| SJR12 | Pass | This Resolution endorses the TIGER grant application for funds for the design and construction of the Claymont Regional Transportation Center.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-20
Signed by Governor |
| HB234 | Pass | This bill requires all public secondary schools, including vocational-technical schools, but not including charter schools, to have a school-based health center. The state is required to fund start-up costs at the rate of one school per year for seco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-20
Signed by Governor |
| SB146 | Pass | Section 1 of this bill updates the Delaware Code relating to the Delaware Board of Dentistry and Dental Hygiene regarding the qualifications of licensure for dental hygienists and dentists to eliminate pending criminal charges as a basis to deny an a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-19
Signed by Governor |
| SB214 | Pass | This Act increases the amount of time provided to a person seeking to file a charge of employment discrimination from 120 days to 300 days, making Delaware’s statute of limitation consistent with the statute of limitations under federal discrim...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-19
Signed by Governor |
| SB223 | Pass | Meningococcal disease is an easily transmitted and potentially fatal bacterial infection. In accordance with the latest recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control, this Act updates Delaware&...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-19
Signed by Governor |
| SB241 | Pass | This bill reflects changes identified during discussions by the Foster Care Task Force, which was created at the direction of the Joint Sunset Committee. It also clarifies language that delineates the composition of the Board, term lengths and the ap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-19
Signed by Governor |
| HB257 | Pass | This bill allows agents of the Division of Professional Regulation to inspect persons providing electrical services to ensure compliance with the laws relating to electrical services in Title 24 of the Delaware Code.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-19
Signed by Governor |
| HB346 | Pass | This Bill creates a licensure exemption for individuals engaged solely in the practice of hair braiding, which does not involve hair cutting, dyeing or the application of chemicals. In short, hair braiding is a low risk activity which does not requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-19
Signed by Governor |
| HB387 | Pass | This bill creates two tiers of licensure in the state for acupuncture practitioners: One for acupuncturists only and one for acupuncturists who have been properly trained and wish to practice eastern medicine. The bill removes outdated language regar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-19
Signed by Governor |
| HB402 | Pass | This bill authorizes the Board of Speech/Language Pathologists, Audiologists and Hearing Aid Dispensers to establish requirements for hearing aid dispensers and audiologists to provide notification and written information to potential customers at th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-19
Signed by Governor |
| HB31 | Veto | This bill amends the Charter of the Town of Laurel to include in the qualifications for Mayor and Town Councilman, that candidates must be a resident of the Town of Laurel for a minimum of one year. It also amends the section of the charter to includ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-14
Vetoed by Governor |
| HB381 | Pass | Patients struggle every day to receive necessary care, suffering symptoms longer than appropriate and encountering unnecessary stress factors as they engage in the complicated system of health insurance. One such factor is Pre-Authorization, a tool d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-13
Signed by Governor |
| SB243 | Pass | This bill makes the following changes to Delaware Statutory Trust Act (the “Act”) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments of the Act. Section 1....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-13
Signed by Governor |
| SB242 | Pass | This Act eliminates the financial bar to voter registration and makes technical changes to bring the chapter into conformity with 2, article V of the Constitution of this State, which no longer requires a 5 year waiting period before a person convic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-13
Signed by Governor |
| HB419 | Pass | This bill allows the Delaware Real Estate Commission to develop a new form of Seller’s Disclosure for the sale of vacant land being sold without a house, but being marketed as appropriate for the construction of a dwelling for 1-4 families.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-13
Signed by Governor |
| SB276 | Pass | Effective on August 1, 2016, this Act adds “statutory trust” to the definition of “person” for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-13
Signed by Governor |
| SB233 | Pass | This Act clarifies the definitions of “in-service” and “out-of-service” aboveground storage tanks, It also adds a definition for “an imminent threat of a release” that is consistent with the definition found in 7 D...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-13
Signed by Governor |
| SB232 | Pass | This bill will clarify that pari-mutuel wagering is allowed at all types of horse racing events, whether harness racing or horse racing. Author: Senator Ennis
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-13
Signed by Governor |
| HB303 | Pass | This Act would start a Public Guardian’s term of office from the date of swearing in instead of the current date of appointment. The interval between the date of appointment and the date of swearing in allows for a transition period in which a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-11
Signed by Governor |
| HB327 | Pass | This bill permits Delaware residents to become early stage investors in Delaware based startups through newly available crowdfunding platforms. The enabling of this new investment tool allows corporations and other business to offer or sell securitie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-11
Signed by Governor |
| HB344 | Pass | This Act modifies the existing Charter for the Municipal Services Commission for the City of New Castle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-11
Signed by Governor |
| SCR83 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution establishes a special committee to study and made recommendations about school safety issues, with the committee to provide its report and recommendations on or before October 17, 2016.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SJR14 | Pass | This Resolution provides the official revenue, refund, and unencumbered funds estimates for Fiscal Year 2016.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB439 | Enroll
Sine Die | This legislation provides for network disclosure and transparency for insured individuals who may be provided non-emergency health care services from an out-of-network provider. The legislation states that an insured must be notified that a provider ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
HS 1 for HB 439 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HJR13 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution requires a Delaware Certificate of Multi-literacy be established. The criteria for such certificate is to be developed by the Department of Education, with the assent of the State Board of Education no later than December 1, 2016 and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 39 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SB240 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Bill updates the definition of emergency housing shelter to correlate time frames and program terminology with those accepted by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Delaware State Housing Authority, and current best practices...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
