| SB117 | Pass | This bill revises the language regarding the requirement of resident applicants and nonresident applicants declaring Delaware to be their home state to obtain state and federal background checks to permit these applicants to obtain both the state and... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-27 Signed by Governor |
| HB143 | Pass | This bill amends Title 18, Chapter 50 - Insurance Holding Company System Regulatory Act to include recently amended language to the NAIC Model Act, authorizing the Insurance Commissioner to act as Group-Wide Supervisor of internationally-active insur... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-27 Signed by Governor |
| SB151 | Pass | This bill addresses informed consent for disclosing genetic information by adding those individuals authorized to access EMR and DHIN. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-27 Signed by Governor |
| HB187 | Pass | This bill adjusts the criminal background check and review period for taxi and limousine drivers to equal what is expected of a driver for a Transportation Network Company such as Uber or Lyft. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-27 Signed by Governor |
| SB88 | Pass | This Act authorizes the Division of Parks and Recreation to augment the funding it receives from the State Budget thru proactive endeavors. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-27 Signed by Governor |
| SB138 | Pass | Independent, high quality research regarding the safety and efficacy of medical marijuana is important to public and patient safety. This Act allows for rigorous scientific study to assess the safety, effects, and efficacy of cannabis and cannabis co... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-27 Signed by Governor |
| HB166 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to allow injured workers who seek medical care from out-of-state, non-certified health care providers, in the payment of their medical expenses. This revision will correct a flaw in the current statute that was exposed by ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-27 Signed by Governor |
| HB172 | Pass | The Delaware Supreme Court, in State v. Barnes, Del. Supr., No. 52, 2014, Strine, C.J. (June 2, 2015) (Opinion), concluded that, based upon “the settled sentencing practices employed by courts, the Department of Correction, and the Board of Par... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-27 Signed by Governor |
| SB61 | Pass | This Act clarifies that school buses are not exempt from the requirement to stop at railroad grade crossings regulated by a traffic-control signal or at railroad grade crossings protected by crossing gates or flashing lights. Section 4163 currently i... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-27 Signed by Governor |
| SB107 | Pass | This Act enables the Department of Health and Social Services to promulgate regulations allowing home health agencies and personal assistance services agencies to provide services in nursing facilities and hospitals. This change will allow consumers ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-27 Signed by Governor |
| SB120 | Pass | The Regulatory Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015 improves Delaware’s regulatory environment for individuals and small businesses in several significant ways. First, it requires each agency to submit a “regulatory flexibility ana... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-22 Signed by Governor |
| HB147 | Pass | On June 14, 2012, Governor Jack Markell signed Executive Order No. 36 (“EO 36”) to help reduce impediments to economic growth and to improve the efficiency of state government. EO 36 requires each Executive Branch agency to periodically r... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-22 Signed by Governor |
| SB113 | Pass | The Regulatory Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015 improves Delaware’s regulatory environment for individuals and small businesses in several significant ways. First, the Act improves transparency by requiring each agency to submit a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-22 Signed by Governor |
| SB141 | Pass | This legislation modifies Delaware's unclaimed property laws in accordance with the recommendations of the Unclaimed Property Task Force formed pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution 59 of the 147th General Assembly. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-22 Signed by Governor |
| HB25 | Pass | This bill authorizes the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to allow the harvesting of gray foxes and permitting of same. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-15 Signed by Governor |
| SB109 | Pass | This charter amendment authorizes the Mayor of the Town of South Bethany to appoint as committee chairs members of the Town Council or individuals who are not members of Town Council. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-15 Signed by Governor |
| SB121 | Pass | This Act amends the Charter of the City of Seaford by amending the filing deadline for a candidate for Mayor or City Council and the hours that the polls are open for the annual City elections. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-15 Signed by Governor |
| SB56 | Pass | This bill establishes authority for the Department to file a petition with Family Court to compel an uncooperative parent or guardian to complete a drug or alcohol evaluation or mental health evaluation for themselves or to get a developmental screen... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-15 Signed by Governor |
| HB153 | Pass | Hunting, trapping, and fishing license and vessel registration sales provide the primary revenues for wildlife and fish species research and management, habitat conservation and management, hunter and angler public access, public boating access facil... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-15 Signed by Governor |
| SB34 | Pass | When a certified repair technician completes repairs to a customer’s vehicle, the technician’s best validation of the repair is to test drive the vehicle before returning it to the customer. Many times a customer’s vehicle’s r... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-15 Signed by Governor |
| HB91 | Pass | This bill involves the public school immunization program. Currently, the Affidavit of Religious Belief does not expressly alert parents or guardians who file for the religious exemption from the program that the child will be temporarily excluded fr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-15 Signed by Governor |
| SB97 | Pass | This charter amendment authorizes the Town of Smyrna to set the tax rate at the same time it adopts its annual budget and it eliminates the mandatory offering of a discount for early payment of taxes. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-15 Signed by Governor |
| SB108 | Pass | This Act is the result of recommendations made by the Joint Sunset Committee. First, this Act adds a statement of the Advisory Council on Tidal Finfisheries’ purpose. Next, this Act changes the method of constituting the Council from gubernator... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-15 Signed by Governor |
| SB58 | Pass | The bill will codify the Newborn Screening Program, which screens infants for a number of metabolic, hematologic, endocrinologic, immunologic and certain structural disorders. This bill also clarifies that genetic information disclosed and obtained p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-15 Signed by Governor |
