| SB249 | Pass | This Act has the effect of renaming the Delaware Department of Agriculture Main Administration Building at 2320 South DuPont Highway, Dover, Delaware as the “Richard S. Cordrey Building” in honor of the Honorable Richard S. Cordrey of Mil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-24
Signed by Governor |
| SB234 | Pass | This bill establishes the offense of Child Abuse. These new statutes combine current statutes and redefine physical injury and serious physical injury to reflect the medical realities of pain and impairment suffered by children. A new section provide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-12
Signed by Governor |
| SB194 | Pass | The Bill regulates the practice of polysomnography in Delaware. It establishes standards of education, experience and examination for polysomnographic professionals. The Bill further establishes a regulated framework and license process for those ind...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-12
Signed by Governor |
| SB233 | Pass | Under existing laws and regulations, school districts are required to adopt an emergency preparedness plans, but there is no requirement that such plans be school-specific or coordinated with local first responders. In addition, while some plans are ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-09-10
Signed by Governor |
| SB185 | Pass | The Act generally requires lobbyists to disclose the bill, resolution, or regulation on which they are lobbying by making an electronic filing with the Public Integrity Commission within five business days of contact with a relevant public official. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-15
Signed by Governor |
| SB271 | Pass | This Act expands the New Economy Jobs Program by creating another means by which employers relocating jobs to Delaware may qualify for the tax credit. Under this Act, employers that relocate at least 200 jobs to Delaware will be entitled to a tax cre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-13
Signed by Governor |
| SB22 | Pass | This Act provides for insurance coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-13
Signed by Governor |
| SB241 | Pass | The Brandywine Valley National Scenic Byway was designated in 2005 as Delaware’s first (and thus far, only) National Scenic Byway. In recognition of its unique historic, cultural and scenic qualities, this bill establishes a permanent, interdis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-13
Signed by Governor |
| SB207 | Pass | Currently, 14 Del. C. 3122 implements requirements under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”) regarding the duty of school districts to locate, identify, and evaluate all children in need of special education and rela...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-13
Signed by Governor |
| SB226 | Pass | This Act implements the recommendations of the Justice Reinvestment Task Force created by Executive Order No. 27. The Act promotes informed decision-making in the criminal justice system by institutionalizing the use of evidenced-based practices in d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-08
Signed by Governor |
| SB238 | Pass | The purpose of this Amendment is to facilitate hospital and ambulatory surgery center compliance with the medical treatment expense cost savings measures required by the Workers’ Compensation Healthcare Payment System.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-07
Signed by Governor |
| SB211 | Pass | This Bill includes the tethering of any dog for extended periods of time within the definition of cruelty to animals. It also includes the tethering of very young dogs and nursing mother dogs within the definition of cruelty to animals. Author: Senat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-03
Signed by Governor |
| SB248 | Pass | This Bill is intended to provide persons who have deafness, hearing loss, or speech disabilities with telecommunications service for analog communications devices. Delaware is the only State that does not provide such service. The Bill also creates a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-03
Signed by Governor |
| SB202 | Pass | This bill allows the Delaware Insurance Commissioner to promulgate a regulation establishing uniform policy language regarding the applicability of wind, hail, and hurricane deductibles, along with the form of notice provided under homeowner’s ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-02
Signed by Governor |
| SB266 | Pass | This Act removes a members only Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute, Inc. license plate and replaces it with a Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute, Inc. license plate available to all who wish to support Marine...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB277 | Pass | This bill modifies and clarifies the appeal process for final decisions from the Delaware Alcoholic Beverage Control Commissioner to the Appeals Commission, and the appeal process for final decisions of the Appeals Commission to the Superior Court. T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB231 | Pass | This bill codifies the provisions of Executive Order No. 31 (signed October 20, 2011) and expands coverage to include school districts and other public bodies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB254 | Pass | The purpose of Delaware MCSAP Program is to minimize truck and bus related accidents on Delaware road by regulating the transportation industry and motor carriers and the program is currently funded primarily, if not totally, by a federal MCSAP grant...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-08-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB192 | Pass | This bill ensures that the surviving family of a County/Municipal Police/Firefighter member who has died in the line of duty receives a survivor’s pension equal to three-quarters of the officer’s compensation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-27
Signed by Governor |
| SB244 | Pass | This bill creates a tax check-off for Delaware taxpayers to designate contributions to the Senior Trust Fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-27
Signed by Governor |
| SB215 | Pass | Under this bill full-time county and municipal police officers and full-time uniformed firefighters in the City of Wilmington could elect to have their pension or disability pensions reduced by 3% and thereby increase the survivor’s pension fro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-27
Signed by Governor |
| SB184 | Pass | This Bill eliminates the portions of the Delaware Code, including the Delaware Uniform Athlete Agents Act, referring to the Board of Athlete Agent Examiners (“Board”), which has been sunsetted. Section 3 of the Bill repeals the provision ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-27
Signed by Governor |
| SB181 | Pass | State Fire Marshalls are certified by the Council on Police Training and must perform the duties of police officers itemized in this section. This Bill will provide them the statewide authority of other police officers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-27
Signed by Governor |
| SB240 | Pass | This bill extends the line-of-duty death benefits to the Delaware State Police Sex Offender Apprehension and Registration (SOAR) agents.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-27
Signed by Governor |
| SB228 | Pass | This bill prohibits, for the purposes of public safety and wildlife conservation, use of devices that amplify light to hunt wild birds or wild animals at nighttime. The bill also allows use of artificial light to hunt frogs from a boat.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-27
Signed by Governor |
