| HB106 | Pass | This bill amends section 7026 of title 25 regarding a manufactured housing home owners association’s (“HOA”) right of first offer to purchase their manufactured home community. The bill provides that a HOA’s alternative purcha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-21
Signed by Governor |
| HB351 | Pass | This bill makes a housekeeping correction by changing a reference to the former “Violent Crimes Compensation Board” to the current name, Victims’ Compensation Assistance Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-21
Signed by Governor |
| HB296 | Pass | The bill allows professional licensing boards to recognize military education, training and experience when reviewing credentials and issuing licenses and aims to assist service personnel and their spouses in obtaining and/or renewing professional li...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-21
Signed by Governor |
| HB289 | Pass | This bill creates equity among users of telecommunications services by extending the 911 fee to prepaid wireless retail transactions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-21
Signed by Governor |
| HB376 | Pass | This bill clarifies the duties of the Investigation Coordinator in the child protection system to have the authority to track each reported case of abuse or neglect, and to be responsible for tracking and monitoring each reported case of death, serio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-21
Signed by Governor |
| HB324 | Pass | The bill creates a special motor vehicle license plate for the purpose of honoring Delaware’s veterans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-21
Signed by Governor |
| HB329 | Pass | Section 1 amends Section 103(a)(1) to remove any limitation on the reason for the incorporator's unavailability. Section 2 amends Section 108 to provide a means for the incorporator's actions required by this section to be taken in the event the inco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| HB290 | Pass | This Act gives the Family Court discretion in sentencing a child for an act of delinquency to waive or suspend any required fines, court costs or penalty assessments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| SB229 | Pass | Section 1 of the Act would permit the state’s most severely cognitively disabled students, with the consent of their parents, IEP teams, and school districts, to receive special exemptions from taking either of the state’s standardized as...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| HB332 | Pass | This bill provides for an automatic interview to be given to an applicant for a merit position who is already employed by the State as a casual seasonal doing the same job.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| SB230 | Pass | This bill expands the Child Protection Accountability Commission from 20 to 24 members. In so doing, it expands representation to include the Superintendent of the Delaware State Police; the Chair of the Child Death, Near Death and Stillbirth Commiss...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| HB318 | Pass | This Act doubles the research and development tax credit available to smaller businesses while keeping in place the annual cap of $5 million for the credit as a whole. Currently, all businesses are entitled to a state tax credit that is equal to half...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| HB326 | 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] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| HB331 | Pass | This Act removes the exemption from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and thus fully applies FOIA to the University of Delaware and Delaware State University. Currently FOIA applies to their Boards of Trustees and their documents relating to the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| SB220 | Pass | This Bill implements the recommendations of the Lottery & Gaming Study Commission created by the 147th General Assembly. Effective July 1, 2014, certain video lottery equipment costs will be deducted prior to calculation of the State’s shar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| HB314 | Pass | This Bill amends the Town’s Charter to make filling a vacancy on the Bethel Town Council by appointing a prior candidate for office optional as opposed to mandatory. This Bill also gives the Bethel Town Council discretion to decide whether to a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| SB169 | Pass | This legislation authorizes and requires the Justice of the Peace Court to conduct drug testing of its uniformed services employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| SB218 | Pass | This bill amends the definition of good cause to include reported and recorded acts of Bullying as previously defined in Delaware Code. This definition change would allow bullying along with the other factors currently listed under “good cause&...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| HB327 | 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] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| SB224 | Pass | This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Laurel to permit issuance of general obligation bonds, certificates of indebtedness, notes, or other obligations by the Town of Laurel, without a public hearing and special election, up to the aggregate amou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| HB288 | Pass | This bill clarifies that the assessment paid into the Delaware Broadband Fund applies only to telecommunications service providers and not to all entities governed by the Public Service Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| HB328 | 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] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| SB234 | Pass | This bill aligns language within Title 14, Chapter 5 with changes to education and charter policy made throughout the chapter as well as elsewhere in the title. These changes remedy inconsistencies in language between different sections of Delaware C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| HB299 | Pass | This legislation would allow for the sale and consumption of beer, wine and liquor at movie theaters, including consumption within the theater during a movie showing, something that is allowed in at least 30 states including Maryland, New Jersey, New...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| SB182 | Pass | This bill creates a check box for donations to the Protecting Delaware’s Children Fund on the individual income tax return. All amounts designated to this Fund would be forwarded to the Delaware Community Foundation for use in public awareness ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| SB211 | Pass | This Act establishes a 30-day late renewal period for certified nursing assistants during which they may still work. Certifications renewed during the 30-day late renewal period will be charged a fee for late renewal rather than having to retake the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| SB181 | Pass | This bill makes several changes to the Child Protection Registry. First, it provides the requirement for a hearing for every child prior to placement on the registry and requires the appointment of counsel. The bill reorganizes the Court findings req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| SB253 | Pass | This legislation authorizes the conveyance of the Airport Road Division of Motor Vehicles facility over to the Colonial School District. The legislation also directs the Colonial School District to subdivide, and convey a portion of the parcel to be ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| HB237 | Pass | This bill clarifies that the Delaware Department of Transportation has enforcement authority of the clear zones within the unincorporated areas of the State. This bill further clearly defines the placement of signs. The definition of “gore area...