| HB401 | Pass | The bill makes clear that Legislative Council, rather than Government Support Services, is responsible for receiving certification of the need for the printed version of the Code and the Rules from State entities or agencies. This change is intended ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-05
Signed by Governor |
| HB388 | Pass | This bill would allow peace officers who have completed a DHSS approved training course to receive, carry, and administer the drug naloxone. Naloxone is a prescription drug which, when administered to a person undergoing an opioid related overdose, c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-04
Signed by Governor |
| HB313 | Pass | This Act amends the Charter of the City of Rehoboth Beach to modernize certain antiquated provisions relating to the Tax Assessor and the assessment and collection of taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB214 | Pass | This bill clarifies that an applicant must have a baccalaureate degree to be eligible to have a doctorate pursuant to 2818(c) of Title 24 requirements of licensure.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-31
Signed by Governor |
| HB311 | Pass | During hearings of the Animal Welfare Task Force, established by Senate Concurrent Resolution 44 in the 146th General Assembly, members of the public expressed serious concern about the lack in standardized training and certification of Animal Contro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-31
Signed by Governor |
| SB185 | Pass | Delaware employment discrimination law applies to employers of 4 or more employees within the State for all protected classes (race; marital status; genetic information; color; age; religion; sex; sexual orientation; gender identity; national origin)...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-31
Signed by Governor |
| SB245 | Pass | This bill protects animals seized in criminal activity, cruelty and animal fighting from automatic humane disposition including breeding females and puppies. Delaware is one of only thirteen states who treat animals seized in this manner. This bill a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-31
Signed by Governor |
| SB260 | Pass | This Act would allow the Court of Common Pleas to provide incentives for participation in a Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Treatment Program. It is anticipated that this program, which will last a minimum of 9 months, will address offenders who ha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-31
Signed by Governor |
| SB256 | Pass | This bill re-constitutes the Council on Correction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-31
Signed by Governor |
| SB201 | Pass | This bill clarifies the roles and authority of the Delaware Division of Public Health Office of Animal Welfare and Delaware Department of Agriculture. The Office of Animal Welfare was established to consolidate and coordinate companion animal program...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-31
Signed by Governor |
| SJR4 | Pass | This Joint Resolution directs the Secretary of Finance to make recommendations to the General Assembly on the steps necessary to make business licensing requirements and fees to be administered through a single portal as recommended by the “Blu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-31
Signed by Governor |
| SJR8 | Pass | This joint resolution directs the implementation of a cross-agency review of regulatory and licensing practices, as recommended by the “Blue Collar” Task Force.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-31
Signed by Governor |
| SJR7 | Pass | This joint resolution directs DEDO and DNREC to take the lead to work with private sector providers to develop a plan for implementation of such a pipeline extension, as recommended by the “Blue Collar” Task Force.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-31
Signed by Governor |
| HB333 | Pass | 11(a), Article VIII, of the Delaware Constitution provides that “No tax … may be imposed or levied except pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly adopted with the concurrence of three-fifths of all members of each House.” A recen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-31
Signed by Governor |
| HB148 | Pass | This bill would direct the Office of the State Treasurer to add a Roth option to state sponsored 403(b) and 457(b) savings plans that are offered to eligible teachers and state employees. This bill would not require the state to contribute any additi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB213 | Pass | This bill increases the premium tax on surplus lines from 2% to 3%. The proceeds from the increase will be used to fund medical coverage for retired State, County, and Municipal police officers and firefighters. The retirees must be retired from the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB389 | Pass | The bill extends the length of a constable commission from one year to two years, thereby reducing the frequency and burden of processing them annually. This is beneficial to both the licensing division of the State Police and the industry as a whole...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-29
Signed by Governor |
| SB127 | Pass | This bill is the result of recommendations made by the Joint Sunset Committee and makes several amendments to Title 11 relating to the Board of Parole. This bill adds victim advocacy to be included as one of the potential qualifications to be conside...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-29
Signed by Governor |
| HB385 | Pass | Section 7606 of the federal Farm Bill exempts the growth and cultivation of industrial hemp for research purposes from the provisions of the federal Controlled Substances Act, the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act, Chapter 81 of Title 41...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-29
Signed by Governor |
| HB335 | Pass | This bill converts one of the practical nursing board member positions on the Delaware Board of Nursing to a second advanced practice nurse board member position and clarifies that the now two advanced practice nurse board members must be from differ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-29
Signed by Governor |
| SB174 | Pass | This Bill recognizes tobacco and nicotine products as contraband in correctional facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-29
Signed by Governor |
| HB416 | Pass | People First Language (“PFL”) legislation is part of a national movement to promote dignity and inclusion for people with disabilities. PFL specifies that the order of terms used to describe any individual places the person first, and the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-29
Signed by Governor |
| HB358 | Pass | This bill explicitly recognizes the Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS) and the American Psychological Association (APA) as qualifying accreditors of a psychology program for purposes of holding a professional license as a psy...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-28
Signed by Governor |
| SB94 | Pass | This Bill adds to current tanning bed restrictions by banning all minors from using tanning devices in tanning facilities. It also mandates warning signs and statements in tanning facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-28
Signed by Governor |
| HB238 | Pass | This bill adopts by reference federal migratory game bird possession limits established by federal regulation to provide more efficient and timely adoption of such changing regulations. This bill also clarifies that possession limits do not apply to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-24
