| SCR52 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes March 23rd, 2016, as “Rare Disease Day” in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SCR55 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes the importance of the work by the Deferred Compensation Council in seeking out ways to improve upon Delaware’s existing deferred compensation program for educators, which helps them enhance their retirement through pl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SCR54 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution extends the due date of the findings and recommendations report of the Clean Water and Flood Abatement Task Force from March 31, 2016 to April 30, 2016.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SCR48 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution extends the reporting date of the Behavioral and Mental Health Task Force to May 31st, 2016.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SCR49 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution commends the 2016 Delaware State Teacher of the Year, Sandra Hall, and all of the District Teachers of the Year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SCR51 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution designates April 6, 2016 as “National Tartan Day” and commemorates the outstanding achievements and contributions made by Scottish-Americans to the United States. When the United States was first formed and the thirteen s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SR13 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution declares March 23, 2016 as Ability Network of Delaware Brand Launch and Advocacy Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| 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 |
| SCR53 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes, and expresses gratitude to, J.T. Carter. Charlie Thomas, and Ernest Wright for their many outstanding contributions to music history.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SB125 | Pass | This bill allows Commission Counsel to respond to time sensitive requests for advisory opinions when circumstances beyond the Commission’s control prevent the Commission from meeting for more than 60 consecutive days. The bill also requires Com...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB81 | Pass | Section 1 of this bill updates the Delaware Code relating to the Delaware Board of Architects regarding the required practical training in architectural work that each new applicant must acquire prior to being qualified for licensure. The proposed ch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB169 | Pass | Despite the enactment of Senate Bill No. 117 (148th General Assembly), 80 Del. Laws, c. 116, applicants for insurance producer licenses have continued to experience significant delays in receiving federal background checks. This Act further revises D...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB200 | Pass | The Delaware Commitment to Innovation Act promotes research and development in Delaware and encourages employers to locate or retain their headquarters here. Section 1 of this Act provides for adjustment of the applicable threshold for the research ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
Signed by Governor |
| SCR46 | Engross
Sine Die | Commemorating the week of March 13-19, 2016 as Delaware Ag Week and urging all Delawareans to celebrate and to learn more about Delaware's modern agricultural industry, and to pay tribute to the farmers, the agricultural community, and the educators ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SB74 | Pass | Section 1 of this Act updates the Delaware Code relating to the Board of Landscape Architects by clarifying what is required to be qualified for licensure as a landscape architect in Delaware. Section 2 of this Act eliminates the requirement to obtai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
Signed by Governor |
| SCR31 | Intro
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution applies to Congress for a convention of the states, under the provisions of Article V of the United States Constitution to propose amendments relating to the federal government. AUTHOR: Sen. Lawson
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Stricken |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| SCR47 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes March 8, 2016 as International Women’s Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-09
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SB182 | Intro
Sine Die | AUTHOR: Senator Lawson
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To Senate Public Safety 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 |
| SB124 | Pass | This bill expands the number of Trustees of the Delaware Agricultural Lands Preservation Foundation from 12 to 13. The additional Trustee must be an individual actively engaged in farming or some other form of agribusiness who may reside in any count...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-03
Signed by Governor |
| SB176 | Pass | This legislation corrects a technical error in Senate Bill 59 of the 148th General Assembly. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has informed the State Bureau of Identification that the FBI will not accept applicants' fingerprints unless the state-le...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-03
Signed by Governor |
| SB172 | Pass | This Act reduces the at-large membership of the Milford School Board from 4 to 3 as of June 30, 2016. The current at-large member holding that seat will continue to do so until the end of his term on June 30, 2016.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-03
Signed by Governor |
| SCR42 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes the NAWIC Delaware Chapter 96 and designates March 6 through 12, 2016 as “Women in Construction Week.”
