requires State-supported institutions to charge members the in-state rate for tuition and fees regardless of the members’ state of residence. S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-09-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB228 | Pass | This bill creates a tax check-off for Delaware taxpayers to designate donations to the Delaware Ovarian Cancer Education and Research Fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-09-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB139 | Pass | This Bill extends Delaware’s Childrens’ Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to include reduced-cost health insurance coverage for children of families with personal incomes above 200% of the Federal Poverty Level. However, a cost-sharing prog...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-08-27
Signed by Governor |