Signed by Governor |
| SB257 | Pass | In 2012, the General Assembly passed Senate Bill No. 227 which established the "Quality Assurance Fund". Fees collected under this legislation are placed into the Fund and are in turn matched by federal Medicaid dollars resulting in increas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-23
Signed by Governor |
| HB403 | Pass | This bill adopts the “Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act” to allow the electronic versions of legal material published by the State, including the Constitution, the Laws of Delaware, the Delaware Code, and the Delaware Administrative C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-23
Signed by Governor |
| SB206 | Pass | Servicemembers have been afforded civil relief at the federal level under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 501 et seq. (the “SCRA”), or one of its predecessor statutes, since the Civil War. Similar to the purpose of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-23
Signed by Governor |
| SB221 | Pass | This Act allows political committees to give campaign contributions back to their donors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-23
Signed by Governor |
| HJR16 | Pass | This joint resolution dedicates and allows an area on the north side of the Legislative Mall to be used for the placement of a Delaware Fire Service Memorial to honor firefighters who lost their lives while serving the citizens of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-23
Signed by Governor |
| HB364 | Pass | This bill makes the following changes to Delaware Statutory Trust Act (the “Act”) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments of the Act. Section 1. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-23
Signed by Governor |
| HB365 | Pass | This bill is intended to codify three recommendations made by the Joint Sunset Committee. First, the bill increases the minimum number of yearly meetings from 2 to 4, and provides for the Chair or State Treasurer to set the agenda for special meeting...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-23
Signed by Governor |
| HB412 | Pass | Section 1 of the Act moves the definition of “good faith”, applicable throughout Title 12, from Section 3580 to Section 101 of Title 12. Sections 2 and 3 of the Act is intended to (i) reorganize and clarify section 3303 but not substantiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-22
Signed by Governor |
| SB186 | Pass | This bill requires entities contribute more than $100 to a political committees during an election cycle to disclose the name and address of a “responsible party”—that is, someone who shares or exercises direction or control over th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-22
Signed by Governor |
| HB306 | Pass | This bill establishes a fee for lobbyists who fail to file their quarterly expense reports in a timely manner. The purpose of the late filing fee for lobbyist expense reports is to advance the public purpose of timely filing and to compensate the Com...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-22
Signed by Governor |
| HB304 | Pass | This bill mandates electronic filing of financial disclosure reports.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-22
Signed by Governor |
| SB187 | Pass | This bill provides a safe alternative for the return of prohibited campaign and suspected prohibited campaign contributions. This bill allows a reporting party to donate a prohibited or suspected prohibited contribution to a charitable organization l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-22
Signed by Governor |
| HB303 | Pass | This bill clarifies the electronic verification process required for Lobbyist’s Employer Authorization forms.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-22
Signed by Governor |
| HB301 | Pass | This bill clarifies and establishes procedures for how a contribution by means of a check from a joint bank account should be attributed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-22
Signed by Governor |
| HB300 | Pass | This bill ensures that retaliation against an employee by an employer for refusing to engage in an offense under Chapter 80, Title 15 of the Delaware Code or reporting or participating in an investigation, hearing, trial or inquiry of an offense of C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-22
Signed by Governor |
| HB307 | Pass | This bill permits the Public Integrity Commission to report active candidates for State office who fail to timely file their financial disclosure reports, or who submit false information, to the State Election Commissioner while also protecting the P...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-22
Signed by Governor |
| HB229 | Pass | This bill allows for a conditional license for the purpose of attending school or job training for anyone who has had their license revoked for conviction of a drug offense. This bill adds these two classifications for a conditional license to the ex...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-22
Signed by Governor |
| HB363 | Pass | Delaware common law currently permits contracting parties to effectively opt into a 20 year limitations period by entering into a contract under seal. Absent compliance with the requirements for a contract under seal, the statute of limitations for b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-22
Signed by Governor |
| SJR10 | Pass | This resolution establishes the Lyme Disease Prevention Task Force to promulgate a unified strategy to combat Lyme Disease in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-21
Signed by Governor |
| HB392 | Pass | This legislation designates court security positions in the Court of Common Pleas and uniformed services supervisor positions in the Justice of the Peace Court as exempt from the State of Delaware Merit Rules, thereby placing them under the Judicial ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-21
Signed by Governor |
| SB246 | Pass | This Act would bring best practices to Delaware schools with respect to prevention of serious injury or death from anaphylactic reactions caused by an allergy or life-threatening crisis due to asthma. Delaware schools shall have Emergency Medications...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-21
Signed by Governor |
| HB292 | Pass | This Bill adds Serenity Place, Inc., a Dover rehabilitation entity, to the list of tax exempt organizations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-21
Signed by Governor |
| SB261 | Pass | This Bill grants pension increases to retired State Employees, retired Judges, retired “New” State police and retired County/Municipal Police/Firefighters on January 1, 2015 for persons whose pension benefit was effective on or before Jun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-21
Signed by Governor |
| HB397 | Pass | This bill will provide that when a municipal department is conducting an internal affairs investigation of a Council on Police Training Certified Police Officer pursuant to Delaware Code a certified officer from another department can conduct the inv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-21
Signed by Governor |
| HB280 | Pass | Delaware law enforcement agencies are currently limited to making arrests for cell phone and seatbelt violations to only when the offense occurs in the presence of the police officer. This bill adds these two violations to Title 21, Chapter 7, 701 a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-21
Signed by Governor |
