| HB193 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill promotes the safety and welfare of the State’s citizens by making failure to wear a seat belt an independent civil violation. It would no longer be an aggravating circumstance for sentencing on other violations. There are still no mot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-30
Laid On Table in Senate |
| HB415 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill ensures that Truth in Sentencing provisions apply to Title 21 felony offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-30
Laid On Table in Senate |
| SB240 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill clarifies that a participating volunteer fire company or ladies auxiliary in the Delaware Volunteer Firemen’s Pension Plan has the ability to withdraw from the plan. As part of that withdrawal process the company or auxiliary would pa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-30
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB400 | Engross
Sine Die | Section 1 of this Bill adds a provision to the Health-Care Decisions statute authorizing a medical order which is transportable, standardized, and implements a patient's end-of-life care preferences. In order to implement that statute, adjustments ar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-30
Laid On Table in Senate |
| HB272 | Engross
Sine Die | This Bill, modeled after similar legislation enacted in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, clarifies paramedic immunity when consent to render care is unable to be obtained.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-26
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 41 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SB263 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill will eliminate the added step of transferring monies through the Secretary of State and enable the Department of Insurance to remit funds up to $1M dollars directly to the City of Wilmington in a more efficient and timely manner. The bill f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-26
Defeated by Senate. Votes: Defeated 13 YES 8 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SB252 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill changes American eel size and possession limits, and sets the minimum mesh size for eel pots. These changes are necessary for Delaware to remain in compliance with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission American Eel Interstate Fish...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-26
Reported Out of Committee (NATURAL RESOURCES) in House with 11 On Its Merits |
| SB162 | Engross
Sine Die | This Bill expands the crime of possession and purchase of deadly weapons by persons prohibited to include perpetrators of violent crimes who have been found Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity, Guilty But Mentally Ill, or Mentally Incompetent to Stand T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-25
To House Administration Committee |
| HB319 | Engross
Sine Die | As existing law has failed to make licensed midwifery services available to Delaware mothers who do not belong to very specific religious sects, a public process was followed in 2013-2014 to identify a better system, incorporating both Delaware syste...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-25
HS 1 for HB 319 - Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 27 YES 12 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB347 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill requires all new school construction or major renovation to include the following features: an intruder alarm, bullet resistant whiteboards, bulletproof glass in entrance areas and interior doors and windows, and doors lockable with keys on...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-25
Reported Out of Committee (EDUCATION) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HB132 | Engross
Sine Die | This Bill will modernize the process and requirements for issuance of liquor licenses for off premises consumption. The current process and requirements do not consider population growth. Minimum distance requirements are enhanced while increases in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
To Senate Executive Committee |
| HB105 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill provides for election day registration for presidential primary, primary, special, and general elections whereas currently the deadline is the fourth Saturday prior to the date of the election. Moreover, same day registration at polling pla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
Amendment SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate |
| SB204 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill removes the time limitation applicable to exemptions for real property and manufactured homes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-29
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee |
| SB223 | Engross
Sine Die | This is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that would authorize the Governor to nominate a Lieutenant Governor in the event of a vacancy in the office. The nomination would require confirmation by a majority of the members of the Senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-15
Laid On Table in Senate |
| SB188 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill vests judges with discretion to determine “habitual offender” sentences, rather than the Attorney General’s staff. It also permits some offenders whose sentences were determined by the Attorney General’s Office to be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB72 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act will establish a one year minimum mandatory prison sentence to be imposed upon any person convicted of unlawfully carrying a concealed firearm.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB48 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill will create a process to have an eleven-member Commission appointed every ten years to redistrict the Senate and House of Representatives of the Delaware General Assembly. “The Redistricting Commission for the State of Delaware”...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-13
Amendment HA 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB73 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act will help deter the illegal possession of firearms by dangerous criminals by increasing the penalties imposed upon persons convicted of violating the crime of Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited. Adults convicted of illegally poss...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| SB18 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act makes clear that it is a class A misdemeanor to falsely report to a law enforcement agency that a firearm has been lost or stolen. The Act also increases the penalty for providing a false statement to law enforcement that a firearm has been ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits |
| HB210 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill sets out a process by which a person may bring a complaint before the Commissioner of Elections if that person believes a candidate is running in violation of the residency requirements for a particular office.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-07-09
To Senate Administrative Services/Elections Committee |
| HB179 | Engross
Sine Die | The Bill will reduce average customer energy bills and will create local jobs by driving investments in energy efficiency that displace more expensive energy supply purchases. Energy efficiency investments create in-state jobs, lower energy bills for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-07-01
Amendment SA 2 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate |
| HB88 | Engross
Sine Die | SYNOPSIS This Act is designed to create procedures in Delaware for making sure firearms are not in the hands of dangerous people while protecting due process and not creating a barrier to care for those suffering from mental illness. Unlike other sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-27
Defeated by Senate. Votes: Defeated 6 YES 13 NO 2 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB107 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill provides that the buyer of an existing manufactured home shall have the option of assuming the existing lease from the seller of the home or entering into a new lease with the community owner. The bill also provides that the community owner...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
To Senate Small Business Committee |
| HB150 | Engross
Sine Die | This Bill legalizes the sale of unpasteurized, raw milk directly to a final consumer. The State of Delaware adopted, by Regulation, the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ Grade “A” Pasteurized Milk Ordinance 2009...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Defeated by House of Representatives. Votes: Defeated 14 YES 26 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB146 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act requires persons convicted of criminal offenses committed within the jurisdiction of the City of Wilmington to pay a $25.00 penalty to offset the costs incurred by the City to investigate, arrest and participate in the prosecution of such of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB27 | 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 to school districts...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB45 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act required pawnbrokers, secondhand dealers and scrap metal processors to photograph all jewelry which they purchase or otherwise acquire.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-06
Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB103 | Engross
Sine Die | Section 1 of this Bill replaces the position of Treasurer with that of Vice–President on the Board of Landscape Architecture. This change brings the Board of Landscape Architecture in line with other boards covered under Title 24 of the Delawar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-05
Reported Out of Committee (SUNSET) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| SB29 | Engross
Sine Die | This Bill provides for recording and maintaining a record of all deliberations made by public bodies during public hearings, including any discussion made "off the record."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-05-01
To House Administration Committee |
