| 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 |
| HCR57 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution creates the Gifted and Talented Student Task Force.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-30
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 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 |
| SR25 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Resolution honors Senator George H. Bunting, Jr., as he prepares to retire after 12 years as a member of the House of Representatives and 16 years as a member of the Senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-30
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SR26 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution commends Liane M. Sorenson, Senate Minority Whip, for her service to the people of Delaware and extends best wishes to our esteemed colleague as she retires from the Senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-30
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SCR45 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes and honors the young women of Delaware participating in the 2012 session of Delaware Girls State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-30
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HCR53 | Engross
Sine Die | By way of this Resolution the 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 21-27, 2012 as “Delaware’s Pro Bono Celebration Week...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-30
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR54 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution designates July 9, 2012, as the Day of the Warrant Officer Corps.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-30
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR55 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution creates the Delaware Health Fund Working Group.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-30
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SCR44 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution establishes an Animal Welfare Task Force to consider and evaluate the state of animal welfare in Delaware, including the resources devoted to animal welfare services and whether consolidation, collaboration, or reorganization can lead...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-30
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| 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 |
| SCR47 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution establishes the Workplace Bullying Task Force to examine the issues of workplace bullying.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-27
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 1 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| 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 |
| HCR52 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes November 2012 as native American Heritage Month in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-21
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SB213 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to exempt manufactured homes on permanent foundations with rental agreements or land leases at least 40 years in term and that permit rent increases no more than once a year from Chapter 70 of Title 25.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-21
Reported Out of Committee (MANUFACTURED HOUSING) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| SR24 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution requests that the Delaware Solid Waste Authority, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the Zero Waste Working Group, work with all interested parties to develop a plan with proposed legislation to be ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-21
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| 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 |
| HCR43 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution requests that the Office of Management and Budget and the Delaware Economic Development Office research the potential of applying a credit in the application consideration process when selecting vendors to be approved and designated a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-21
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 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 |
| SB235 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill will create a process to have an eleven-member Commission appointed every ten years to redistrict the Senate and House of Representatives of the Delaware General Assembly. “The Redistricting Commission for the State of Delaware”...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-19
To House Administration Committee |
| SR23 | Engross
Sine Die | Recognizing June 21, 2012, As “aka Day At The Capitol” In Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-19
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR51 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution recognizes and honors the young men participating in the 2012 session of Delaware's Boys State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-14
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR46 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution recognizes June 15, 2012, as “Delaware Elder Abuse Awareness Day.”
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-14
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 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 |
| HCR44 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution recognizes July 18, 2012, as the date of the Delaware Culture Change inaugural Conference which will be an annual event of the Delaware Culture Change Coalition.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-14
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SB204 | Engross
Sine Die | This Bill recognizes the success of the Community Firearm Recovery Program. It removes the sunset provision from the original Act. It also provides for the Fund to Combat Violent Crimes Committee to allocate appropriated funds to various police agenc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-13
Defeated by Senate. Votes: Defeated 8 YES 13 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| 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 |
| SCR42 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution honors the class of 2011-2012 Eagle Scouts for having attained the highest rank one can earn in the Boy Scouts of America. AUTHOR: Sen. Sorenson
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-12
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HCR48 | Engross
Sine Die | SYNOPSIS This concurrent resolution recognizes June 7, 2012 as “Non-Profit Awareness Day” in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-07
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SR22 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Resolution designates June as “Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention Month” in Delaware and encourages the Department of Health and Social Services to research methods to prevent and raise awareness of eating disorders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-07
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| 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 |
| SB189 | Engross
Sine Die | Section 1 and Section 2 eliminate the apprenticeship equivalency exam (bypass exam) from the licensure process for plumbing and HVACR applicants. This exam is an unnecessary step in the licensure process as these applicants must take the standardized...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-06
Reported Out of Committee (SUNSET COMMITTEE (POLICY ANALYSIS & GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY)) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| SCR38 | 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] | 2012-05-17
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SB143 | 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] | 2012-05-17
To House Administration Committee |
| HCR49 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution commends the Food Bank of Delaware for their contributions to the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-17
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR50 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes the month of May as “Poppy Month” in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-17
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SCR41 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution recognizes the fight of Baby Avery Canahuati and the growing need to raise awareness about Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-17
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HCR47 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution proclaims the week of May 20 to May 26, 2012 as “Teen Financial Awareness Week” and requests school districts in the State to educate their students about financial awareness skills.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-16
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 15 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 6 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR45 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution thanks the Career and Technical Student Organizations for their presentation of geraniums. This concurrent resolution also extends continued success to the respective students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-15
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 19 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SCR39 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution commends the nominees for and recipients of the 2012 Delaware Award for Excellence and Commitment in State Service. Author: Senator DeLuca
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-09
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| 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 |
| HCR41 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution congratulates the University of Delaware Women’s Basketball team on an inspiring and record-breaking season.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-05-01
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 19 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
