| SB149 | Intro
Sine Die | This legislation removes the disparate treatment of counties, making all three county seats eligible for the same percentage of reimbursement of real property taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-23
To Senate Community/County Affairs Committee |
| SB137 | Intro
Sine Die | Delaware’s Community College System plays a critical role in the State’s economy by providing workforce development and transfer education that connects Delawareans with good paying jobs within the State and region. This Act gives the Col...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-23
Reported Out of Committee (FINANCE) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| SB71 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill only applies to life insurance carriers who meet certain criteria suggesting a history of issuing fraudulent policies or other financial misconduct. When a covered insurance carrier cancels a life insurance policy for lack of insurable inte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-23
Roll Call Rescinded in Senate |
| HB96 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act requires each public school district to equip the schools within their respective jurisdictions with an adequate number of panic buttons that may be used to immediately alert local law enforcement authorities of a security threat at a school...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HR18 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizing Sunday, June 21, 2015 As Father's Day In Delaware And Commending All Fathers For Their Support In Their Children's Lives.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HB203 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill clarifies the original intent of House Bill No. 151 of the 147th General Assembly, which substantially revised the law relating to bail agent licensure and oversight, that individuals or businesses that loan or otherwise provide funds to ba...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HCR42 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution recognizes the young men participating in the 2015 session of Delaware's Boys State and commends its sponsor, the American Legion Department of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SB33 | Pass | An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Education And The Individualized Education Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
Signed by Governor |
| SCR27 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution establishes a Clean Water and Flood Abatement Task Force.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 19 YES 1 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB152 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill ensures every elementary, middle, and high school in the State employs at least one library media specialist.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB144 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill codifies the annual funding of transportation of students of nonpublic, nonprofit elementary and high schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SCR26 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution honors the class of 2014-2015 Eagle Scouts for having attained the highest rank one can earn in the Boy Scouts of America. AUTHOR: Sen. Lawson
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HB67 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill requires all statewide and other candidates that may appear on the general election ballot to disclose whether or not all their State and Federal personal income tax returns are filed and any tax due has been paid and whether or not all the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (HOUSE ADMINISTRATION) in House with 3 On Its Merits |
| HB39 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to decriminalize the possession or private use of a personal use quantity of marijuana. More specifically, persons who possess one ounce or less of marijuana shall be assessed a civil penalty that will not become part of a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
Signed by Governor |
| HB75 | Pass | The continued existence and dissemination of juvenile criminal histories hampers an individual’s ability to be a successful and productive member of society. Juvenile criminal histories are a hindrance to employment, education, housing and cred...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-17
Signed by Governor |
| HB176 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill identifies the act of leaving a child home alone, an act that is considered when investigating the potential abuse or neglect of a child. As every child and particular situation is unique, this definition allows for a case by case determina...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-17
Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT) in House with 8 On Its Merits |
| HB181 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill creates a new tax bracket at $125,000 with a rate of 7.10%, and an additional bracket at $250,000 with a rate of 7.85%.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-17
Reported Out of Committee (REVENUE & FINANCE) in House with 8 On Its Merits |
| HB128 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill raises campaign contribution limits. Specifically, the individual limit for a statewide election goes from $1,200 to $2,000 and, for a non-statewide election, from $600 to $1,000. The bill also raises the limit of contributions from a party...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-17
HS 1 for HB 128 - Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB196 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill lowers the current tax rates by .05% for each bracket. The bill also creates a new tax bracket at $125,000 with a rate of 7.05%, and an additional bracket at $250,000 with a rate of 7.80%. The bill also provides a tiered reduction of the ot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-17
Reported Out of Committee (REVENUE & FINANCE) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits, 3 Unfavorable |
| HB175 | Intro
Sine Die | A unified sport is an athletic program that combines students with disabilities and students without disabilities to train and compete on the same team. The purpose of a unified sport is to build social inclusion through the platform of sports, and t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-17
Reported Out of Committee (EDUCATION) in House with 2 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits |
| HB53 | Intro
Sine Die | Currently, all school districts, including vocational schools, are subject to the Auditor of Accounts. Edits to the November 2010 Charter School Manual removed instructions for charter schools to go through Auditor of Accounts when contracting for au...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-16
Stricken |
| HB154 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill is a companion to House Bill No. 53 and is conditioned upon that bill’s enactment. This bill clarifies that charter schools do not have to contract for a separate audit, but rather are subject to a postaudit conducted by the Auditor o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-16
Stricken |
| HB182 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill lowers the current tax rates by .05% for each bracket. The bill also creates a new tax bracket at $125,000 with a rate of 7.05%, and an additional bracket at $250,000 with a rate of 7.80%. The bill also provides a tiered reduction of the ot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-16
Stricken |
| HB189 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill establishes the crime of Dairy Cattle Tail Docking as a class A misdemeanor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB111 | Intro
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] | 2015-06-11
Reported Out of Committee (ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/ELECTIONS) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| SB48 | Intro
Sine Die | An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Rehabilitation And Liquidation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-11