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| SB194 | Pass | This Bill seeks to do four things. First, it brings the reporting requirements for pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers in line with those of the scrap metal processors. Next, it extends the deadline for reporting for scrap metal processors to close of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| SB159 | Pass | This legislation provides clarification with respect to the placement, installation and maintenance of gateway signs to boundaries of political subdivisions and established non-incorporated areas of the State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| SB264 | Pass | Contingent upon enactment of Senate Bill No. 220 of the 147th General Assembly, this Act deauthorizes $9,900,000 in existing authorizations and reauthorizes $9,900,000 to the State Lottery Office for Lottery and Gaming.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| HB137 | Pass | This bill expands and promotes unity in the options for survivor pension payout choices for retired participants in the State pension programs, the State Employees' Pension Plan, the County and Municipal Employees' Pension Plan, the County and Munici...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| HB373 | Pass | This Act makes substantial changes to Titles 18 and 19 of the Delaware Code designed to control the level of workers’ compensation premiums in Delaware. The most significant changes are (a) a 33% reduction in medical costs to the workers’...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-15
Signed by Governor |
| SB217 | Pass | This bill repeals the provision of the Delaware code requiring the revocation of the driver’s license of any individual of a drug offense, regardless of whether the offense is related to the operation of a motor vehicle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| HB312 | Pass | This bill restores judicial discretion to permit the imposition of either concurrent or consecutive sentences, bringing Delaware in line with the other 49 states and the federal government.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| HB264 | Pass | This Bill will enable the Department of Correction to offer casual seasonal employment for up to 6 months to ex-offenders who demonstrate exceptional job skills while enrolled in a Level 4 or Level 5 vocational program, notwithstanding any prior felo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-09
Signed by Governor |
| HB334 | Pass | This bill provides for the transition of the statewide student assessment system, the Delaware Comprehensive Student Assessment (DCAS), to the Smarter Balanced Assessment System (Smarter). Specifically, the bill removes references to multiple assessm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB231 | Enroll
Sine Die | This bill adds 6 members to the current 15 member Diamond State Port Corporation Board of Directors. The Senate pro tempore and Speaker of the House will each appoint 3 directors. The original directors appointed will serve staggered term lengths.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-01
HS 1 for HB 231 - Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 39 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB228 | Pass | The intent of this bill is to make adjustments to the existing code to be consistent with current practices, clarify ambiguities, and eliminate sections that no longer apply.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB254 | Pass | This legislation is party neutral and does not provide an advantage to either side in a lawsuit. It assists judicial economy, reduces the time and cost of litigation, and shortens the time that jurors have to serve on a given case because they would ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB291 | Pass | The Insurance Coverage Office has administratively operated within the Office of Management and Budget and its predecessor agencies for over twenty years. This legislation updates the Delaware Code to formalize the movement of the Insurance Coverage ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB254 | Pass | Recognizing (1) that our educators are assuming greater levels of responsibility and demonstrating leadership in their classrooms and schools, (2) that our current educator compensation system does not reflect the work we value in our educators or pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB247 | Pass | This bill continues the current practice which allows school districts to hire qualified school nurses in a timely and appropriate manner. The bill keeps in place current language that requires applicants for school nurse to achieve a passing score o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB262 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Bill addresses the issue of exceeding maximum political contribution limits by collecting money to run for an office which the candidate drops out of the race for prior to the primary or general election and using that money and new contribution...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-01
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB414 | Pass | This Act maintains the 10 year tax credit available to bank franchise taxpayers that create 200 or more jobs by extending the sunset of the tax credit from January 1, 2022 to January 1, 2032 and providing for a rolling base year for measuring employm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB245 | Enroll
Sine Die | This bill would require retail establishments to allow access to an employee bathroom for customers with Crohn’s disease, colitis, or other condition or device requiring immediate access to a restroom facility. A customer wishing access must ha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-01
HS 1 for HB 245 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 18 YES 1 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SB226 | Intro
Sine Die | Section 1 of this bill would increase consumer knowledge and corporate transparency by requiring a Commission-regulated electric company, retail electricity provider, or municipal electric company to include on each customer’s bill a line-by-li...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-01
Amendment SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate |
| HB295 | Pass | This bill will create a new chapter regarding the safe destruction by business entities of documents containing personal information. Aggrieved customers will have a civil action to recover potential treble damages. In addition, the Attorney General ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB244 | Pass | This bill expands the purview of the DPAS II Advisory Committee which serves to provide advice to the Secretary of Education and the State Board in the promulgation of regulations relating to DPAS II.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-07-01
Signed by Governor |
