| HB363 | Engross
Sine Die | Revisions to the bail bond statutes are necessary in order to curb abuses of the bail bond system, and better serve the citizens and courts of the State of Delaware. Under the statutes, the Insurance Department regulates a large contingent of bail bo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-30
Defeated by Senate. Votes: Defeated 8 YES 10 NO 3 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB242 | Engross
Sine Die | This 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-30
Defeated by Senate. Votes: Defeated 9 YES 8 NO 4 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB258 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill simplifies the procedures for selling a vehicle to satisfy a lien. Under the current law, a garagekeeper must institute a proceeding in a Justice of the Peace Court for permission to hold a sale for every vehicle for which the owner does no...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-28
Returned to the House |
| HB393 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill sets certain standards for weighing and posting of pricing information relating to precious metals. This bill is modeled after laws in effect in Pennsylvania.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-28
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 41 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB324 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill forbids the possession, sale, offer for sale, and distribution of shark fins in the State of Delaware. While shark finning (whereby a shark is caught, its fins cut off and the carcass dumped back in the water) is already prohibited by feder...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-28
To Senate Natural Resources & Environmental Control Committee |
| HB271 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill clarifies the exemption for auctioneers selling real property not needing to be licensed by the Real Estate Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-28
Amendment SA 2 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate |
| HB337 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill lowers the number of full-time employees from 25 to 2 for the Police Officers’ and Firefighters’ Employment Relations Act to apply to a public employer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-27
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 25 YES 15 NO 1 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB332 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill is the result of recommendations made by the Joint Sunset Committee. The bill provides that the Executive Director of the Victims’ Compensation Assistance Program no longer has to submit a financial disclosure report to the Public Int...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-27
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 41 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB278 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill allows school taxes and property taxes to be collected by tax intercept. The current law specifically prohibits school taxes from being collected by tax intercept. Currently millions of dollars of property taxes are owed by homeowners and s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-27
Reported Out of Committee (REVENUE & TAXATION) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| HB327 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill is the result of recommendations made by the Joint Sunset Committee and revises the definition of “Employee” under the State Pension Plan so that individuals appointed by the Governor to a board, council or commission after June...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-21
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 40 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB356 | Engross
Sine Die | This Bill implements recommendations made by the Joint Sunset Committee following its review of the Board of Charitable Gaming. The Bill: 1) Combines into one chapter the three chapters for bingo, charitable gaming, raffles and Texas Hold’em Po...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-20
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 39 YES 0 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB270 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill provides that a person who is convicted of graffiti and was under the age of 21 at the time of the offense shall lose his/her driver’s license for a period of 30 days for the first offense and between 90 and 180 days for a second or s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-14
Reported Out of Committee (PUBLIC SAFETY) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable |
| HB366 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill updates the Delaware Code relating to Police Chief Due Process by providing that the hearing, which may be private or public, at the police chief’s request, is conducted by a panel of three persons appointed by the Delaware Police Chi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB352 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill establishes requirements and definitions for recreational vehicle manufacturer-dealer agreements. It also removes the exception to the $100 license fee for out-of-state recreational vehicle dealers at shows or exhibitions at enclosed malls....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB204 | Engross
Sine Die | This Bill updates the responsibilities of the Office of the Auditor of Accounts. The Bill provides that the work papers of an investigation or investigatory audit conducted by the Auditor of Accounts shall not be deemed public records. The Bill remov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB116 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill allows a nonresident farm owner, who owns but is not an occupant of a farm in this State containing 20 acres or more and where the science of husbandry is practiced, and the immediate members of the family of the nonresident farm owner to h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-06
Reported Out of Committee (NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| HB288 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act confirms that vehicle licensing fees included by motor vehicle lessors in vehicle rental transactions cover only the motor vehicle lessors’ costs for registering their vehicles in Delaware. If such fees are higher than the actual charg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-09
To Senate Highways & Transportation Committee |
| HB73 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act creates a special license plate for the Safe Haven No Kill Animal Sanctuary.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-03
Reported Out of Committee (FINANCE) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| HB283 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill makes the Delaware law consistent in Sussex and Kent Counties by giving Sussex County government the same discretion as Kent County government to enact its personnel rules administratively. As the law currently governs, Sussex County is req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-25
To Senate Community/County Affairs Committee |
| HB189 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill allows a hunter to use a handgun in lieu of a shotgun on farms permitted by DNREC through their deer depredation programs to reduce agricultural crop damage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-28
Reported Out of Committee (AGRICULTURE) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits |
| HB70 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act increases the minimum fine (from $100 to $250) for purchasing or providing alcohol to a person under the age of 21 and makes performance of community service mandatory for such an offense. The Act also establishes a civil cause of action whi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-25
Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| HB100 | Engross
Sine Die | This Bill revises the background checks required in public schools by broadening the requirement to include all contractors or their employees – such as construction workers or computer service workers – who will be present for any reason...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-23
Defeated by Senate. Votes: Defeated 10 YES 5 NO 5 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB113 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill transfers control of the application and permitting of certain irrigation systems from the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to the Department of Agriculture.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-23
To Senate Natural Resources & Environmental Control Committee |
| HB117 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill will give the Family Court certain powers over the parents or legal guardians of minor children who are the subject of a delinquency action in Family Court. The Court may order the attendance of parents/guardians at various judicial and the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB55 | Engross
Sine Die | Under the U.S. Constitution, the states have exclusive and plenary (complete) power to allocate their electoral votes, and may change their state laws concerning the awarding of their electoral votes at any time. Under the National Popular Vote bill,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-08
To Senate Administrative Services/Elections Committee |
| HB69 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill adds incoming revenue, if any, as part of a full-cost analysis of fiscal projections, often referred to as fiscal notes or F/N. Consideration would be given to the economic implications caused by action of the General Assembly in creating j...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-08
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB23 | Engross
Sine Die | This Bill provides the Justice of the Peace Court with jurisdiction to impose conditions upon the parent(s), guardian(s) and/or custodian(s) of a person adjudicated as truant, provided that notice requirements are met. The conditions imposed may be t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-05
Amendment SA 1 Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate |
| HB54 | Engross
Sine Die | Small businesses are the backbone of Delaware’s economy. According to recent census statistics, 80% of companies in Delaware have fewer than 20 employees. The goal of the State’s Regulatory Flexibility Act is to foster a climate for entre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-04-05
To Senate Executive Committee |
| HB6 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill changes the penalty for the offense of gang participation from a class F felony to a class E felony.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-03-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
