| HB63 | Pass | The amendment to Section 3951 of Title 12 memorializes the Court of Chancery’s long-standing practice of requiring notice to interested parties, appointment of an appraiser, and a return of sale in petitions to sell real estate owned by a perso...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| SB63 | Pass | At the recommendation of the Joint Sunset Committee, this Act removes the Council on Manufactured Housing and the Delaware Manufactured Housing Alternative Dispute Resolution Act from the Delaware Code. Author: Sen. Poore
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-26
Signed by Governor |
| SB44 | Pass | When the owner of a vehicle who qualifies for the following military license plates: Former Prisoners of War; Veterans with Disabilities; Veterans Formerly Missing-in-action; Delaware National Guard and Reserves; Purple Heart; Recipients of Medals or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Signed by Governor |
| HB115 | Pass | This Act permits individuals subject to the supervision of the Delaware Department of Correction to effect a name change based on a sincerely held gender-related identity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Signed by Governor |
| SB23 | Pass | An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Board Of Podiatry’s Preceptorship Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Signed by Governor |
| HB47 | Pass | This Bill makes technical amendments to three sections of Title 11 of the Delaware Code that incorrectly refer to the Department of Correction as either the State Board of Correction or the Department of Health and Social Services. The Department of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-25
Signed by Governor |
| SB37 | Pass | This bill requires a mammography service provider to provide specific notice to a patient if that patient presents with dense breast tissue.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| HB15 | Pass | This bill will make captive insurance companies subject to additional sections in Title 18. These additional sections will allow the Commissioner greater regulatory authority and will also clarify that those acting on behalf of the Commissioner for c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| SB25 | Pass | This bill amends the Charter of the Town of Laurel to eliminate the need for residents to reregister to vote in the General Municipal Election should they miss two consecutive elections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| HB66 | Pass | This Act amends the Charter of the City of Rehoboth Beach to set the limit of authorized indebtedness of the City to $75,000,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| HB127 | Pass | This bill clarifies that, unless the Commissioner rules otherwise as provided by 1915 of Title 18, life insurance and health insurance can only be written by admitted insurers licensed to write those types of insurance but the other types of insuran...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| SB78 | Pass | This bill continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the "Act") to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amend...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| SB77 | Pass | This bill continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the "Act") to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the prop...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| SB76 | Pass | This bill continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act (the "Act") to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed ame...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| SB75 | Pass | Section 1. Section 1 amends Section 102(a)(1) to enable the Division of Corporations in the Department of State to waive the requirement under Section 102(a)(1)(ii) in certain limited circumstances. Section 2. In ATP Tour, Inc. v. Deutscher Tennis B...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-24
Signed by Governor |
| SB90 | Pass | This Act adds intractable epilepsy to the list of debilitating medical conditions for which a physician may supply a written certification for medical marijuana. It also specifically adds disorders such as dystonia which are characterized by involunt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-23
Signed by Governor |
| SB33 | Pass | An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Education And The Individualized Education Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
Signed by Governor |
| HB39 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to decriminalize the possession or private use of a personal use quantity of marijuana. More specifically, persons who possess one ounce or less of marijuana shall be assessed a civil penalty that will not become part of a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-18
Signed by Governor |
| HB75 | Pass | The continued existence and dissemination of juvenile criminal histories hampers an individual’s ability to be a successful and productive member of society. Juvenile criminal histories are a hindrance to employment, education, housing and cred...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-17
Signed by Governor |
| HB60 | Pass | This bill creates an Achieving a Better Life Experience (“ABLE”) Program in Delaware, to implement federal legislation enabling the creation of savings accounts with tax advantages similar to 529 accounts, designed to be used by persons w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-10
Signed by Governor |
| HB65 | Pass | The 147th General Assembly passed a bill to allow access to private restrooms for persons suffering from Crohn’s, colitis or similar conditions. That Act provided that persons with such conditions must provide written documentation, such as ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-10
Signed by Governor |
| HB70 | Pass | This bill creates two types of licensure for the newly created Midwifery Advisory Council, licensed Certified Professional Midwives and licensed Certified Midwives. The bill clarifies that a licensee of the same licensure type should serve on the Pan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-09
Signed by Governor |
| HB90 | Pass | This bill requires all public school employees to receive 90 minutes of training each year on suicide prevention. The bill also requires all public schools to establish a suicide prevention committee. Furthermore, the bill requires local education ag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-08
Signed by Governor |
| HB17 | Pass | Chapter 438, Volume 79 of the Laws of Delaware (House Bill 417 from the 147th General Assembly) provides a mechanism for financial institutions to freeze transactions that they suspect are financial exploitation of an elderly person and requires them...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-04
Signed by Governor |
| HB40 | Pass | This bill: (i) corrects a typo in 1917 of Title 18 relating to endorsement of contract, by changing “insurer” to “purchaser” to bring this section into alignment with 1914 of the same title; and (ii) changes the word “...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-04
Signed by Governor |
| HB59 | Pass | This Act makes changes to the state’s list of statutory violent felonies (“list”). First, the Act adds two crimes, felony Promoting Sexual Solicitation of a Child and felony Resisting Arrest with Force or Violence, to the list. Seco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-06-02
