| SB148 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill expands Delaware’s Public Assistance Code to provide urgent and preventive dental care for eligible Medicaid recipients who are pregnant or become pregnant while receiving assistance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| HB193 | Intro
Sine Die | The rate for private placement life insurance contracts in amounts over $100,000 shall have a premium tax rate of 0.0%.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
Stricken |
| HB19 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill requires any administrative agency proposing a regulation under the Administrative Procedures Act to include a cost-benefit estimate in the notice for public comment that must be published before the regulation may be adopted. This cost-ben...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
Stricken |
| HR20 | Intro
Sine Die | This Resolution recognizes Wednesday, June 24, 2015, as “Staff Appreciation Day” in the House of Representatives.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SCR32 | Intro
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution requests an Opinion of the Justices as to whether 4, Article VIII of the Delaware Constitution requires the passage of the annual Budget Bill by a three-fourths vote due to the inclusion of appropriations to the University...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
To Senate Executive Committee |
| HR19 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution designates June 2015 as Immigrant Heritage Month in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-23
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HB207 | Intro
Sine Die | This is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that would increase the term of office for members of the House of Representatives to four years and members of the Senate to six years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-23
To House Administration Committee |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HB150 | Intro
Sine Die | This act will allow a competent terminally ill patient the ability to request medication to end the patient’s life. The bill clarifies the procedures necessary for making the request, such as but not limited to: the receipt of counseling, a phy...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-28
To House Health & Human Development Committee |
| HB155 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act requires that those voting in school board elections and school tax elections and school bond elections be registered voters eligible to vote in general elections. Currently, any resident of the school district is eligible to vote in school ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-28
To House Education Committee |
| HB134 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill would permit wine producers holding a valid license in this State or another state to obtain a license and ship wine directly to Delaware consumers so long as it is done through a common carrier with a “Carrier Permit”. The bill...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-28
HS 1 for HB 134 - Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce |
| SB100 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act is modeled after American Laws for American Courts legislation that has passed in Tennessee, Louisiana, Arizona, Kansas, South Dakota, Alabama, and North Carolina. The Declaration of Independence announced the formation of a new country that...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB103 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill removes a conflict in the Delaware Code relating to the duration of tax liens.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-14
Reported Out of Committee (HOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS) in House with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits |
| HR15 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes May 15-17, 2015 as “Grand Prix Weekend”.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-14
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SB99 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act makes clear that it is a class A misdemeanor when a person, knowing the information reported is false or baseless, reports to a law-enforcement officer or agency that a Protection from Abuse Order has been violated. This Act also makes tech...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB87 | Intro
Sine Die | This act allows each municipality and each county to create right-to-work zones.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-14
Amendment HA 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| SB98 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act enhances the protection of free speech liberties when faced with foreign defamation judgments (meaning a judgment or decree rendered in a jurisdiction outside of any state or territory of the United States which was founded on a cause of act...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB80 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill updates the Delaware Code relating to the Delaware Board of Home Inspectors by eliminating the qualification for licensure of obtaining and maintaining errors and omissions insurance. Maintenance of insurance is not a factor that indicates ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-14
Laid On Table in Senate |
| SB12 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act closes two significant loopholes in Delaware law in order to ensure that punishment for the illegal possession of firearms by violent persons is certain. First, by adding a definition for “convicted” or “conviction” ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-13
Amendment SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate |
| HR13 | Intro
Sine Die | A Resolution Observing First State Clean-up Week In Delaware And Encouraging Activities To Help Rid Our State Of Trash And Debris.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-13
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HR14 | Intro
Sine Die | This House Resolution recognizes May 11-15, 2015, as “Infrastructure Week” in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-12
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
