| HB161 | Pass | This Act amends Title 18 to prohibit the denial of coverage to children under the age of 19 due to pre-existing conditions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-25
Signed by Governor |
| HB139 | Pass | This bill corrects an internal inconsistency in the number of professional board members that can be appointed to the Board of Professional Land Surveyors from any 1 county. As amended, the section states that four members of the State Board of Profe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-25
Signed by Governor |
| HB138 | Pass | This technical correction bill clarifies that members appointed to the Acupuncture Advisory Council and the Genetic Counselor Advisory Council must be licensed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-25
Signed by Governor |
| HB85 | Pass | This bill requires an owner of property in New Castle County who seeks a charitable, religious, or educational tax exemption or exemption as a specified organization to submit an application by which the County may determine its eligibility for exemp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-25
Signed by Governor |
| HJR7 | Pass | This joint resolution establishes a study group to evaluate child mental health needs in Kent and Sussex Counties, focusing on the needs of child victims of sexual assault.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-25
Signed by Governor |
| HB169 | Pass | This Act eliminates the current Board of Assessment in Kent County and establishes a Board of Assessment Review. The Board of Assessment Review will consist of seven members that are paid per meeting as opposed to a salary and will perform those func...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-25
Signed by Governor |
| HB95 | Veto | This bill eliminates the requirement that a person must have a safety helmet in their possession while operating or riding on a motorcycle. This bill does not change the requirement in Title 21 of the Delaware Code that a person up to 19 years of age...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-14
Vetoed by Governor |
| HB155 | Pass | This bill creates the option of renewing a nursing license late, up to sixty days past the renewal period consistent with most regulated professions. Currently, nurses who attempt to renew after their renewal date must apply for reinstatement which d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-13
Signed by Governor |
| HB48 | Pass | The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Improvement Act of 2007 was enacted by Congress in response to the Virginia Tech shooting tragedy. Among other things, it requires states to provide certain information to the federal Natio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-13
Signed by Governor |
| HB186 | Pass | This legislation reauthorizes the Clean Air Act Title V Operating Program by extending the program until December 31, 2014. The program oversees the state’s largest manufacturing, industrial and commercial sources of air emissions. By law the p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-13
Signed by Governor |
| HB46 | Pass | This bill addresses the issues of weapons, specifically firearms, that have been relinquished by owners who are persons prohibited under 1448, Title 11 of the Delaware Code and by owners of firearms who have had a PFA Order issued against them. Curre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-13
Signed by Governor |
| HB213 | Pass | This Act allows the Department of Education to conduct audits and evaluations, including studies for improving instruction and complying with State and federal accountability measures; to collect data to effectuate those activities; and to promulgate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-13
Signed by Governor |
| HB114 | Pass | This bill provides that when a charge over which the Court of Common Pleas has jurisdiction is brought along with the violation of an ordinance, the violation and charge may be jointly transferred to the Court of Common Pleas, if such a transfer is e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-13
Signed by Governor |
| HB151 | Pass | This bill recognizes that the Delaware Code is now available online and that fewer printed copies of the Delaware Code are necessary. The current Code outlines a minimum number of printed copies to be provided to each agency and certain officials thr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-13
Signed by Governor |
| HB150 | Pass | This bill prevents the installation and operation of variable message signs intended to be read by those traveling on the tolled portions of State Route One. The only exceptions would be for those that are installed and operated for official Departme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-13
Signed by Governor |
| HB62 | Pass | This Act decreases from nine (9) to (5) the members of the Board of directors of the Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Authority and revises the number of members required for a change of meeting location and approval of payments or assessments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-13
Signed by Governor |
| HB217 | Pass | Sections 1 – 3 of this Act grant pension increases to retired State Employees, retired Judges, retired “New” State police and retired County/Municipal Police/Firefighters on January 1, 2012 for persons retired on or before June 30, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-13
Signed by Governor |
| HB115 | Pass | This Bill makes the following changes to Delaware statutory trust law [Chapter 38, Title 12 of the Delaware Code]: Section 1 of the Bill amends 3807 by adding three new subsections to provide that (i) the registered agent of one or more statutory tr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-13
Signed by Governor |
| HB165 | Pass | This bill clarifies that the duty of physicians and health care facilities to report under this paragraph is to report changes that result in the partial or full removal of a physician’s hospital privileges as the result of adverse events, unpr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-08
Signed by Governor |
| HB92 | Pass | 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] | 2011-07-08
Signed by Governor |
| HB210 | Pass | This bill reapportions the 41 House of Representative Districts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-08
Signed by Governor |
| HB163 | Pass | This Act eliminates the sunset provisions of the Delaware Hazardous Substance Cleanup Act. The Hazardous Substance Cleanup Act was enacted by the General Assembly in 1990 and re-authorized in 2000. During its time, the Act has enabled the Department ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-07
Signed by Governor |
| HB142 | Pass | In 78 Del. Laws Chapter 1, certain intermediate transactions engaged in by petroleum product refiners with specialized trade parties during the petroleum refining process were exempted from the Gross Receipts Tax. This Act clarifies that sales of all...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-07
Signed by Governor |
| HB157 | Pass | This Act allows rules, regulations, and guidelines to be developed which would authorize new motor vehicle dealers to inspect motor vehicles, 5 model years old or newer, and owned by that dealership. The inspections will only relate to safety and the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| HB132 | Pass | This Act authorizes the Court to order a party to designate a minor child or children covered under a support order as a beneficiary on any of the parties' existing life insurance policies for the duration of a support order. The designation may be e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| HB38 | Pass | This Bill will exempt from public carrier regulation those school bus operators that also provide charter bus activities for non-school related activities through the year to supplement their operations