| SB229 | Pass | In light of the recent upheaval in the retail automobile industry in recent years, many states have revised their motor vehicle franchise bill to better regulate the relationship between automobile dealers and their manufacturers. This Bill updates D...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-27
Signed by Governor |
| SB193 | Pass | This legislation provides for the development of a statewide, fact-based cyberbullying policy to be adopted by local school districts and charter schools. It also provides a means for the Department of Justice to assist in the defense of a district o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-27
Signed by Governor |
| SB247 | Pass | Section 1: The amendment to 49A-105(a)(5) makes this provision clearer grammatically. Section 2. The amendment to 49A-105(c) conforms this provision to the language of 49A-113 which contemplates more than one way in which an agent may accept appoint...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-27
Signed by Governor |
| SB269 | Pass | This bill makes the total indebtedness for the City of Rehoboth Beach 50,000,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-23
Signed by Governor |
| SB178 | Pass | Currently, when a public hearing on a proposed Agency regulation is announced for not only a specific date and starting time but a specific ending time as well [example: on 4/22/12 from 7 pm until 9 pm], the public assumes that they can show up at 8:...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-20
Signed by Governor |
| SB206 | Pass | This Bill requires school districts and charter schools to establish a policy on responding to Teen Dating Violence and Sexual Assault, including guidelines on mandatory reporting and confidentiality, a protocol for responding to incidents of Teen Da...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-20
Signed by Governor |
| SB257 | Pass | This Act expands the ability of persons to assist in the administration of medications to students by including coaches or persons hired or contracted by schools serving students in kindergarten through grade 12. The Act also provides for the assista...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-18
Signed by Governor |
| SB223 | Veto | The Town of Georgetown appointed a seven (7) member charter review committee to address mainly house-keeping revisions to its charter. The Committee met twice a month over several months to review and revise its charter. The result is their re-incorp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-18
Vetoed by Governor |
| SB197 | Pass | This Bill defines regulatory responsibilities of federal and state government with respect to radioactive material licensing and enforcement, revises text for brevity and makes other technical corrections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-18
Signed by Governor |
| SB177 | Pass | This is a housekeeping initiative to amend Title 4 of the Delaware to repeal 402 which states that the Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement’s (DATE) main office is in New Castle County, Delaware. As a state agency, DATE provides service...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-18
Signed by Governor |
| SB261 | Pass | This Bill provides for the transfer of approximately 1.65 acres to the Town of Smyrna for use as a fire substation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| SB236 | Pass | This bill adds the requirement that veterinarians certify the manufacturer’s specifications of the duration of immunity of the rabies vaccine in addition to the date that revaccination is due according to the Compendium or as mandated by State ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| SB201 | Pass | This bill clarifies that municipal elections in the Town of South Bethany must be conducted in accordance with state laws governing municipal elections. This bill allows the Town Manager to execute legal documents on behalf of the Town in the event t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| SB222 | Pass | This bill combines the functions of the Delaware Heritage Commission and the Council on Archives into a single entity, the Delaware Heritage Commission. It reduces the combined total membership of the two entities from 27 to 15 members appointed by t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| SB203 | Pass | This Bill is pursuant to the NAIC Insurance Holding Company Systems Regulatory Act and the NAIC Model Risk Retention Act. This Bill results in Delaware domiciled risk retention groups (RRGs) complying with uniform standards established for all RRGs a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| SB190 | Pass | This Bill recognizes the adverse impact of restraining prisoners who are pregnant and its danger to a woman’s well-being during this time. The Bill ensures that a correctional institution does not use restraints on a pregnant prisoner except un...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| SB230 | Pass | This bill will add a trend test for property and casualty insurance companies at 3.0 and will add provisions related to confidentiality. The change to the trend test will enhance the solvency monitoring efforts of the Commissioner and is necessary fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| SB258 | Pass | This bill creates an additional incentive for holders of abandoned property to report such property to the state and promptly resolve such claims. Holders not currently reporting any or all amounts or types of abandoned property or already engaged in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-11
Signed by Governor |
| SB255 | Pass | Invasive finfish species such as snakehead fish pose current and future risks to Delaware’s native aquatic species and their habitats. This legislation authorizes the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to designate and ma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-11
Signed by Governor |
| SB246 | Pass | This bill amends the membership of the State Emergency Response Commission to allow its members to appoint designees to conduct the regular operations of the Commission. By doing so, the Commission will be able to act more quickly and with full parti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| SB245 | Pass | This Bill updates and modernizes the Delaware Code so that it is consistent with the operation and structure of the Department of Correction. The Board of Correction was eliminated in 1964 and its responsibilities were shifted to the Department of Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| SB273 | Pass | The current definition of income used in the calculation of child support payments is limited to periodic payments and does not include occasional lump sum payments received by support obligors. These amendments broaden the definition of “incom...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| SB216 | Pass | The new statute, 29 Del.C. 7971A-F, establishes an electronic system for integrating data which will permit a prospective employer to determine the suitability of a job applicant. The statute applies to those seeking work in a long term care setting...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| SB243 | Pass | This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Laurel to include impact fees, among other currently specified fees and charges, as a first lien against all real estate of delinquent property owners and/or tax papers within the corporate limits of the Tow...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| SB270 | Pass | This bill increases the Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs from 15 to 17 members by adding two “at large” commissioners. The bill also adds the Delaware National Guard as an organization in which qualifying military service can be ob...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
