| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HCR39 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution proclaims April 25, 2012 as "Early Childhood Advocacy Day" to affirm the importance of quality early care and education for every citizen and every sector of our State, to celebrate the accomplishments of the past...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-25
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 19 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| 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 |
| HCR40 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution recognizes the week of April 8-14, 2012, as National Library Week.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-04-03
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR38 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution encourages conformance with the law prohibiting the use of electronic communication devices while operating a motor vehicle on the highways of the State of Delaware, encourages cell phone carriers, automobile manufacturers, and cell p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-29
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR37 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution recognizes April 2012 as Child Abuse Prevention Month in Delaware. 3/26/2012 9:09 AM
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-29
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| 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 |
| HCR34 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution commends Amber Augustus on her selection as the Delaware State Teacher of the Year, as well as recognizing and commending each district and charter school’s Teacher of the Year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 19 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR36 | Engross
Sine Die | This joint resolution recognizes March 21, 2012 is “Kick Butts Day” and encourages anti-smoking activism.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR35 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of the USA and 50th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council, and proclaims 2012 as the “Year of the Girl” in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR33 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes the deep economic and cultural ties between Delaware and Canada and celebrates March 20, 2012, as “Canada Day in Delaware.”
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 19 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR31 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution proclaims February as Children’s Dental Health Month.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-26
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR29 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution recognizes the Division for the Visually Impaired and promotes equal employment opportunity in hiring by the State of Delaware for blind and visually impaired individuals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-26
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR32 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution designates the week of February 12-18, 2012 as “Children of Alcoholics Week” and requests that the Governor issue a proclamation calling upon all State agencies and the people of the State of Delaware to observe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-26
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR28 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution proclaims the week of January 22-28, 2012 as School Choice Week in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-26
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR30 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes the week of January 22, 2012, through January 28, 2012, as Nurse Anesthetists Week.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-25
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| 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 |
| HCR27 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution proclaims the month of February, 2012 as African American History Month and requests the Governor issue a proclamation calling upon all State agencies and the people of the State of Delaware to observe the month of February...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-01-18
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