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| HB99 | Pass | This bill enables the State of Delaware to adopt the medical certification requirements as part of its Commercial Drivers License (“CDL”) issuance program beginning January 30, 2012, as required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| HJR6 | Veto | This resolution provides the official revenue, refund and unencumbered funds estimates for Fiscal year 2012
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
Vetoed by Governor |
| HB133 | Pass | This Act is necessary to remedy issues relating to the interpretation of certain escheatable “property” and the timing that such “property” escheats, as addressed by the Delaware Supreme Court in A.W. Financial Services, S.A. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| HB144 | Pass | This bill allows for a person’s spouse to file a complaint concerning unsafe or unsanitary conditions at facilities where invasive medical procedures are performed. The Bill gives the Department of Health and Social Services the authority to re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| HJR3 | Pass | This House Joint Resolution establishes a Communications Tax Review Group to study and make recommendations for improving Delaware's taxes and fees applicable to communications providers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| HB127 | Pass | This Act provides a gross receipts tax cut to all taxpayers by: (a) cutting rates across-the-board by 3% and (b) increasing by 25% the monthly and quarterly exclusion levels for all business categories. It clarifies the rate reduction scheduled to ta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB195 | Pass | This Act provides supplementary appropriations to certain Grants-in-Aid for Fiscal Year 2012. Section 1 – Government Units and Senior Centers $20,582,465 Section 2 – Pass-throughs and Community Agencies $15,450,864 Section 3 – Fire ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB128 | Pass | This Act reduces from 6.95% to 6.75% the personal income tax rate on taxable income in excess of $60,000. The Act also maintains the 2014 sunset, which returns the top rate to 5.95%.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| HJR8 | Pass | This resolution provides the official revenue, refund and unencumbered funds estimates for Fiscal Year 2012
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB122 | Pass | This bill transfers from the Public Service Commission to the Water Supply Coordinating Council the authority to review and approve water conservation plans and certifications of adequate water supply submitted by the investor-owned water utilities. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| HJR5 | Pass | This Resolution provides the official revenue, refund unencumbered funds estimates for Fiscal Year 2011.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| HR25 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution establishes a task force to examine the issue of manufactured housing delinquent taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-01
Introduced in House and assigned to House Administration Committee |
| HB130 | Pass | This bill rewrites the City of Harrington Charter to do the following: Clarify the powers section of the charter. Removes the specific election district descriptions from the Charter by specifying the district maps are held in City Hall and the bound...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB229 | Intro
Sine Die | This legislation further clarifies the statute of limitations relating to abandoned or unclaimed property. The statute of limitation dates are moved to 1995 from 1981 and July 22, 2002 from July 8, 1991.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-01
Introduced in House and assigned to Judiciary Committee |
| HB190 | Pass | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriation Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB129 | Pass | This Act reduces the general public utility tax rate on electricity and gas from 5.00% to 4.25%. The Act also reduces the rate on electricity and gas distributed to manufacturers, food processors and other agribusinesses from 2.35% to 2.00%. The Act ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB225 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act prohibits the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) from mandating that a child care center inspect a child’s food or drink brought from home in order to determine whether such food or drink meets certain nutritional requirements. The ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-30
To House Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) |
| HCR22 | Engross
Sine Die | By way of this Resolution the 146th General Assembly hereby recognizes the importance of pro bono legal services to the many citizens of Delaware and does hereby recognize the week of October 23 - 29, 2011 as “Delaware’s Pro Bono Celebrat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-30
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR24 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution proclaims June 2011 as New Homes Month and urges Delaware’s citizens to recognize the month dedicated to building better homes and improving the quality of life in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-30
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR21 | Engross
Sine Die | By designating October 2011 as “Long-Term Care Residents’ Rights Month”, this concurrent resolution will bring awareness and support to the Delaware chapter of The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care and the 10th annu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-30
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB221 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act makes a number of technical corrections to the Workplace Fraud Act passed by the 145th General Assembly. It makes the Act applicable to all employees, except those in domestic, agriculture, fishing, and hunting. It requires employers not to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-30
To House Administration Committee |
| HB96 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill increases the civil fine for violating the clear zone requirement along highway rights-of-way. The current civil fine is $25 per item. The new fine will be $50 for the first item in violation and $75 for each subsequent item.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-30
Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HR24 | Intro
Sine Die | The House of Representatives proclaims the week of October 16-22, 2011 as “Mediation Week”.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-30
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HB224 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act clarifies the scope of authority of the Office of Child Care Licensing (the “OCCL”). The Code currently authorizes the OCCL to regulate child care centers concerning the “physical, social, moral, mental and educational need...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-30
To House Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) |
