| HB232 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act will require the State Board of Education to accept public comment on all agenda items at its meetings, including charter school applications and changes to regulations. The Board is not required to accept public comment concerning student d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
Reported Out of Committee (EDUCATION) in House with 8 On Its Merits |
| HB218 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill allows ground-based and hand-held sparklers and certain other nonexplosive, nonairborne novelty items regulated by the federal government to be sold and used in the State. The bill does not legalize firecrackers, bottle rockets, aerials, or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
Reported Out of Committee (PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY) in House with 5 Favorable, 2 Unfavorable |
| HB137 | 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] | 2016-04-12
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB149 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act repeals the Delaware Estate Tax as of July 1, 2015.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-12
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB222 | Intro
Sine Die | Civil forfeiture laws represent one of the most serious assaults on private property rights in the nation today. Under civil forfeiture, police and prosecutors can seize your car or other property, sell it and use the proceeds to fund agency budgets&...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-12
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| SB14 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act is intended to promote the development of Special Events hosted by non-profit organizations not more often than once per calendar year by placing a liability cap on noneconomic damages [like pain and suffering] awarded for personal injury or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-12
Stricken |
| SB227 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill clarifies that the Delaware Division of Libraries has taken increased responsibility for coordinating state library technology over the last decade. This bill also provides an amendment for new major library construction projects which prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB294 | Intro
Sine Die | Currently in the State of Delaware there are high arrearages in child support owed and past due. In many circumstances persons’ who are owing support have received monetary awards in the form of a court settlement, judgment or under a workers c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-12
HS 1 for HB 294 - Assigned to Health & Human Development |
| HB299 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services to immediately notify the Governor and the Secretary of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security of any refugee being resettled in this state if such refugee has l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
To House Administration Committee |
| HB165 | Intro
Sine Die | This legislation requires that all full-time employees of the State, including employees of school districts, 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB215 | Intro
Sine Die | The Act includes the Milford Housing Development Corporation (MHDC) to the list of those non-profit corporations which are exempt from property taxes imposed by Counties and other political subdivisions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Community/County Affairs Committee |
| SB211 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act requires a person applying for a building or construction permit to certify that the construction project does not violate any deed restriction applicable to the property and that the person understands a violation of a deed restriction may ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
Stricken |
| HB293 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill allows State of Delaware employees injured in a motor vehicle collision during the course and scope of employment the ability to continue to access the State of Delaware’s automobile insurance coverage, in addition to workers’ c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
To House Administration Committee |
| HB216 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill raises the annual corporate franchise tax ceiling by $15,000, from $180,000 to $195,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-18
Reported Out of Committee (REVENUE & FINANCE) in House with 8 On Its Merits |
| HB278 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires schools to post the toll-free telephone report line number for child abuse and neglect in a conspicuous location, where it may be viewed by students. Currently the number is 1-800-292-9582.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
Stricken |
| HB212 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill will establish a tax credit for any business with operations in Delaware that hires a new full time employee in an amount that is equal to the amount of workers compensation and unemployment insurance payments that the employer makes on beh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB120 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act creates a Delaware Commission on Indian Heritage and Culture.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Stricken |
| HB124 | Intro
Sine Die | The Delaware Farmland Preservation Fund was created under the Delaware Agricultural Lands Preservation Act in order to conserve, protect, and encourage improvement of agricultural lands within the State. The Legislature has previously expressed its d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Defeated by House of Representatives. Votes: Defeated 20 YES 17 NO 0 NOT VOTING 4 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB285 | Intro
Sine Die | Under current Delaware law the Department of Corrections has the power to increase or decrease a probationer’s Accountability Level between I, II and III without leave of the court. This bill would allow the Department to continue to lower the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Corrections Committee |
| SB204 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill would allow for a student to participate in the Inspire Scholarship Program for eight continuous semesters instead of the current six. This would allow a student to use Inspire Scholarships for each of the semesters during a traditional col...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB265 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill will add licensed child care centers within the definition of “School” as it applies to the section of the code making it a crime for any person who is a sex offender to reside or loiter within 500 feet of a “School”...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB282 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill creates a new type of liquor license for beer gardens. Beer gardens are outdoor venues that operate at least 5 months, but less than 9 months, of each year and are independent of any other licensed establishment. The licensing and operation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee |
| SB155 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act amends Delaware campaign finance laws to permit political parties to establish a segregated bank account, known as a building fund, to be used pay for telephone and other communications services and for the rental or purchase of equipment, o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
Reported Out of Committee (ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/ELECTIONS) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable |
| SB182 | Intro
Sine Die | AUTHOR: Senator Lawson
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| HB279 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill would require that public comment be permitted at all open meetings of any board, bureau, commission, department, agency, committee, ad hoc committee, special committee, temporary committee, advisory board and committee, subcommittee, legis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Administration Committee |
| SB19 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill allows law enforcement officers to purchase firearms as undercover officers using CFRP funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
