| HB84 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires that all charter school applications are first submitted to the local school board. If the school board denies the application, the applicant may then request that the Department of Education consider its application.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-16
To House Education Committee |
| HB22 | Pass | This Act reincorporates the Town of Townsend.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-13
Signed by Governor |
| HB24 | Pass | Under this section of the Landlord Tenant Code, there is an exemption that is created for vacation rentals along some of Delaware’s beaches that permits homeowners to rent their homes for a period of 120 days or less without being subject to th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-10
Signed by Governor |
| HB21 | Pass | This bill removes the $10 administrative fee for applicants requesting the Gold Star family special license plate in recognition of a close relative’s death while serving in the military.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-09
Signed by Governor |
| HB49 | Pass | This Act gives business entities formed in Delaware greater capacity to resolve business disputes in a rapid and efficient manner through voluntary arbitration conducted by expert arbitrators under strict timelines. To that end, the Act requires res...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-02
Signed by Governor |
| SB8 | Pass | Senate Bill 119 which passed the 147th General Assembly inadvertently omitted the exception for veterinarians and methadone clinics from dispensing more than 72 hours of a controlled substance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-02
Signed by Governor |
| SB54 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act allows the Director of the Delaware Economic Development Office to create right-to-work zones as part of its inducements to bring new businesses to Delaware and requires these zones to be offered for manufacturing businesses hiring at least ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-02
To Senate Labor & Industrial Relations Committee |
| HB54 | Intro
Sine Die | Currently every motorcycle rider is required to have a helmet in his or her possession while riding. This bill requires that the person, along with any passengers, actually wear a helmet. Currently, 19 states and the District of Columbia require all ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-01
Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB62 | Intro
Sine Die | Consistent with the pre-trial, diversionary drug court treatment programs administered by the Superior Court and Court of Common Pleas for adults, this Act changes the Family Court’s Adjudicated Drug Court Program to a pre-disposition, non-adju...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-01
Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits |
| HB35 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill creates a tax credit for demolition permit fees if the demolition is needed as a result of damage caused by a natural disaster. This bill shall be referred to as the “Barbara Smith-Morlock and Robert Dolga Act”.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-01
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB68 | Intro
Sine Die | As the law stands now, following a writ of possession, a Landlord must store a manufactured home of the tenant that was left unclaimed for 30 days. Following that 30-day period, the home is deemed abandoned by operation of law, and the Landlord may d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-01
Reported Out of Committee (MANUFACTURED HOUSING) in House with 4 On Its Merits |
| HB29 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill provides for a moratorium on all new charter schools within the City of Wilmington until June 30, 2017.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-26
Stricken |
| SB46 | Intro
Sine Die | Traditionally, at least one member of both the Court of Chancery and the Supreme Court have been residents of and been appointed from the Bars of each of the three counties, respectively. This Amendment is the 1st leg of a Constitutional Amendment to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-26
To Senate Executive Committee |
| SB38 | Intro
Sine Die | This legislation is modeled after “Right to Try” legislation, which has been enacted in Colorado and Louisiana, awaiting gubernatorial action in Missouri, introduced in Minnesota, New Jersey and in the U.S. Congress government, and includ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-24
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee |
| HB14 | Intro
Sine Die | As a public school safety measure, this bill requires that any door to a classroom will be equipped with a lock that can be locked from either side of the door. Many doors are currently not capable of locking from the inside. Locking the door(s) to a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-24
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB12 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill seeks to ensure that every public school in the State of Delaware has a nurse. This bill provides a mechanism to allow public schools that currently do not have a school nurse to receive state funds. The bill also allows for a match tax to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-24
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB16 | Pass | Section 1 of this Act amends the definition of “restaurant”, as it relates to Delaware’s laws governing the sale and consumption of alcoholic liquors, to allow smaller restaurants, those with seating for at least 12 individuals, to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-23
Signed by Governor |
| HB43 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill was previously recommended by the Joint Sunset Committee in the 147th General Assembly. The bill adds appointed members of the Cash Management Policy Board to the definition of “public officers.” This designation would subject t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Administration Committee |
| HB42 | Intro
Sine Die | Currently FOIA applies to their Boards of Trustees and their documents relating to the expenditure of public funds. Also under current law, as of July 1, 2015, the universities will have to indicate on any request for proposal or other competitive bi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Administration Committee |
| HB41 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill adds active members of the ladies auxiliary or volunteer fire department ladies auxiliary as eligible for free surf fishing licenses. The bill also gives the department presidents discretion in determining what qualifies as an “active...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| SB9 | Pass | This charter change reverts the times that polls will be open in the City of New Castle back to their original times. The earlier opening and later closing proved to be a burden on workers and the Department of Election and few voters arrived before ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-11
Signed by Governor |
| SB20 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2016 Bond and Capital Improvements Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-29
To Senate Bond Committee |
| HB37 | 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] | 2015-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB20 | Pass | This Act authorizes the State Bank Commissioner to approve the purchase by a bank or trust company of the shares of its own capital stock, subject to such terms and conditions, if any, as the Commissioner may require.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-29
Signed by Governor |
| HB45 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2016 Appropriation Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-29
Introduced in House and assigned to Appropriations Committee |
| SB11 | Pass | This bill addresses various aspects regarding the administration of the abandoned or unclaimed property law of the State of Delaware and implements certain recommendations of the Task Force to Study and Make Findings and Recommendations to Improve Fa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-29
Signed by Governor |
| SB27 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act stops individuals convicted of certain crimes from collecting their State pensions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-29
To Senate Executive Committee |
| HB36 | 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] | 2015-01-29
To House Corrections Committee |
| SB30 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill implements the recommendations of the Lottery & Gaming Study Commission adopted on January 22, 2015. The revenue sharing model is being adjusted in a way that allows the State to continue to benefit from video lottery proceeds, allows f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-29
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB24 | Intro
Sine Die | This act would ensure that the academic performance of charter schools who are serving low income and minority students are evaluated by the improvements that they have made with their students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-27
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB17 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act repeals the Delaware Estate Tax as of July 1, 2015.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB15 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act establishes February 6 as “Ronald Reagan Day” in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-27
To Senate Executive Committee |
| HB28 | Intro
Sine Die | Absent an agreement with the school district, charter schools are currently able to retain any funding received for the fiscal year for a student who transfers mid-year from the charter school to a school district. This bill mandates that, if a stude...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-22
To House Education Committee |
| HB6 | Intro
Sine Die | The Court of Chancery has held that 5106(b)(7) of Title 14 “expressly evidenced [the General Assembly’s] intent that control of University [of Delaware] land development and use is within the exclusive control of the Board of Trustees of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Administration Committee |
| HB13 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires all new school construction or major renovation to include the following features: an intruder alarm, bulletproof glass in entrance areas and interior doors and windows, and doors lockable with keys on both sides. Further, the bill...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-15
Stricken |
| HB26 | Intro
Sine Die | Currently only persons who are blind are exempt from hunting and fishing license requirements. This amendment will provide a hunting and fishing license exemption (not trapping) to all persons who have a severe, chronic mental or physical disability....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-14
To House Natural Resources Committee |