Stricken |
| HR17 | Intro
Sine Die | This Resolution celebrates the fifteenth anniversary of the Sister-State Relationship and reaffirms the relationship between the State of Delaware and the Province of Taiwan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-11
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SR8 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution celebrates the 15th anniversary of the sister-state relationship of, and reaffirms the relationship between, the State of Delaware and the Province of Taiwan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-11
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB141 | Intro
Sine Die | Currently the law requires that any person convicted of a crime identified under the section identifying sexual offenses, or offenses relating to children and incompetents must submit to DNA testing. The DNA testing is compiled and stored in the stat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-11
Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| SB136 | Intro
Sine Die | The 3% Cost Cap for the Renewable Compliance Charge to electric customers established in the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards Act is being exceeded by the cost of contracts for energy credits that cannot be re-negotiated, or canceled. This Bill p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-11
To Senate Energy & Transit Committee |
| SCR24 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes June 15, 2015, as “Delaware Elder Abuse Awareness Day” and encourages all of Delaware’s citizens to learn about how to protect and nurture our elderly citizens.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-11
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SCR25 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution is designed to direct the Insurance Commissioner of Delaware and the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services to work with insurance companies and the medical community in order to issue Survivorship Care Plans to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-11
Introduced in House and assigned to Health & Human Development Committee |
| HB97 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill allows a hunter to use a handgun in lieu of a shotgun on farms permitted by DNREC through their deer depredation programs to reduce agricultural crop damage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-10
Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB60 | Pass | This bill creates an Achieving a Better Life Experience (“ABLE”) Program in Delaware, to implement federal legislation enabling the creation of savings accounts with tax advantages similar to 529 accounts, designed to be used by persons w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-10
Signed by Governor |
| HB173 | Intro
Sine Die | The Department of Education often implements policies and educational requirements based upon directives issued by the United States Department of Education. This Bill will require that any directive received by the Department of Education from the F...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-10
To House Education Committee |
| HB71 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill will require that the State Employee Benefits Committee meet quarterly as opposed to bi-annually. In addition, the Committee will be required to issue a brief report each fiscal quarter that will provide basic financial information useful i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-10
Reported Out of Committee (HOUSE ADMINISTRATION) in House with 4 On Its Merits |
| HB65 | Pass | The 147th General Assembly passed a bill to allow access to private restrooms for persons suffering from Crohn’s, colitis or similar conditions. That Act provided that persons with such conditions must provide written documentation, such as ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-10
Signed by Governor |
| HB70 | Pass | This bill creates two types of licensure for the newly created Midwifery Advisory Council, licensed Certified Professional Midwives and licensed Certified Midwives. The bill clarifies that a licensee of the same licensure type should serve on the Pan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-09
Signed by Governor |
| HCR39 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution designates September 25, 2015, as “International Ataxia Awareness Day” in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-09
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB90 | Pass | This bill requires all public school employees to receive 90 minutes of training each year on suicide prevention. The bill also requires all public schools to establish a suicide prevention committee. Furthermore, the bill requires local education ag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-08
Signed by Governor |
| HB17 | Pass | Chapter 438, Volume 79 of the Laws of Delaware (House Bill 417 from the 147th General Assembly) provides a mechanism for financial institutions to freeze transactions that they suspect are financial exploitation of an elderly person and requires them...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-04
Signed by Governor |
| HB40 | Pass | This bill: (i) corrects a typo in 1917 of Title 18 relating to endorsement of contract, by changing “insurer” to “purchaser” to bring this section into alignment with 1914 of the same title; and (ii) changes the word “...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-04
Signed by Governor |
| HR16 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes July 22, 2015 as “West Rehoboth Children and Youth Program Day.”
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-03
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SCR23 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution designates National Trails Day, June 6, 2015, as “Mason-Dixon Day” in the State of Delaware. Author: Sen. Sokola
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-03
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SB106 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act increases the threshold amounts for public works projects subject to the prevailing wage. Specifically, this Act increases the threshold for projects for new construction to $500,000 and for projects for alteration, repair, renovation, rehab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-03
To Senate Labor & Industrial Relations Committee |
| HB125 | Intro
Sine Die | This legislation requires that all full-time employees of the State, continuously in the employ of the state for at least one year, shall be eligible for 12 weeks of paid leave upon the birth or adoption of a child 6 years of age or younger. Both par...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-03
Stricken |
| HB59 | Pass | This Act makes changes to the state’s list of statutory violent felonies (“list”). First, the Act adds two crimes, felony Promoting Sexual Solicitation of a Child and felony Resisting Arrest with Force or Violence, to the list. Seco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-02
Signed by Governor |
| SB96 | Intro
Sine Die | The Regulatory Flexibility and Transparency Act of 2015 improves Delaware’s regulatory environment for individuals and small businesses in several significant ways. Under the Act, whenever an agency proposes to adopt or amend a regulation that ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-02
Stricken |
| SB95 | Intro
Sine Die | The Regulatory Flexibility and Transparency Act of 2015 improves Delaware’s regulatory environment for individuals and small businesses in several significant ways. Under the Act, whenever an agency proposes to adopt or amend a regulation that ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-02
Stricken |
| HB58 | Pass | In 1981, the General Assembly set the current tax rate ceiling for the New Castle County Vocational Technical School District (“District”) at 13 cents on each $100 value of real property for the tax year 1982 and then provided for it to i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-28
Signed by Governor |
