| HB253 | Pass | This bill creates a “Stop Child Abuse” license plate, with proceeds going to the Protecting Delaware’s Children Fund. The initial fee is $50, including a $15 administrative fee. Annual renewal will cost $40 in addition to the regula...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| SB259 | Intro
Sine Die | This act sets a $0.50 assessment for deposit in the Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund for each rented lot in a manufactured home community for a legal expenses fund for homeowners.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-24
Amendment SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate |
| HB422 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill would place limits on the use of solitary confinement, a topic which is largely unaddressed in current Delaware law. A growing body of research shows that long-term solitary confinement may contribute to significant mental health issues and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-24
Introduced in House and assigned to Corrections Committee |
| HB202 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill changes the requirements for security guard and private investigator licenses by (a) making the qualifications uniform for both occupations; (b) providing that a license may still be issued for persons convicted of 2 or less drug or theft-r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-24
Amendment SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate |
| SB241 | Pass | This Act reorganizes the provision of many forensic sciences into a new Division of Forensic Science organized within the Department of Safety and Homeland Security. The proposed new Division of Forensic Science would consist of the operations previo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| HB370 | Intro
Sine Die | 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] | 2014-06-24
Stricken |
| HB302 | Enroll
Sine Die | This bill establishes a more efficient structure for the administration of Delaware’s campaign finance laws, establishes a mechanism for citizens to report possible violations, and gives the State Election Commissioner the resources necessary t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-24
HS 1 for HB 302 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 11 YES 10 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB240 | Pass | The use of electric lights to attract fish while fishing was banned to control fishing harvest before the establishment of management measures such as fishing size and creel limits and closed seasons. The current law prevents the use of electric ligh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| SB137 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill prohibits the possession, sale and manufacture of a firearm undetectable by metal detectors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| HB246 | Pass | This Act substitutes the term “payment card” for the term “credit card” for purposes of title 11 to broaden the scope of the term to include debit cards and other forms of cards that are not “credit” cards, but are...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| SB189 | Pass | This bill changes the Limited License for Dentists to an Academic License and sets forth the requirements. These licensees work as directors, chairs or faculty of hospitals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
Signed by Governor |
| HB405 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill is the first leg of a Constitutional amendment that eliminates reference to the county elective office of Clerk of the Peace. Contemporaneously with the second leg of the Constitutional Amendment, the implementation language will be filed a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
Stricken |
| HB287 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill establishes a set prevailing wage rate and eliminates the need for a survey based upon certain requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To Senate Labor & Industrial Relations Committee |
| HB371 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to exempt from prosecution those who possess marijuana for personal use and consumption.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
HS 1 for HB 371 - Reported Out of Committee (PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY) in House with 8 On Its Merits |
| SB235 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Bill represents the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on the feasibility of opening Family Court proceedings to the public. The Bill provides that paternity, divorce, property division and alimony hearings are presumed to be public p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-19
To House Administration Committee |
| HB243 | Pass | Currently possession actions involving rental of residential or commercial property fall within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Justice of the Peace Court. There is no clear statement of jurisdiction for agricultural leases, though the possession i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
Signed by Governor |
| HB133 | Pass | This bill would allow drivers of a vehicle to make a left turn across a paved dividing space unless prohibited by an official traffic-control device. This language is consistent with the National Uniform Vehicle Code permitting the crossing of flushe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
Signed by Governor |
| HB413 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill gives more flexibility in how law enforcement may use funds from the Fund to Combat Violent Crimes. Additionally, the bill expands the definition of "local law enforcement agency". finally, the bill allows law enforcement to use l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY) in House with 8 On Its Merits |
| HB411 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill allows inspectors with the Division of Professions Regulations to inspect businesses, schools, or other places where electrical services are offered, rendered or taught to ensure compliance with the laws relating to electrical services in T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (SUNSET COMMITTEE (POLICY ANALYSIS & GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY)) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits |
| HB273 | Pass | This bill changes the qualifying year for a street rod from 1949 to pre 1970.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
Signed by Governor |
| HB181 | Pass | This bill adds support proceedings to the Family Court proceedings in which mediation is prohibited. This applies to cases in which one of the parties has been found by a court to have committed an act of domestic violence against the other party or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
Signed by Governor |
| SB179 | Pass | This Act is intended to clarify the offense of Resisting Arrest by making grammatical changes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
Signed by Governor |
| HB234 | Enroll
Sine Die | This bill: 1.) Provides that in determining market rent there must be a comparison of community to community and not lot to lot. Additionally, communities used in the comparison of community to community cannot be owned by the same principles. 2.) Al...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
HS 1 for HB 234 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 19 YES 0 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB267 | Pass | This bill requires that public middle schools and high schools include information regarding the SEED and Inspire scholarship programs in all printed and electronic communications concerning school activities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-18
Signed by Governor |
| HB409 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill exempts substance abuse treatment facilities which are already accredited by a nationally recognized healthcare accreditation organization, such as the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations or the Commission on Accre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
To House Health & Human Development Committee |