Signed by Governor |
| HB58 | Pass | In 1981, the General Assembly set the current tax rate ceiling for the New Castle County Vocational Technical School District (“District”) at 13 cents on each $100 value of real property for the tax year 1982 and then provided for it to i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-28
Signed by Governor |
| HB18 | Pass | This Act clarifies that Chapter 50C, Title 6 of the Delaware Code, relating to the safe destruction of records containing personal identifying information, applies only to commercial entities that transact business in this State. Additionally, the Ac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-28
Signed by Governor |
| SB21 | Pass | This legislation will change the non-public schools date to submit their September 30 enrollment data from October 31 to October 5. This will allow for better coordination with the September 30 unit count for public schools and analysis of enrollment...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-28
Signed by Governor |
| HB92 | Pass | The purpose of this amendment to the Charter for the City of Wilmington is to make the auditing requirements for the City Auditor of the City of Wilmington consistent with the auditing requirements for the auditors for both the State of Delaware and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-28
Signed by Governor |
| HB100 | Pass | This Act establishes a new tax rate ceiling for the next two years and then sunsets to its original level in year three. Also this Act limits total enrollment over the next three years and provides limitations on applicant selection.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-28
Signed by Governor |
| HB64 | Pass | This Act authorizes the use of Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment in Delaware. This document, a “DMOST form,” will allow Delawareans to plan ahead for health-care decisions, express their wishes in writing, and both enable and obligate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-28
Signed by Governor |
| SB47 | Pass | Every indigent person accused of a crime has the Constitutional right to effective, conflict-free counsel funded by the state. In Delaware, the Public Defender's Office and the Office of Conflict Counsel are charged with the responsibility of providi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-28
Signed by Governor |
| HB81 | Pass | The Department of Education issues an annual Delaware Public Education Profile on all Delaware public schools. This bill adds the information pertaining to the role of the Title IX Coordinator and their contact information into the annual Education P...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-28
Signed by Governor |
| HB32 | Pass | This bill allows the Delaware Transit Corporation to advertise on the back panels of bus shelters, in addition to the downstream panels currently authorized.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-28
Signed by Governor |
| HB33 | Pass | This bill clarifies the types of signs that are permitted to be erected in the State’s right-of-way by an outside entity, with department approval. The legislation provides consistency with federal regulations for outdoor advertising.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-28
Signed by Governor |
| HB56 | Pass | This bill provides a moratorium on all new charter schools in Delaware until June 30, 2018 or until the State Board of Education develops a strategic plan for the number of charter, district, and vocational-technical schools in the State. Also, the b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-05
Signed by Governor |
| SB35 | Pass | Section 1 updates the municipal election procedures to better conform to the Delaware Municipal Election Laws. Among other things, this section addresses and clarifies voter qualifications, election procedures and required notices, procedures for res...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-30
Signed by Governor |
| SB10 | Pass | This Act makes technical changes to the Delaware Performance Appraisal System (DPAS) II Advisory Committee membership and meeting dates. Additionally, this Act clarifies language regarding the Committee’s duties in order to better provide advic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-30
Signed by Governor |
| SB6 | Pass | This bill increases the penalty for committing terroristic threatening that causes evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transportation from a class G felony to a class E felony.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-29
Signed by Governor |
| HB9 | Pass | The bill eliminates an existing conflict between the Delaware Code statute regulating licensed water system operators and the regulations governing licensed water system operators. This bill corrects the conflict by allowing the creation of an Adviso...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-23
Signed by Governor |
| HB8 | Pass | During the 147th General Assembly, House Bill 346 was signed into law. House Bill 346, which codified the work of the HJR 17 Study Group to comprehensively update the state civil mental health laws, created a definition of psychiatrist which specific...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-23
Signed by Governor |
| SB7 | Pass | This Act clarifies the appointment process for and internal operations of the Medical Marijuana Act Oversight Committee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-21
Signed by Governor |
| SB31 | Pass | This bill repeals the sunset provision included in Chapter 214, Volume 78 of the Laws of Delaware, which will continue to enable the Teach For America (TFA) program to recruit and train teachers from Delaware schools and from across the nation to tea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-20
Signed by Governor |
| HB22 | Pass | This Act reincorporates the Town of Townsend.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-13
Signed by Governor |
| HB24 | Pass | Under this section of the Landlord Tenant Code, there is an exemption that is created for vacation rentals along some of Delaware’s beaches that permits homeowners to rent their homes for a period of 120 days or less without being subject to th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-10
Signed by Governor |
| HB21 | Pass | This bill removes the $10 administrative fee for applicants requesting the Gold Star family special license plate in recognition of a close relative’s death while serving in the military.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-09
Signed by Governor |
| HB49 | Pass | This Act gives business entities formed in Delaware greater capacity to resolve business disputes in a rapid and efficient manner through voluntary arbitration conducted by expert arbitrators under strict timelines. To that end, the Act requires res...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-02
Signed by Governor |
| SB8 | Pass | Senate Bill 119 which passed the 147th General Assembly inadvertently omitted the exception for veterinarians and methadone clinics from dispensing more than 72 hours of a controlled substance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-02
Signed by Governor |
| HB16 | Pass | Section 1 of this Act amends the definition of “restaurant”, as it relates to Delaware’s laws governing the sale and consumption of alcoholic liquors, to allow smaller restaurants, those with seating for at least 12 individuals, to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-23
Signed by Governor |