| SB105 | Pass | This Act amends Section 938 of Title 5 of the Delaware Code to permit the transfer of fiduciary accounts that are administered in the State of Delaware by a banking organization or trust company that has a place of business in the State of Delaware, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-15 Signed by Governor |
| SB167 | Pass | This Act limits the ability of the 148th General Assembly to appropriate Transportation Trust Fund moneys to a purpose other than (1) capital expenditures on the public transportation system, including the road system, grants and allocations for inve... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-15 Signed by Governor |
| HB208 | Pass | Under Title 4, 514(h), motorsports speedways are allowed to permit patrons to bring their own alcoholic beverages with them for their own personal consumption. Right now, only Dover International Speedway meets the seating capacity identified in the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-15 Signed by Governor |
| SJR5 | Pass | This Senate Joint Resolution creates a Delaware Motion Picture and Television Development Commission. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-15 Signed by Governor |
| SB70 | Pass | This bill provides for the transfer of property from the Appoquinimink School District to the Town of Townsend. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-15 Signed by Governor |
| HB183 | Pass | This Act extends the existence of the Water Supply Coordinating Council from January 1, 2016, to January 1, 2022. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-15 Signed by Governor |
| HB77 | Pass | This bill amends Delaware’s version of the “Move Over Law” by including vehicles owned or operated by a public utility, as defined under 26 Del.C., 102(2), that are performing roadside work, provided they have properly surrounded t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-15 Signed by Governor |
| SB128 | Pass | This bill amends the Charter for the Board of Public Works of the City of Lewes to increase the terms for elected Directors from two (2) years to three (3) years. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-15 Signed by Governor |
| SJR2 | Pass | The amount of testing required of our students and educators has grown significantly in recent years. While the General Assembly recognizes the need to administer assessments that provide valid and reliable data about how Delaware’s students ar... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-15 Signed by Governor |
| HB169 | Pass | This legislation codifies that the Department of Transportation is permitted to use design-build contracting methodology for Transportation Trust Fund projects. In 1999, the General Assembly gave the Department the authority to conduct a pilot progra... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-15 Signed by Governor |
| SB112 | Pass | This Act fulfills the recommendation of the Joint Sunset Committee that the Delaware Economic Development Office (“Office”) be required to develop a comprehensive state plan for economic development every 5 years and submit annual reports... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-15 Signed by Governor |
| SB36 | Pass | After the General Assembly adopted a drafting procedure using strikethrough and underline, some inconsistencies and confusion about how amendments to bill should be drafted resulted. In the effort to update the Legislative Drafting Manual, the Divisi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-10 Signed by Governor |
| SB42 | Pass | This bill: (i) clarifies but does not substantively alter the existing law regarding the permissibility of the terms of a governing instrument to vary the right of a beneficiary to be informed of the beneficiary’s interest in a trust for a peri... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-10 Signed by Governor |
| HB126 | Pass | This Act adopts the ABA standard for juvenile delinquency by establishing the age of 10 as the minimum age of responsibility in juvenile prosecutions. Currently, at least 11 other states (including Pennsylvania) have adopted the ABA standard. Since 2... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-10 Signed by Governor |
| HB118 | Pass | This bill expressly identifies that a mandatory reporter of child abuse or neglect cannot rely upon a person with less direct knowledge to call the hotline. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-10 Signed by Governor |
| HB159 | Pass | This Act lowers the required number of affirmative votes necessary to waive a disqualifying event for a new applicant for licensure with the Delaware Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline from twelve members to nine members. Nine members constitu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-10 Signed by Governor |
| HB162 | Pass | This bill adds up to 5 citizen members to the Board of Directors of the Center for the Inland Bays in order to include more citizen representation on the Board and to improve the Center’s capacity to procure and administer private moneys secure... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-10 Signed by Governor |
| HB111 | Pass | As more healthcare services continue to move into the community, it is necessary to clearly define the scope of services offered in community settings. This legislation will update the Delaware Code to clearly define the level of medication administr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-10 Signed by Governor |
| HB10 | Pass | Stand By Me is an innovative financial empowerment program that has been operating within DHSS for the past two years. Stand By Me is designed as a partnership model, integrated into the culture and operations of businesses, educational institutions,... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-09 Signed by Governor |
| HB5 | Pass | This Act adds electronic smoking devices to the Clean Indoor Air Act and prohibits the use of electronic smoking devices in all public places where smoking is prohibited under current law. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-07 Signed by Governor |
| HB69 | Pass | The advancements and continued development of medical and communications technology have had a profound impact on the practice of medicine and offer opportunities for improving the delivery and accessibility of health care in and across the many prof... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-07 Signed by Governor |
| HB230 | Pass | An Act Making Appropriations For Certain Grants-in-aid For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2016; Specifying Certain Procedures, Conditions And Limitations For The Expenditure Of Such Funds, Amending The Fiscal Year 2016 Appropriations Act. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-01 Signed by Governor |
| HB140 | Pass | This bill increases several revenue sources for the Transportation Trust Fund. The motor vehicle document fee is increased from 3.75% to 4.25%. The fee for late renewal of a driver’s license is increased from $1.15 to $10, and the fee for late ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-01 Signed by Governor |
| SB102 | Pass | This bill will bring Delaware into compliance with 23 U.S.C 164 pertaining to repeat DUI offenders. If found out of compliance with Section 164, the Federal Highway Administration will reserve 2.5% of the State’s federal highway funds as penal... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-01 Signed by Governor |
| HJR9 | Pass | This Resolution provides the official revenue, refund, and unencumbered funds estimates for Fiscal Year 2016. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-01 Signed by Governor |
| HJR8 | Pass | This Resolution provides the official revenue, refund, and unencumbered funds estimates for Fiscal Year 2015. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-07-01 Signed by Governor |