| SB26 | Pass | This legislation revises Chapter 22 of Title 3 to clarify that the Department of Agriculture and Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control are authorized to continue and expand the CAFO NDPES Program in Delaware to meet changing condi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-03
Signed by Governor |
| SCR18 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution honors the class of 2010-2011 Eagle Scouts for having attained the highest rank one can earn in the Boy Scouts of America. AUTHOR: Sen. Sorenson
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-02
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HR18 | Intro
Sine Die | In Honor Of Chancellor William B. Chandler Iii On His Retirement From The Court Of Chancery.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-02
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SR17 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Resolution honors Chancellor William B. Chandler III upon his retirement from the office he has held since 1997 and thanks him for his many contributions to the betterment of the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-02
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 19 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HR16 | Intro
Sine Die | Proclaiming May 18, 2011 As "lewes-rehoboth Association Of Churches Day."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-02
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HB156 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill returns most fees and taxes charged by the Secretary of State to their pre December 31, 2009 rates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-02
To House Revenue & Finance Committee |
| SB99 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act increases the privacy protection of crime victims and witnesses by permitting, while not requiring, the use of initials or pseudonyms in law-enforcement reports and court documents. Due to the increasing accessibility of such documents onlin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SJR5 | 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 five year plan to restructure and reorganize State Government. The Council is furthe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HCR17 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Delaware Nurses Association and recognizes its 100 years of commitment and service to professional nurses in the state of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-02
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 18 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB148 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill returns certain business and occupational gross receipt tax rates to their pre December 31, 2009 rates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-02
Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| SB100 | Intro
Sine Die | To encourage and promote businesses to operate in Delaware and to generate jobs, this Bill repeals the Delaware Corporate Income Tax. The effective date shall be on the second January 1st after enactment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB152 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act makes 4019(e) effective only after a County or Municipality has done a reassessment of all real estate located in that jurisdiction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-02
To House Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) |
| SB105 | Intro
Sine Die | This Amendment modernizes the list of special betterments that are taxed as real property by including contemporary technology that did not exist when the statute was last updated in 1975. The Amendment permits New Castle County to tax cell phone tow...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB75 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the "Act") to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the prop...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-01
Stricken |
| HB137 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill provides the Family Court with discretion to determine whether it is appropriate to designate juvenile offenders who are under age fourteen on the date of the offense or who were over age fourteen on the day of the offense but did not commi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-01
Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 8 On Its Merits |
| HB107 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act requires that all applicants for educator licensure in Delaware achieve a passing score on an examination of general knowledge such as PRAXIS I, before being issued an initial license. The current law allows a grace period for the applicant ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-01
Reported Out of Committee (EDUCATION) in House with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits |
| HB149 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires the Department of Health and Social Services to adopt standards for the approval of and to approve certain training programs relating to the possession of epinephrine and the administration of epinephrine in emergency situations; a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-01
To House Health & Human Development Committee |
| HB61 | Pass | Section 505 of Title 7 allows certain members of the military who live and/or serve in Delaware to obtain a fishing license in Delaware regardless of their legal state of residency. This bill clarifies the law to permit members of Delaware’s Na...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-31
Signed by Governor |
| HB45 | Pass | Sections 1 and 3 make technical and conforming changes to the Delaware Code. Section 2 of this bill provides that no person who has been convicted of a felony sexual offense can receive a license to practice registered nursing. Section 4 of this bill...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-31
Signed by Governor |
| HB11 | Pass | Most states abolished “fusion” candidacies over a century ago. Only a few states other than Delaware still permit such practice. Moreover, the United States Supreme Court has upheld state laws prohibiting fusion candidacies. This Bill wou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-31
Signed by Governor |
| HB147 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill rolls back the tax hikes on personal income enacted by the 145th General Assembly.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-31
To House Revenue & Finance Committee |
| SB90 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill gives the Department of Health and Social Services the authority to require accreditation for medical facilities that perform invasive medical procedures. It also gives DHSS the authority to promulgate regulations for accreditation. The Bil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-31
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee |
| HB41 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act exempts real property owned by The Academy of the Dance, Inc. from taxation and assessment for public purposes by county or local government as long as such property is not held for purposes of investment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-31
Stricken |
| HB102 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires the Department of Transportation to require certain studies, analyses, and publications for certain development or redevelopment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-31
Stricken |
| HB110 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill raises the dollar thresholds for public works projects subject to the prevailing wage requirement to $350,000 for new construction and $100,000 for alteration, repair, renovation, rehabilitation, demolition or reconstruction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-26
To House Administration Committee |