Defeated by Senate. Votes: Defeated 6 YES 15 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB263 | Intro
Sine Die | As it pertains to hunting laws of this State, there are specific requirements as to the type of weapon that may be used or carried while attempting to harvest game. This bill clarifies that a person licensed to carry a concealed deadly weapon may con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-03
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| HB247 | Intro
Sine Die | Sections 1 and 2 of this bill raise campaign contribution limits. Specifically, the bill raises the limit of contributions from a party to a House of Representatives candidate from $3,000 to $5,000, equal to the State Senate. The bill also raises the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-03
Amendment HA 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB273 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill creates the Career Readiness Exploration Credit Pilot Program, providing tax credits to certain employers for hiring qualified Delaware high school students as interns.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-03
To House Revenue & Finance Committee |
| HB266 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill increases the state employees’ pension plan group life insurance benefit from $7,000 to $10,000. This benefit has not been changed since July 2001.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-03
To House Administration Committee |
| HB219 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires that health insurance offered in this state provide coverage for in vitro fertilization for persons who, along with their partner, are genetic carriers for spinal muscular atrophy or cystic fibrosis. Coverage must be offered to the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-03
HS 1 for HB 219 - Amendment HA 3 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB269 | Intro
Sine Die | In 2009, the General Assembly passed legislation, signed by the Governor, which in part subjected its records to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”). However, that legislation created exemptions for e-mails received o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-03
To House Administration Committee |
| HB261 | Intro
Sine Die | Under existing law, when a child applies to enter a charter school, the burden is placed upon that charter school to contact the previous school district of the child to determine if the child was subject to expulsion. There are also children who are...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-28
To House Education Committee |
| SB184 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to restrict the powers of the Riverfront Development Corporation of Delaware and the Delaware Stadium Corporation to engage in real estate transactions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-28
To Senate Bond Committee |
| HB275 | Intro
Sine Die | Begin Synopsis Here
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-28
Introduced in House and assigned to Capital Infrastructure Committee |
| SB186 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act creates a Disabled Veteran School Tax Refund Fund to provide property tax refunds of up to $500 to individuals who are disabled veterans of the Unites States Armed Forces with a disability rating as determined by the United States Department...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB183 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill implements certain recommendations of the Lottery & Gaming Study Commission adopted on January 22, 2015 but not implemented by legislation in 2015. The Bill intends for the State to continue to benefit from video lottery proceeds, allow...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB175 | Intro
Sine Die | Begin Synopsis Here
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB260 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires State Board of Education to hold all of its meetings at 5:30 p.m. or after, in order to facilitate the attendance of interested teachers, parents, and community members. The mission statement of the State Board of Education emphasi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-27
To House Education Committee |
| HB231 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires that charter schools participate in the state retirement system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-27
Reported Out of Committee (EDUCATION) in House with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits |
| HB259 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill prohibits persons from performing an obstetrical ultrasound procedure unless such procedure is for a medical or diagnostic purpose. The FDA has raised concerns about the use of diagnostic ultrasound equipment for keepsake videos and views ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-27
To House Health & Human Development Committee |
| HB256 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires that any one-time settlement money that has a value to the state (after payments and distributions required by the terms of the settlement) of more than $2 million shall be deposited to the Transportation Trust Fund. This promotes ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-26
To House Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee |
| SB171 | Intro
Sine Die | Currently, all regular school districts, charter schools, and vocational schools are subject to audit by the Auditor of Accounts. This legislative authority is granted to the Auditor of Accounts in multiple sections of the Delaware Code which must be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
Reported Out of Committee (EDUCATION) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits |
| HB170 | Intro
Sine Die | The eligibility criteria for interment at the veterans’ cemetery are not current. This bill makes Delaware consistent with the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) Directive 3210 dated January 18, 2011. NCA requires that a state cemetery be f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
Stricken |
| HB198 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill enlarges the scope of a criminal charge of Possession of a Weapon in a Safe School and Recreation Zone. Currently, the definition of a “Safe School and Recreation Zone” focuses on buildings and structures used as a recreation ce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-20
Stricken |
| HB221 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act extends the statute of limitations for certain civil claims relating to heinous human rights abuses to 10 years. It allows survivors more time to file claims for assault, battery, or wrongful death in Delaware state courts, provided their cl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-20
Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 6 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits |
| HB107 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill articulates the principle that local school districts and school boards should have the authority to select their own leaders and staff from a pool of qualified applicants. These are decisions best left at the local level rather than impose...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-20
Reported Out of Committee (EDUCATION) in House with 5 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits |
| HB252 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires an elected official or other paid appointed official of this state or any county or political subdivision who is also employed by any state agency, education, or other institution, or any other political subdivision of this State t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-20
To House Administration Committee |
| HB185 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill brings Delaware law more in line with Federal Election Commission requirements. Specifically, the reporting periods would be January 1 through March 30, April 1 through June 30, July 1 through September 30, and October 1 through December 31...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-20
Stricken |
| HB204 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill revises the procedure for impounding an animal which has allegedly been the subject of cruelty. The bill also creates a civil cause of action for Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to file suit against any person who engaged i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-19
Stricken |
