| SB104 | Pass | As currently drafted, 314(c) of Title 25 of the Delaware Code sets forth limitations on the time within which a contract for the sale of “improved or unimproved residential real estate” may remain executory. The primary purpose of the st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-13
Signed by Governor |
| SB10 | Pass | This Bill creates a tax exemption for community-owned swimming pools in Kent County only. The exemption would apply only to pools owned by civic organizations that own parkland that is dedicated to community or public use.
[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 |
| SB146 | Pass | This bill corrects certain flaws in Delaware’s Not-for-profit Healthcare Conversion Act (the “Act”) enacted in 2004. The bill clarifies the General Assembly’s intent that the Act does not consider a Delaware not-for-profit hea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| SB127 | Pass | This Bill is a result of recommendations made by the Joint Sunset Committee following its review of the Child Placement Review Board. The Bill incorporates changes in language to more accurately reflect the purpose, powers and duties, and role of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-08
Signed by Governor |
| SB136 | Pass | This Act will allow for a combined special license plate for Disabled American Veterans who are also eligible for a special license plate for persons with disabilities requiring parking accommodations. The Act also adopts the more common and recently...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-08
Signed by Governor |
| SB113 | Pass | This bill clarifies the definition of “when children are present,” as used on signage indicating a reduced speed school zone, to ensure that the speed limitation is in effect at appropriate times. The revised definition would ensure that ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-08
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 |
| SB131 | Pass | This Bill implements recommendations made by the Joint Sunset Committee following its review of the Gaming Control Board. The Bill: 1) Changes the name of the Gaming Control Board to the Board of Charitable Gaming. 2) Gives the Board authority to reg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-08
Signed by Governor |
| SB133 | Pass | This bill is the result of recommendations made by the Joint Sunset Committee and would clarify and extend the coverage of the Victims’ Compensation Assistance Program. It clarifies the criteria for reopening cases, and distinguishes cases wher...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-08
Signed by Governor |
| SB124 | Pass | This Bill allows the energy output from fuel cells manufactured in Delaware that can run on renewable fuels to be an eligible resource to fulfill a portion of the requirements for a Commission-regulated utility under the Renewable Portfolio Standards...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-07
Signed by Governor |
| SB76 | Pass | This bill continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the "Act") to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amend...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-07
Signed by Governor |
| SB74 | Pass | This bill continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act (the "Act") to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed ame...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-07
Signed by Governor |
| SB95 | Pass | 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] | 2011-07-07
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 |
| SB77 | Pass | Section 1. This Section amends Section 102 to give the Division of Corporations the discretion to waive the requirement that a corporation’s name contain certain words or abbreviations thereof (such as “incorporated”), if the corpor...
[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 |
| SB13 | Pass | This Act continues, without sunsetting, the needle exchange program. This Act directs the Director of the Division of Public Health to maintain a sterile needle and syringe program to help prevent the spread of AIDS and other diseases. The program wo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
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 |
| SB47 | Pass | This legislation waives the annual blind site fee for hunters on youth hunting days.
[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 |
| 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 |
| SB55 | Pass | This Bill expands the permissible use of traffic signal preemption devices to permit emergency vehicles to return into fire stations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| SB63 | Pass | This bill would require bills and amendments to show the changes to the statutes or to the bill in the context of the section or paragraph by using strikeouts for deleting and underscores for inserting.
[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 |
| SB116 | Pass | This bill would grant bailiffs, judicial assistants and court security officers powers incident to a peace officer exercisable in any courthouse or property maintained or used as a courthouse within the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| SB122 | Pass | This Bill authorizes any board, commission, committee or council listed in Section 8735(a) of Title 29 to delegate to the Director of the Division of Professional Regulation, or a designee, the administrative authority to issue permits and licenses t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| SB68 | Pass | This Bill amends the municipal charter of the Town of Bethany Beach regarding the distance from the town within which the Alderman must reside by requiring Alderman to live in Sussex County, Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| SB126 | Pass | This bill clarifies the process by which the state shall review and certify county and municipal comprehensive plans. It also corrects several inconsistencies in the Code that have been created over the years as the state’s land use laws have c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| SB125 | Pass | This Act establishes a State income tax exemption for interest earned on bonds and notes issued by the Sustainable Energy Utility.
[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 |
| SB91 | Pass | In an effort to encourage job creation and economic investment in Delaware, this Act amends the Delaware Bank Franchise Tax. This Act increases the incentive for major financial institutions to locate their charters and operations in Delaware by lowe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB130 | Pass | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2012 Bond and Capital Improvements Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| 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 |
| HB190 | Pass | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriation Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB121 | Pass | The Sheriff’s Office is no longer located in Kent County Courthouse. This Bill permits Sheriff sales to be conducted at the Sheriff’s Office.
[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 |
| SB70 | Pass | This bill protects the health of young children by prohibiting the chemical bisphenol-A in certain children’s products such as bottles, cups, and other containers used for food or beverages. Bisphenol-A, or BPA is a chemical used to help harden...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| SB67 | Pass | This Bill specifically authorizes Michelle Smith and Stephanie Calloway’s memorial signage at the locations of their deaths to commemorate their service and the tragic loss of their lives while serving in the line of duty. It also authorizes fu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| HB77 | Pass | This bill provides exclusive jurisdiction to a Justice of the Peace Court in a county where the lienholder’s business establishment is located and, if the lienholder’s business establishment is located in more than one county, to the Just...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2011-06-28
Signed by Governor |
