| SCR83 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution establishes a special committee to study and made recommendations about school safety issues, with the committee to provide its report and recommendations on or before October 17, 2016.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HJR13 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution requires a Delaware Certificate of Multi-literacy be established. The criteria for such certificate is to be developed by the Department of Education, with the assent of the State Board of Education no later than December 1, 2016 and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 39 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB375 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill moves the date of primary elections for statewide office, county office, and municipal office to the fourth Tuesday in April, which is the date of the presidential primary. The dates for submitting and withdrawing a notification of candidac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Defeated by Senate. Votes: Defeated 7 YES 13 NO 1 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB178 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill encourages spaying, neutering, and vaccination in order to limit the number of unwanted cats and protect the public from rabies and other diseases carried by unvaccinated animals. The bill defines “community cats” and “com...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 29 YES 10 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SCR89 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution supports the National Cancer Moonshot and the work of the Cancer Moonshot Task Force and encourages cancer survivorship planning and the goal of eliminating cancer as we know it today.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SCR90 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution expresses the General Assembly’s opposition to the current cost allocation for the Artificial Island transmission project and creates a 7 member Regional Legislative Transmission Cost Equity Committee to protect Delaw...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SCR94 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution commemorates July 1, 2016 as the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of the Somme.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SCR88 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes the valuable role Meningitis vaccinations for all serotypes play in preventing a devastating illness and the importance of sharing the latest information with individuals most commonly impacted.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SCR92 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution designates November 2016 as “Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Awareness Month”.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SCR93 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution designates the month of August, 2016 as “National Immunization Awareness Month” in recognition of the value of preventive vaccinations for all ages.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SB298 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act makes certain requirements of Title Loan lenders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 1 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB258 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill allows for the granting of a probationary electrician license to a person after a criminal conviction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Laid On Table in Senate |
| HB369 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act directs the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance, Division of Public Health, and Office of Management and Budget – Human Resources Management (“the Agencies”) to report to the General Assembly every 2 years the impac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Amendment SA 1 - Introduced in Senate |
| SCR95 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution calls on the Governor, Diamond State Port Corporation, and the Delaware Economic Development Office to pursue plans to develop the Port of Wilmington or other Wilmington area facilities to accommodate the deep-draft shipping that will...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SCR86 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution commemorates July 30, 2016 as the 60th Anniversary of “In God We Trust” as the official motto of the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SCR85 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution expresses support for the development of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, technologies, usages, and businesses in Delaware and the increased economic and training opportunities available within the FAA Regulatory framework...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HB213 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill changes the requirements for security guards, private investigator licenses by (a) making the qualifications uniform for both occupations; (b) providing that a license may still be issued for persons convicted of 2 or less of certain misdem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Laid On Table in Senate |
| SB286 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act creates the Technology Commercialization Fund. The primary purposes of the Act are as follows: (1) Help fund and develop new businesses in Delaware focused upon innovative cutting edge technologies, especially in the fields of Advanced Mater...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-30
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 12 YES 9 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HJR12 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Joint Resolution fulfills the condition of 14 Del C. 1026(d)(1) that the General Assembly must pass and the Governor must sign a Joint Resolution supporting the proposed changes to school district boundaries in New Castle County. It also ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-30
Defeated by Senate. Votes: Defeated 6 YES 15 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB206 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill will add 4 new check-off donation boxes on the Delaware personal income tax return whereby individuals may choose to donate a portion of their tax refund, or designate an amount in addition to the tax they owe that will be transferred by th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-30
Reported Out of Committee (FINANCE) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| SB150 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill allows that penalties for violations of rules of the road are enhanced when a victim is vulnerable user (as defined) of a right-of-way who experiences serious physical injury. It expands vulnerable user protection from careless or inattenti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-30
SS 1 for SB 150 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SR19 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution requests the Department of Insurance to examine the secondary market for life insurance and to make recommendations to the 149th General Assembly.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-30
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 11 YES 6 NO 3 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB167 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act improves the enforcement mechanisms related to Delaware’s campaign finance disclosure laws in four ways. First, this Act amends 8040, Title 15 to require that the Superior Court may not grant a certificate of election to a successful...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-30
Reported Out of Committee (ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/ELECTIONS) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| HB352 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act conforms Delaware’s deadlines for filing certain information returns to those established in the Internal Revenue Code. In an effort to combat identity theft and taxpayer fraud, federal filing dates were recently changed. For example, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-29
Reported Out of Committee (BANKING AND BUSINESS) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| HCR97 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes November 2016 as “Native American Heritage Month” in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-29
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HJR11 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution establishes and sets forth the understating that due to the complexity and wide ranging environmental, social and economic impact associated with a change to the State of Delaware stormwater management regulations and accompanying tec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-29
