| HB248 | Pass | This bill moves the role of Investigation Coordinator in the child welfare system out of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families and into the Office of the Child Advocate. It also ensures that the Investigation Coordinator c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-20
Signed by Governor |
| HB34 | Pass | This bill will allow a local school district board to delay new or changed rules, regulations, or administrative procedures from becoming effective during a school year once the school year has started. This will allow the rules, regulations, and pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-20
Signed by Governor |
| SB177 | Pass | This Act makes a technical correction to clarify language relating to the jurisdiction and powers of the Delaware Public Service Commission for public utilities that provide telecommunications services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-20
Signed by Governor |
| SB173 | Pass | This Act brings new motorcycles within the scope of the automobile Lemon Law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-20
Signed by Governor |
| SB123 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill clarifies the intent of the original Rent Justification legislation with respect to the CPI-U and allows for community owners to recoup certain capital costs as increased rent without increasing base rent in perpetuity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
To Senate Community/County Affairs Committee |
| SB219 | Engross
Sine Die | In order to facilitate the growth of successful small businesses in Delaware, this bill expands the number of establishments a licensee may operate from 3 to 5.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee |
| HB333 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill changes the term of a school board member from 5 years to a 3 year term. While longer board member terms enable school board members to have more years as experienced board members, this must be weighed against the goal of providing the com...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
To House Education Committee |
| SB234 | Intro
Sine Die | The Delaware Health Resources Board determined there was a need in Kent County for additional in-patient rehabilitation services to treat patients who have suffered stroke, traumatic brain, orthopedic, and other such injuries and/or undergone surgica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee |
| HB306 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill updates Title 26 relating to the requirements for obtaining a certificate to operate in Delaware as a new electric transmission utility. This bill uses language similar to certificate requirements for water, wastewater, and other utility se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
To Senate Energy & Transit Committee |
| HB268 | Intro
Sine Die | This non-punitive, public health-oriented bill seeks to codify certain sections of the federal law known as the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (“CAPTA”) that requires States to have policies and procedures in place to address th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-14
Stricken |
| HB321 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act clarifies the authority of the Division of Public Health to release sexually transmitted disease reports to medical personnel for the purpose of providing health care to the subject of those reports, and that such reports may be distributed ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-14
To House Health & Human Development Committee |
| HB318 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill increases the state employees’ pension plan burial benefit from $7,000 to $10,000. This benefit has not been changed since July 2001.Begin Synopsis Here
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
To House Administration Committee |
| 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 |
| SB43 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill reconciles general provisions applicable to Commissioners found in section 1991 with more specific provisions found in 10 Del. C. 511(a) and 1315(a) regarding the appointment of a commissioner when there is a vacancy in office and residen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-12
Amendment HA 1 - Stricken |
| 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 |
| SB178 | Pass | This bill makes technical changes to the Joseph R. “Beau” Biden, III Child Protection Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-07
Signed by Governor |
| 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 |
| HB276 | Pass | This Act eliminates the office of the last remaining County Comptroller, the Kent County Comptroller, and transfers the functions, duties, and powers of that office to the Kent County Department of Finance, specifically including those duties and pow...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB241 | Pass | In 2010, House Bill No. 344 (“Bill”) was introduced, in part, to add the mayor of a municipal corporation to the list of individuals authorized to solemnize marriages in this State. The Bill was signed by the Governor and became law, see ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
Signed by Governor |
| 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 |
| HB251 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act amends the Charter of the City of Seaford by altering the voting hours for a special election for annexation, borrowing money, or issuing bonds. It also authorizes the Seaford City Council to offer tax exemptions to economic development proj...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
Reported Out of Committee (COMMUNITY/COUNTY AFFAIRS) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HB85 | Pass | This bill allows school taxes and property taxes to be collected by tax intercept.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
Signed by Governor |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HB245 | Pass | This Act authorizes the Judiciary to spend existing Appropriated Special Funds, collected by Family Court, for preliminary costs associated with the planning, design and land acquisition of downstate Family Court facilities. This funding would be exp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-03
Signed by Governor |