| HB146 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act seeks to create jobs and new sources of revenue for the State by authorizing the addition of two new video lottery agents, one in Sussex County and one in New Castle County, through an application process conducted by a Lottery Economic Deve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-26
To House Gaming & Parimutuels Committee |
| HB124 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill allows contracting agencies to opt out of the requirement that prevailing wages be paid to mechanics and laborers performing work on public works projects.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-26
To House Administration Committee |
| SB41 | Pass | This Act provides that the members of the Board of Assessment Review be chosen among the councilmanic districts that were divided in 2004.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-20
Signed by Governor |
| HB68 | Pass | Section 1 of this bill makes a technical change to the Delaware Code. Section 2 of this bill requires permanent revocation of the license of any person convicted of a felony sexual offense. Section 3 of this bill and makes it a ground for discipline ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-19
Signed by Governor |
| HB67 | Pass | Sections 1, 3 and 4 of this bill require permanent revocation of the license of any mental health or chemical dependency professional convicted of a felony sexual offense. Section 2 of this bill makes it a ground for discipline if a licensed mental h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-19
Signed by Governor |
| HB63 | Pass | This bill provides important safeguards for vulnerable patients and residents who are treated in, or reside in healthcare, residential or treatment facilities, against sexual predators who exploit their infirmity or disability. Under this bill it is ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-19
Signed by Governor |
| HB71 | Pass | This bill will permit licensed commercial game preserves to operate on Sundays. The bill limits Sunday operations to commercial facilities only within the seasons established by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. This bill...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-19
Signed by Governor |
| SB46 | Pass | Recent turmoil in the financial markets has heightened scrutiny, in the capital markets and among financial institutions, about identifying, managing and limiting risk, the need for adequate capitalization and for understanding the interdependency of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-19
Signed by Governor |
| SB28 | Pass | This Act will protect the safety of certain victims of violent crime by creating Delaware’s Address Confidentiality Program, which will be administered by the Delaware Department of Justice. The Program will permit victims of crime of domestic ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-19
Signed by Governor |
| SB9 | Pass | This Bill prohibits the Department from accepting as dedicated a road that makes a connection to a dedicated road within a 55 or over community. It also directs the Department not to permit a connection to a dedicated road within a 55 or over communi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-19
Signed by Governor |
| HB28 | Pass | This bill enables small employer health insurance carriers to make 'stop-loss' insurance coverage available to small employers with more than 15 employees. The issuance of stop-loss coverage to small employers, defined as having no more than 50 emplo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB17 | Pass | This legislation is based on the Marijuana Policy Project’s model medical marijuana legislation. The Bill creates an exception to a state’s criminal laws to permit the doctor-recommended medical use of marijuana by patients with serious m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-13
Signed by Governor |
| HB112 | Pass | This bill postpones the effectiveness of Section 804A until the redistricting following the 2020 federal decennial census.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-13
Signed by Governor |
| HB119 | Intro
Sine Die | This act requires the Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council’s June projections be published no later than June 15th of each year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-12
To House Administration Committee |
| SCR14 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution continues to raise awareness that the month of May is Melanoma and Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-12
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HB120 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill deems as public reports any non-security reports regarding State agencies paid for by public funds, including accreditation reports of all State agencies, but only after all personal identification data of students, patients, wards of the S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-12
To House Administration Committee |
| HB118 | Intro
Sine Die | This is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that requires the General Assembly to have meetings and public records open to the public. As a constitutional amendment, future General Assemblies will be subject to open meeting and open public re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-12
To House Administration Committee |
| HB126 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act defines “public body”, “public record” and “meeting” to include the University of Delaware and Delaware State University, and their respective Board of Trustees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-12
Introduced in House and assigned to House Administration Committee |
| HB101 | Intro
Sine Die | This legislation requires traffic impact studies or traffic operational analyses authorized pursuant to Department of Transportation agreements with local governments to cover a zone of impact estimated by the Department and not be limited to a geogr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-12
HS 1 for HB 101 - Assigned to Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure |
| SCR13 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution requests that the Department of Transportation expand its efforts to create contiguous systems or networks of walkways and bikeways within and between cities and towns in Delaware in order to provide travelers with t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-12
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SB30 | Pass | This Act creates the recognized legal relationship of civil union in Delaware for eligible persons. This Act further recognizes as civil unions for all purposes under Delaware law legal unions between two persons of the same sex entered into in juris...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-11
Signed by Governor |
| HCR16 | Engross
Sine Die | This House of Representatives Concurrent Resolution recognizes the month of May as both “Older Americans Month” and “Driver Safety Month”. In addition, it acknowledges and supports the successes and ongoing initiatives of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-11
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR15 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes and commends The Way Home, Inc., a not-for-profit organization that works intensively with ex-offenders in the State of Delaware to reduce recidivism and assist ex-offenders in transitioning to life as productive citizens.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-11
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HR13 | Intro
Sine Die | This Resolution recognizes May 12, 2011 as Fibromyalgia Awareness Day in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-11
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SJR2 | Pass | This Resolution recognizes May 15, 2011 is Jimmie Johnson Day and urges our citizens to observe the day with appropriate programs, ceremonies and activities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-05-11
Signed by Governor |