SS 1 for SB 240 - Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 39 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SJR13 | Enroll
Sine Die | This joint resolution names the comfort station on the grounds of Cape Henlopen State Park after Senator David B. McBride.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 39 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB362 | Enroll
Sine Die | This bill regulates the location of residential gas regulators and gas meters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
HS 1 for HB 362 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 18 YES 3 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB375 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill moves the date of primary elections for statewide office, county office, and municipal office to the fourth Tuesday in April, which is the date of the presidential primary. The dates for submitting and withdrawing a notification of candidac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Defeated by Senate. Votes: Defeated 7 YES 13 NO 1 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HR38 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution encourages Delaware agencies to continue their vital public education and community outreach, including working with partners in the private sector, to remind those driving on Delaware’s roads not to use their smartphones and ot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HB178 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill encourages spaying, neutering, and vaccination in order to limit the number of unwanted cats and protect the public from rabies and other diseases carried by unvaccinated animals. The bill defines “community cats” and “com...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 29 YES 10 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SCR89 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution supports the National Cancer Moonshot and the work of the Cancer Moonshot Task Force and encourages cancer survivorship planning and the goal of eliminating cancer as we know it today.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SCR90 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution expresses the General Assembly’s opposition to the current cost allocation for the Artificial Island transmission project and creates a 7 member Regional Legislative Transmission Cost Equity Committee to protect Delaw...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SCR94 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution commemorates July 1, 2016 as the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of the Somme.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SCR88 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes the valuable role Meningitis vaccinations for all serotypes play in preventing a devastating illness and the importance of sharing the latest information with individuals most commonly impacted.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SCR92 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution designates November 2016 as “Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Awareness Month”.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HB399 | Enroll
Sine Die | This bill makes changes to the educator evaluation system. The General Assembly passed House Joint Resolution No. 6, as amended by House Amendment No. 1, directing the DPAS II Advisory Committee to establish a subcommittee in order to review and make...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 38 YES 0 NO 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SCR93 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution designates the month of August, 2016 as “National Immunization Awareness Month” in recognition of the value of preventive vaccinations for all ages.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SB298 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act makes certain requirements of Title Loan lenders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 1 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB258 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill allows for the granting of a probationary electrician license to a person after a criminal conviction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Laid On Table in Senate |
| HB369 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act directs the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance, Division of Public Health, and Office of Management and Budget – Human Resources Management (“the Agencies”) to report to the General Assembly every 2 years the impac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Amendment SA 1 - Introduced in Senate |
| HB434 | Enroll
Sine Die | This bill designates and formally recognizes the Nanticoke Indian Tribe as an American Indian Tribe in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
HS 1 for HB 434 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB450 | Pass | A Bond And Capital Improvements Act Of The State Of Delaware And Certain Of Its Authorities For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2017; Authorizing The Issuance Of General Obligation Bonds Of The State; Appropriating Funds From The Transportation Trust...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB275 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act is the first leg of a Constitutional amendment to lengthen the time period during which the Governor must appoint a judicial officer following the occurrence of a vacancy, thereby giving the Governor and State Senate more flexibility in the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Enact w/o Sign by Governor |
| HB228 | Enroll
Sine Die | Delaware law currently prohibits sampling and sale of craft beer, distilled spirits, and wine at Farmer’s Markets or Agricultural Themed Events. This bill allows holders of a “Farmer’s Market Permit or Agricultural Themed Event Perm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Defeated by Senate. Votes: Defeated 6 YES 15 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SB295 | Pass | This Act provides supplementary appropriations to certain Grants-in-Aid for Fiscal Year 2016 2017. Section 1 – Government Units and Senior Center $20,828,628 $23,228,686 Section 2 – One-Times and Community Agencies $15,981,879 $16,470,68...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| SCR95 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution calls on the Governor, Diamond State Port Corporation, and the Delaware Economic Development Office to pursue plans to develop the Port of Wilmington or other Wilmington area facilities to accommodate the deep-draft shipping that will...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HR40 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution creates a House Task Force to review and recommend Noise Control Laws in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SCR86 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution commemorates July 30, 2016 as the 60th Anniversary of “In God We Trust” as the official motto of the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SB285 | Pass | An Act Making Appropriations For The Expense Of The State Government For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2017; Specifying Certain Procedures, Conditions And Limitations For The Expenditure Of Such Funds; And Amending Certain Pertinent Statutory Provi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Signed by Governor |
