| SB132 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill enhances employment opportunities for Delaware’s work force by establishing a trust fund. This fund, the Delaware Works Trust Fund (“DWTF”), shall be used to support un-funded capital projects in Delaware that improve Dela...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-08-08
Stricken |
| 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 |
| HB420 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill removes Probation and Parole officers and Capitol and DNREC police officers from one group and creates a new group for purposes of collective bargaining. Certified police officers of the Office of State Fire Marshal are included in the new ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-30
Stricken |
| HB423 | Intro
Sine Die | In 1999, House Bill 332 established new response time goals and certification standards for the delivery of basic life support and emergency medical services. In order to meet the new standards, volunteer ambulance companies needed to hire paid EMTs ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-27
To House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee |
| SB251 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill continues the process of updating the Liquor Control Act to make it more modern and consumer-friendly. The bill allows stores the option to open at 8:00 a.m. for a period up to three consecutive months each year to adjust for seasonal varia...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-26
Amendment SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate |
| HB155 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill prohibits the use of a wearable computer with a head-mounted display while driving.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-26
Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| SB208 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill changes the method of populating the Advisory Council on Tidal Finfisheries from gubernatorial nomination with Senate confirmation to gubernatorial appointment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-26
Laid On Table in Senate |
| SB265 | Intro
Sine Die | Currently, to drive and park on Delaware beaches, a vehicle must have a permit and the operator must be actively engaged in surf fishing. This bill gives permit holders the option to not engage in surf fishing for safety reasons, but only during the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-26
To Senate Natural Resources & Environmental Control Committee |
| HB421 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires that repairs or additions or improvements on the Delaware Memorial Bridge use iron, steel, and manufactured products made in the United States unless the Secretary of DelDOT determines one of the stated exceptions applies. The bill...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-25
Reported Out of Committee (TRANSPORTATION/LAND USE AND INFRASTRUCTURE) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| SB249 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act creates a five year pilot program for the use of public-private partnership agreements in school construction and capital improvement projects. The contracting flexibility provided by this Act will allow school districts to enter into design...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-24
Laid On Table in Senate |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HB399 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act places a constitutional limitation on base general fund operating appropriations. However, appropriations deemed as emergencies involving the health, safety, or welfare of the citizens of the State that are approved by three-fifths of the me...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
To House Administration Committee |
| HB398 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill enables local governments, in coordination with the Department of Transportation, to create transportation improvement districts (TIDs) and an appropriate fee schedule for such studies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-11
To House Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee |
| HB390 | Intro
Sine Die | Consistent with the recommendation of the December 28, 2013 Report of Independent Counsel on Investigation of Violations of Delaware Campaign Finance and Related State Laws authored by E. Norman Veasey and Christine T. Di Guglielmo, this law bans all...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-10
To House Administration Committee |
| HB393 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires that, for emergency procurement, in addition to a preference for Delaware labor, there will be a preference for hiring companies with their principal place of business in Delaware. For a violation of that requirement, the hired ent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-10
Introduced in House and assigned to House Administration Committee |
| HB396 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill provides that a striped bass does not have to be tagged by a commercial fisherman until it is landed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-10
Introduced in House and assigned to Natural Resources Committee |
| SB248 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act seeks to prevent individuals convicted of certain crimes from collecting State pensions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-10
To Senate Executive Committee |
| SB250 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill creates a right to work law in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-10
To Senate Labor & Industrial Relations Committee |
| HB386 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill updates Title 26, Chapter 8 by adding the Public Service Commission as an authority to lawfully regulate and enforce potential public safety concerns related to underground excavations and demolitions and to establish and enforce undergroun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
To House Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee |
| HB387 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill updates Title 26, Chapter 1, Subchapter II by recognizing the potential for independent transmission companies to construct transmission facilities within the State and by providing for a new transmission line CPCN requirement. Current Dela...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
To House Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee |
| SB239 | Intro
Sine Die | This legislation establishes that the determination of fire company boundaries by the Fire Prevention Commission shall prevail over any other provision of the Code, state law, any county or municipal ordinance or any rules or regulations to the contr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| SB242 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill establishes 2-year post-employment restrictions on State employees whose State work relates to the State of Delaware's unclaimed property program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-05
To Senate Executive Committee |
| SB236 | Intro
Sine Die | New Section 331 is intended to confirm and codify the limited liability nature of corporations by expressly stating that provisions in a certificate of incorporation or bylaw may not impose monetary liability on stockholders, except in the very limit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-04
Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| HB375 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill places in the Delaware Code language that has been in the annual budget bill for the last 5 years. The bill allows a charter school to utilize for educational purposes any funds saved as a result of negotiating a school transportation contr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-04
Reported Out of Committee (HOUSE ADMINISTRATION) in House with 4 On Its Merits |
| HB378 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill provides persons experiencing homelessness protection from discrimination while on the streets and when seeking access to housing, employment, and temporary shelter as necessary to end their episode of homelessness. This Bill amends Title 6...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
To House Housing & Community Affairs Committee |
| SB237 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act places a duty on the drivers of motor vehicles to clean ice and snow off of their vehicles prior to driving on the State’s highways. Greater penalties are provided for ice or snow dislodging from a moving vehicle and causing physical i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| SB233 | Intro
Sine Die | The continued existence and dissemination of juvenile criminal histories hampers an individual’s ability to be successful and productive member of society. These criminal histories are a hindrance to employment, education, housing and credit. I...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB350 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires that new students at the University of Delaware shall consist of at least 80% in-state students until the entire student population reaches 65% in-state students. The University shall then maintain 65% in-state students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-06-03
To House Administration Committee |
| HB164 | Intro
Sine Die | Section 1 of this bill requires compliance with the federal mental health parity laws. Section 2 of this bill requires health insurers issuing large group policies to provide a minimum of 30 consecutive days of inpatient care for serious mental illne...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-05-29
Amendment HA 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