Reported Out of Committee (NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| SB152 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act places a duty on the drivers of motor vehicles to clean ice and snow off of their vehicles prior to driving on the State’s highways. Greater penalties are provided for ice or snow dislodging from a moving vehicle and causing physical i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-29
To House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee |
| HB427 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill provides Statewide consistency of the law that protects the public welfare from dangerous dogs and clarifies that dogs may not be held potentially dangerous or dangerous for animal control enforcement or for purposes of criminal liability b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-29
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 31 YES 5 NO 1 NOT VOTING 4 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR96 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution proclaims the week of July 11-15, 2016 as Delaware Local Produce Week
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-29
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SB168 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act includes Department of Transportation employees who work on interstate, expressway, arterial, and collector roads in the classification of employees who are eligible to receive hazardous duty pay.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-29
Reported Out of Committee (TRANSPORTATION/LAND USE AND INFRASTRUCTURE) in House with 6 On Its Merits |
| HB411 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill corrects an unintended consequence of House Bill No. 15 of the 148th General Assembly, signed into law by the Governor on June 24, 2015, by preventing double taxation of premium ceded to a series captive insurance company or protected cell....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-28
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 37 YES 0 NO 1 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB412 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill enhances Delaware’s attractiveness as a captive insurance domicile by creating a streamlined and inexpensive regulatory regime for captive insurance companies that are dormant.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-28
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 38 YES 0 NO 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB403 | Engross
Sine Die | Section 1 of this bill requires a prospective tenant seeking to rent a lot in a manufactured housing community to provide to the landlord a copy of the manufactured home’s title and written confirmation of the manufactured home owner’s in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-28
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 38 YES 0 NO 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB394 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill: provides clearer language concerning license and identification requirements for both businesses and individuals; gives vendors a much clearer understanding of prohibited acts, discipline and penalties; and grants the ability of the Profes...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-28
Reported Out of Committee (PUBLIC SAFETY) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| HB355 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill creates a requirement that all public high schools, including charter schools, shall offer at least one computer science course at the high school level by the 2020-2021 school year. Also, this bill creates a requirement that, by the 2017-2...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-28
Reported Out of Committee (EDUCATION) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| HB267 | Engross
Sine Die | This Bill limits a health insurer’s right to overpayment recovery to two years from the date of the original payment. The time limit does not apply where there is fraud or other intentional misconduct, when overpayment recovery is initiated by ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-28
Reported Out of Committee (INSURANCE & TELECOMMUNICATIONS) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| SR18 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes Ashley SK Davis for her valuable contributions to art and culture in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-28
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB311 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act authorizes the Family Court to order the Department of Health and Social Services of Services (“DHSS”) to determine whether a child who is 17 years of age or older and in the custody of the Department of Services for Children, Yo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-28
Reported Out of Committee (CHILDREN; YOUTH & FAMILIES) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits |
| HB357 | Engross
Sine Die | Importers, manufacturers and dealers of “destructive weapons” are licensed and regulated under Federal law. Under existing Delaware law, importers, manufacturers and dealers of destructive weapons are not permitted to deliver them to purc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-28
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 30 YES 9 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR95 | Engross
Sine Die | Many of the Delaware Volunteer Fire Companies are for all intents and purposes self-policed as it pertains to the management of their company funds. As highlighted by the recent reports of embezzlement, the current system is vulnerable. This House Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-23
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 18 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SCR80 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution honors USO Delaware on its 25th Anniversary, and the USO on its 75th Anniversary, for their important and inspiring work supporting military members and their families.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-23
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HCR91 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution recognizes and honors the young women of Delaware participating in the 2016 session of Delaware Girls State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-23
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 18 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SCR81 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes and celebrates 2 distinguished Muslim holidays, Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, and Eid al-Adha, which marks the end of the haj pilgrimage to Mecca. Author: Sen. Sokola
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HB365 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act removes the prohibition against receipt of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (“TANF” also referred to by the name Aid for Families with Dependent Children or “AFDC”) funds by persons convicted of a drug felony. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| HB396 | Engross
Sine Die | The time and delay associated with the review of land use projects is often a factor in determining whether a potential employer comes to Delaware or not. This bill is designed to provide an expedited review process for projects likely to have signif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
To Senate Executive Committee |
| SR17 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution recognizes Wednesday, June 22, 2016, as “Staff Appreciation Day” in the Delaware State Senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB424 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill clarifies that a vote by the General Assembly as required in 14 Del C. 1008(g) and 1026(d) in support of redistricting serves to authorize the State Board to proceed with the redistricting, but does not constitute approval of any particula...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
To Senate Executive Committee |
| HB99 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill adds Department of Correction, Probation and Parole vehicles to the list of “authorized emergency vehicles” as used in Chapter 41 concerning the Rules of the Road.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
Reported Out of Committee (PUBLIC SAFETY) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| SCR84 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution congratulates the class of 2015-2016 Eagle Scouts for having attained the highest rank one can earn in the Boy Scouts of America. AUTHOR: Sen. Lawson
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-21
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HCR88 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution recognizes June 15, 2016, as “Delaware Elder Abuse Awareness Day” and encourages all of Delaware’s citizens to learn about how to protect and nurture our elderly citizens.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-16
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