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-28
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| 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 |
| SCR45 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution commends and thanks the employees of the Delaware Department of Transportation for their tireless efforts to keep Delaware’s roads and sidewalks clear, economy vibrant, and motorists safe during Winter Storm Jonas.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-28
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SCR43 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution commends the Delaware State Dental Society on the success of its 12th Annual Give Kids a Smile Program and recognizes its continuing efforts to improve the dental health of Delaware’s children.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-28
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SB39 | Enroll
Sine Die | This bill provides for an increase of the minimum wage by .50 cents per year for the next 4 years beginning June 1, 2016 and adds a COLA increase thereafter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-28
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce 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 |
| SB40 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act eliminates capital punishment, except for those convicted of first-degree murder before the effective date of this Act. The procedures for determining punishment, review of punishment, and method of punishment for first-degree murder related...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-28
Defeated by House of Representatives. Votes: Defeated 16 YES 23 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| 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 |
| SCR44 | Engross
Sine Die | Designating February 6, 2016 as “Ronald Reagan Day” in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-21
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SCR41 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution extends the report date for the Clean Water and Flood Abatement Task Force to March 31, 2016.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-19
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SB147 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill adds 1448(c) to the list of violent felonies under 4201(c).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-14
Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 8 On Its Merits |
| SCR40 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution honors Wilmington’s “Twin Poets,” identical twin brothers Nnamdi Chukwuocha and Al Mills, upon their recent appointment by Governor Jack A. Markell as the 17th Poets Laureate of Delaware. Their appo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-12
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 38 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SB170 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act amends the Fiscal Year 2016 Bond and Capital Improvements Act by authorizing the expenditure of prior year Community Redevelopment Fund for both the Jackson Street and H. Fletcher Brown Boys and Girls Clubs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-29
To Senate Bond Committee |
| SB65 | Pass | The Joint Sunset Committee recommended in 2014 that the Board of Funeral Services (the Board) and the Division of Professional Regulation (the Division) review Chapter 24, Title 31 of the Delaware Code and submit in 2015 proposed legislation to bring...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-11-10
Signed by Governor |
| SJR6 | Pass | This joint resolution names the New Castle DMV facility after former Secretary of Public Safety, Karen L. Johnson.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-11-04
Signed by Governor |
| SB89 | Pass | In May 2014, the Department of Health and Social Services (“Department”) promulgated the State of Delaware Food Code, 4458, Title 16 of the Delaware Administrative Code. The State of Delaware Food Code requires all food establishments re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-10-07
Signed by Governor |
| SJR3 | Pass | This Senate Joint Resolution recognizes the Salvation Army in Delaware on its 125th anniversary.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-10-05
Signed by Governor |
| SB45 | Pass | This Act amends the state implementation of the federal law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 [enacted as 1441A of Title 11 on July 9, 2008] so as to mirror the current federal law except that a definition has been added to distinguish the typ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-09-03
Signed by Governor |
| SB86 | Pass | This bill clarifies the voting eligibility of inactive and retired members of the Delaware Association of Professional Engineers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-09-03
Signed by Governor |
| SB53 | Pass | This bill clarifies that a participating volunteer fire company or ladies auxiliary in the Delaware Volunteer Firemen’s Pension Plan has the ability to withdraw from the plan. As part of that withdrawal process the company or auxiliary would pa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-09-03
Signed by Governor |
| SB129 | Pass | Major venues in Delaware that host in excess of 5000 people at an event, such as Dover International Speedway, have special security needs to ensure public safety. This bill ensures that public safety is a top priority and a venue can staff an additi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-09-03
Signed by Governor |
| SB67 | Pass | This Act serves to permit those incumbents occupying upper-level management positions in the Justice of the Peace Court to elect to remain in classified service or move to exempt service. This change ensures that incumbent management employees have t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-09-03
Signed by Governor |
| SB153 | Pass | This Act provides clarity by eliminating language struck down by the courts, making conflicting definitions and offenses consistent, and correcting oversights of language changes made necessary by previous legislation. Section 1 eliminates language ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-09-03
Signed by Governor |
| SB154 | Pass | This Act provides the Court of Common Pleas original, but non-exclusive, jurisdiction over misdemeanor charges of possession, use, or consumption of prescription, non-controlled substances; controlled substances; or counterfeit controlled substances....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-09-03
Signed by Governor |
