| SB278 | Intro
Sine Die | Currently, the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) applies to the Boards of Trustees of the University of Delaware and Delaware State University. This Act clarifies that committees or subcommittees of the Board of Trustees of either unive...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-30
Defeated by Senate. Votes: Defeated 10 YES 9 NO 2 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB446 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill imposes a cap on the interest rate that may be charged for “alternative financial services” at an annual rate of interest of 100%. “Alternative financial services” is a term sometimes used for payday loans, installme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-30
Reported Out of Committee (HOUSE ADMINISTRATION) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| SB224 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill requires political committees to report a contributor’s occupation and employment information. This is already a requirement in federal campaign finance law. If only a contributor’s name and address are disclosed (without occupa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-30
Reported Out of Committee (ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/ELECTIONS) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| HB30 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill provides State funding to kindergarten through third grade for basic special education. State funding already occurs for intensive and complex special education during these grades. Currently the basic special education funding runs from fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-29
Amendment HA 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB445 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill entitles a unit owner to attorneys’ fees and litigation costs if a Declarant fails to relinquish control of a unit owners’ association as required in the Delaware Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act. Additionally, this bill cr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-29
To House Housing & Community Affairs Committee |
| SB299 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act provides additional safeguards for vulnerable individuals living in long-term care facilities and clarifies existing requirements. Specifically, this Act clarifies that the records to which the Division of Long-Term Care Residents Protection...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-29
To Senate Executive Committee |
| HB444 | Intro
Sine Die | An estimated 100,000 people in Delaware participate in some form of fantasy sports, whether it’s a football or baseball league with their friends and family, or more recently, a daily or weekly contest against players from across the country. T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-29
Reported Out of Committee (GAMING & PARIMUTUELS) in House with 7 On Its Merits |
| HB437 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires that all contractors and subcontractors are required, independently or through agreement with other organizations, to provide craft training for journeyman and apprentice levels through a bona fide program approved by and registere...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-28
Amendment HA 5 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB366 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill endeavors to reconcile patients’ rights to know all their health care options with the desire of some health care providers to not provide certain care based on religious or philosophical beliefs. This act balances the religious liber...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-28
Defeated by House of Representatives. Votes: Defeated 7 YES 29 NO 0 NOT VOTING 5 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB440 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act requires that organizations wishing to operate charitable video lottery machines connect those machines to the central lottery computer system beginning March 31, 2017. The bill also eliminates the requirement that charitable gaming organiza...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-28
Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| SB290 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill allows the election cycle regarding contributions from political parties and political action committees to reset after the Primary Election as it does for other contributors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-28
Defeated by Senate. Votes: Defeated 9 YES 12 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB319 | 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] | 2016-06-28
Amendment HA 3 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB374 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act changes the term of a school board member from 5 years to 4 years. 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 community ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-28
Reported Out of Committee (EDUCATION) in House with 7 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable |
| HB443 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act eliminates the program whereby the Department of Elections, upon receiving a new voter registration application, has to mail a notice to the applicant and the applicant’s name may or may not be added to the list of registered voted dep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-28
Introduced in House and assigned to House Administration Committee |
| SB287 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act prohibits the sale, transfer, or delivery of a firearm to any person on the Federal Government’s terrorist watch list or the Federal Government’s no-fly list, or on any other list used by the Transportation Security Administratio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-25
Stricken |
| HB274 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill allows for collective bargaining in each of the defined units when a majority of the identified employees are recognized. In addition, specific dates and timeframes are added.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-23
Reported Out of Committee (APPROPRIATIONS) in House with 4 On Its Merits |
| HB420 | Intro
Sine Die | The Regulatory Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015 intended to improve Delaware’s regulatory environment for individual proprietors and small businesses, by requiring each agency to submit a “regulatory impact statement” and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-23
Reported Out of Committee (ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/BANKING/INSURANCE/COMMERCE) in House with 8 On Its Merits |
| HB117 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act will create a funding source for students enrolled in Delaware public schools who are determined as low-income according to the Department of Education. This funding source will be in addition to the normal enrollment based funding provided ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-23
Amendment HA 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB442 | Intro
Sine Die | To obtain obedience to federal laws protecting national security, with the help of registered agents, this Bill will prevent the use of our Limited Liability Act by persons and nations identified by federal agencies as a threat to this country. The b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-23
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB291 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act makes certain requirements of Title Loan lenders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-23
To Senate Banking and Business Committee |
| SB292 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act sets the minimum educational courses for each grade. It does not set the curriculum for these courses or how they will be presented within the classrooms. The life skills program replaces the half credit currently listed as part of the 3 el...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-23
To Senate Education Committee |
| HB430 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill clarifies that a Department of Corrections employee who has served for 25 years with at least 20 years as a correction officer is eligible to retire at 25 years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-23
Reported Out of Committee (CORRECTIONS) in House with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits |
| SB289 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act prohibits the sale, transfer, or delivery of a firearm to any person on the Federal Government’s terrorist watch list or the Federal Government’s no-fly list, or on any other list used by the Transportation Security Administratio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
Laid On Table in Senate |
| SB288 | Intro
Sine Die | Delaware’s carbon dioxide reduction goals have been met, several years’ worth of average expenditures from the last three years sits in reserve accounts, and the rising costs of emission permits from continued participation in the Regiona...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
To Senate Energy & Transit Committee |
| HB415 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill provides the Department of Health and Social Services with authority to provide for and regulate the sanitary control of massage parlors and centers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT) in House with 8 On Its Merits |