| HB406 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill requires an auctioneer who is providing real estate services other than advertising and marketing real property for sale by auction, selling the property by auction on the day advertised, and performing ministerial tasks necessary for settl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee |
| HB410 | Intro
Sine Die | Effective December 31, 2014, this Bill closes the City of Newark Alderman’s Court by removing the authority of the Newark City Council to establish an Alderman’s Court. All cases then before the City of Newark Alderman’s Court shall...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
To House Administration Committee |
| HB341 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill allows for collective bargaining in each of the defined units when a majority of the identified employees are recognized. In addition, specific dates and timeframes are added.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB377 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act reincorporates the Town of Townsend.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
Amendment HA 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB298 | Engross
Sine Die | This Bill raises the fine for a first offense for using a hand-held cell phone or other electronic device while driving from $50 to $75.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| HB418 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill imposes a license requirement and fee of $1 per barrel upon any entity engaged in the commercial lightering of petroleum products on waters within the territorial jurisdiction of this State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-17
Introduced in House and assigned to House Administration Committee |
| HB235 | Pass | This bill designates bicycling as the official sport for the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| SB20 | Pass | Section 1 of this Act appropriates 39.7 FTEs, of which up to 4.0 shall be authorized as teachers/supervisors, 31.7 authorized as teachers, 3.0 authorized as secretaries for the Department of Education and 1.0 Education Associate to operate the Prison...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
Signed by Governor |
| HB402 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill ties the state prevailing wage rate to the average rate established by the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics Survey (OES) for the subject class of laborers or mechanics.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
To House Administration Committee |
| HB404 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill extends Delaware’s Clean Indoor Air Act to eliminate smoking in private clubs such as fraternal benefit societies and volunteer fire companies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
Introduced in House and assigned to Health & Human Development Committee |
| HB266 | Pass | New motor vehicle dealers have been performing safety and VIN verifications on vehicles 5 model years old or newer since 2011. This legislation would allow any licensed dealer approved by the department to perform VIN verifications. This authorizatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
Signed by Governor |
| SB171 | Enroll
Sine Die | After the General Assembly adopted a drafting procedure using strikethrough and underline, some inconsistencies and confusion about how amendments to bill should be drafted resulted. In the effort to update the Legislative Drafting Manual, the Divisi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
Reported Out of Committee (HOUSE ADMINISTRATION) in House with 4 On Its Merits |
| SB178 | Pass | This bill transfers authority for state-approved motor vehicle accident prevention (defensive driving) courses from the Department of Insurance to the Division of Motor Vehicles. The Division of Motor Vehicles shall promulgate regulations in coordina...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
Signed by Governor |
| HB241 | Pass | This Bill defines tobacco substitute to include modern e-cigarettes, and prohibits a person from selling or distributing tobacco substitutes to minors. This Bill further prohibits minors from purchasing or receiving such tobacco substitutes. This Bil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-12
Signed by Governor |
| HB81 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill lowers the number of full-time employees from 25 to 3 for the Police Officers’ and Firefighters’ Employment Relations Act to apply to a public employer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
Defeated by Senate. Votes: Defeated 10 YES 7 NO 3 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB391 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill updates requirements for handguns used for deer hunting by adding a range and limit to allowable handgun calibers to accommodate changing handgun availability while maintaining public safety and handgun hunting efficacy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
Reported Out of Committee (NATURAL RESOURCES) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits |
| SB232 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill defines “crusher” and requires that any crusher have a mandatory set back from residences and residential communities. A crusher is often used to reduce the size of waste concrete for disposal or recycling. The process of crushi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
Amendment SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate |
| HB380 | Intro
Sine Die | Many employers require criminal history background checks as a condition of employment. This bill would limit conviction data provided to prospective employers to Class B misdemeanor convictions or greater, meaning criminal acts classified as unclass...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable |
| HB276 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill requires any administrative agency proposing a regulation under the Administrative Procedures Act to include a cost-benefit estimate in the notice for public comment that must be published before the regulation may be adopted. This cost-ben...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
Reported Out of Committee (ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/BANKING/INSURANCE/COMMERCE) in House with 8 On Its Merits |
| HB381 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill is the result of recommendations made by the Joint Sunset Committee and adds appointed members of the Cash Management Policy Board to the definition of “public officers”. This designation would subject the appointed members of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
Reported Out of Committee (SUNSET COMMITTEE (POLICY ANALYSIS & GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY)) in House with 3 Favorable |
| HB286 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill creates a procedure under which a person who has obtained a judgment in any court of the State of Delaware may have the Department of Finance intercept tax refunds and lottery winnings to satisfy such judgment. The bill also requires any pe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB200 | Enroll
Sine Die | This bill increases the penalty for committing terroristic threatening that causes evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transportation from a class G felony to a class E felony.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 8 On Its Merits |
| SB193 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill requires a mammography service provider to provide specific notice to a patient if that patient presents with dense breast tissue.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT) in House with 7 On Its Merits |
| HB349 | Intro
Sine Die | This amendment substitutes the term “deadly weapon” for “firearm”. A firearm is only one type of deadly weapon.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 3 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits |
| SB196 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill restores language to the Delaware Code that was inadvertently repealed in 2010 when SB 240 and HB 419 were enacted concurrently. This bill adds cats to the list of domestic animals that are protected under the dangerous dog law. Cats are do...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT) in House with 13 On Its Merits |