| HB433 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill would mandate an increase in the rates paid according to the Instrument for Client and Agency Planning assessment so that by the year 2020 the state achieves funding providers at 100% of the market rate. The state is currently funding provi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT) in House with 8 On Its Merits |
| SB283 | Intro
Sine Die | Certain protocols are already in place after instances of security breaches of State data are discovered. This Act is meant to help prevent those breaches from occurring by discovering and patching software vulnerabilities before data is compromised.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
Reported Out of Committee (ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/ELECTIONS) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits |
| HB436 | Intro
Sine Die | In a decision by the Superior Court on October 7, 2015, as affirmed by the Delaware Supreme Court, the 2014 Sediment and Stormwater Regulations adopted in 2014 have been invalidated due to the DNREC’s failure to fully comply with the Administra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-21
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| HB438 | Intro
Sine Die | Since 1999, residential developers in New Castle County have been required to seek either a certificate from the Department of Education declaring that the local school district has the capacity to absorb additional students from the new development,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-21
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee |
| SB277 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill establishes a permanent steering committee for the Pathways to Prosperity initiative, in order to ensure the long term sustainability and adaptability of the program. The committee is comprised of a broad spectrum of representation across d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-21
Amendment SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate |
| HB253 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill changes the earned income tax credit from nonrefundable to refundable and capable of exceeding the tax amount otherwise due. The credit is reduced from 20% of the corresponding federal earned income credit to 6% for 2017. That percentage in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-16
Reported Out of Committee (APPROPRIATIONS) in House with 4 On Its Merits |
| SB273 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that limits the ability of the State to appropriate moneys in a special fund with a dedicated revenue source and with a limitation on the amount or percentage of the revenue source that may be u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-16
Reported Out of Committee (EXECUTIVE) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| HB361 | Intro
Sine Die | According to the National Institute of Justice, it is estimated that between 60-75% of ex-offenders are jobless up to a year after release. Studies have shown that immediate access to employment is an effective tool to reduce recidivism. This Act est...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-16
Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| SB267 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act changes the location of the chapter of the Delaware Code relating to Constables from Title 10 to Title 24 where all other Delaware State Police licensing boards are located, clarifies the powers of the board, clarifies the duties of commissi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-16
Reported Out of Committee (PUBLIC SAFETY) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| HB429 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill amends the multiplier for calculation of state employee pension benefits for Correction Officers from either 1.85%, 2.0% or 2.45% to a uniform 2.5%, reflecting increased costs, reduced benefits and the need to recruit and retain qualified a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
To House Corrections Committee |
| HB428 | Intro
Sine Die | According to the American Dental Association, approximately 1/3 of Americans face challenges accessing dental care, where access challenges include difficulty getting to a dental office and overcoming financial barriers. In order to increase access t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
To House Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) |
| HB431 | Intro
Sine Die | The General Assembly finds that the publication of the private contact information of certain law enforcement and judicial officers on the Internet unnecessarily endangers such individuals. This Bill is intended to provide law enforcement or judicial...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
To House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee |
| HB386 | Intro
Sine Die | This legislation originated from the St. Thomas More Academy Criminal Justice class relating to Law and Society. Currently Delaware law requires schools to prohibit bullying and otherwise prohibits criminal acts such as harassment, menacing, terrori...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 6 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable |
| HB301 | Intro
Sine Die | Mothers who give birth to monoamniotic twins are often hospitalized as early as 26 weeks into the pregnancy due to the risk of complications of having twins share a single amniotic sack. Mothers who give birth to multiples of 3 or more often have the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
Reported Out of Committee (HOUSE ADMINISTRATION) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| HB426 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act is the result of the recommendation made by the Joint Sunset Committee in its review of the Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline (“the Board”) that the Division of Professional Regulation amend applicable statutes that are o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
Reported Out of Committee (SUNSET COMMITTEE (POLICY ANALYSIS & GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY)) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits |
| HB417 | Intro
Sine Die | For a person who intentionally or recklessly causes physical injury to a child when the person has engaged in a previous pattern of abuse, neglect, or both, of that child, this Bill raises the crime from third degree child abuse to second degree chil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 7 On Its Merits, 2 Unfavorable |
| SB279 | Intro
Sine Die | Pursuant to Superior Court Criminal Rule 16, a defendant may request the opportunity to inspect and copy property and material in the possession, custody or control of the state and which is material to the preparation of the defendant’s defens...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable |
| SB263 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act would add an additional criminal penalty if the offense committed was due to the victim being a law-enforcement officer, a volunteer firefighter, a full-time firefighter, emergency medical technician, paramedic, fire police officer, fire mar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
Amendment SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate |
| HB418 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill adjusts the special assessment rate which creates funds for the Delaware Workforce Development Board to provide ongoing training services to Delaware residents through a combination of state and federal grant money. The assessment increases...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
Reported Out of Committee (LABOR) in House with 2 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits |
| HB370 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act removes from the Delaware Code a transitional provision that is no longer applicable to any individual in New Castle County government. In its place, in cases where the County Executive appoints an individual who is employed by the County in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-14
Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB421 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill would mandate an increase in payments made to Direct Support Professionals – persons who are caregivers for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in a home or community setting. These rate increases are necessary in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-14
Stricken |
| HB244 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act prohibits insurance companies from frequently attempting to settle claims with their insureds for less than an amount a reasonable person would believe to be fair based on a common, verifiable compilation of valuation data, such as the NADA ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-14
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee |
| HB423 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act requires insurance companies to pay to the insured the amount of the insurance company’s offer of settlement which was rejected by the insured party. However, the amount remains subject to both parties’ reservation or rights, cla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-14
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee |
| HB422 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act prohibits insurance companies from revoking, or attempting to revoke, an offer of settlement made to an insured.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-14
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee |
| SB190 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to provide for equal protection regardless of race, sex, age, religion, creed, color, familial status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. This Ac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-14
Laid On Table in Senate |
