| SB191 | Pass | The Public Service Commission conducts an annual review of the process by which Delmarva Power obtains electricity to deliver to its customers. With 100% of supply coming from market based auctions, there has been little need to continue the Integrat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Signed by Governor |
| SB204 | Pass | Section 1 through 4 of this Act establish interim standards and criteria in order to permit redevelopment projects to move forward while revised regulations are being drafted. The interim standards set forth in this Act would effectively "sunset...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Signed by Governor |
| SB198 | Pass | This Bill eliminates the prohibition against hunting for deer on Sundays. Additionally, it maintains the applicable agency regulating public lands authority and discretion to regulate, including prohibition of, deer hunting on Sundays. Lastly, the bi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Signed by Governor |
| SB220 | Pass | This bill creates two new vehicle license plates promoting and supporting both saltwater and freshwater fishing in the State of Delaware. The proceeds associated with The Delaware Sport Fishing License Plate, has a mission of undertaking initiatives ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Signed by Governor |
| SB174 | Pass | This Act permits an insurance company to apply for and receive a salvage certificate, clear of all liens, after payment of a total loss claim, if the insurance company has not been able to obtain the properly endorsed certificate of title.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Signed by Governor |
| SB195 | Pass | Section 1 of the Act addresses statutes under Chapter 49 of Title 10 and (i) amends the title of section 4915 (but makes no substantive changes to the statute); and (ii) modifies section 4916 to provide that plans similar to the Delaware College Inve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Signed by Governor |
| SB85 | Pass | This Act draws attention to the types of discipline used in schools by capturing data about out-of-school suspensions and publishing that data, in an effort to help schools identify areas where the data regarding out-of-school suspensions indicates t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Signed by Governor |
| SB229 | Pass | This Act acknowledges that the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has been collecting natural resource data for years without the consent of the respective property owners. From the date of this Act forward, the Department must...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Signed by Governor |
| SB200 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act prohibits drilling for oil or natural gas in Delawares coastal zone and territorial waters and precludes DNREC from issuing any permits in connection with the development of offshore drilling infrastructure, whether proposed for Delaware ter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01
Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 1 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT |
| SB170 | Pass | This bill increases the minimum wage to be paid in this State beginning in 2018 and ending in 2021.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB237 | Pass | This Act provides supplementary appropriations to certain Grants-in-Aid for Fiscal Year 2019.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB252 | Enroll
Sine Die | This amendment would allow for landing areas located in agricultural preservation districts to be used for agriculturally related aerial spraying and applications such as seeding, as well as spraying and applications under government programs such as...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES |
| SB267 | Intro
Sine Die | Section 5301(3) of Title 7 provides that it is the Department of States (Department) duty to protect and encourage the preservation of archaeological resources located on privately owned lands in this State. This Act enables the Department to better ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01
Stricken in Senate |
| SB248 | Intro
Sine Die | Section 5301(3) of Title 7 provides that it is the Department of States (Department) duty to protect and encourage the preservation of archaeological resources located on privately owned lands in this State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01
Stricken in Senate |
| SB254 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill raises the civil penalty for a violation of section 3503 of the Workplace Fraud Act ("Act") from a range of $1,000 to $5,000 to $5,000 to $20,000. The bill also raises the civil penalty for wrongful discharge or discrimination und...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Amendment SA 3 to SB 254 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| SB139 | Pass | This Act requires that health insurance offered in this State provide coverage for fertility care services, including in vitro fertilization ("IVF") procedures, for individuals who suffer from a disease or condition that results in the inab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| SB146 | Enroll
Sine Die | The continued existence and dissemination of a juvenile criminal record hampers an individuals ability to become a successful and productive member of society. These criminal records are a hindrance to employment, education, housing, credit, and mili...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES |
| SB232 | Pass | This Act expands the total number of vice-chancellors on the Court of Chancery to 6 and makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| SB165 | Pass | This Act permits private sector labor organizations and employers to enter into union security agreements to the full extent allowed under federal law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| SB207 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Substitute Act does all of the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 3 NO 3 ABSENT |
| SB144 | Pass | This Substitute Act implements certain recommendations adopted by the Lottery & Gaming Study Commission in 2015 and the Video Lottery Advisory Council in 2017, in recognition of significant changes in the regional gaming marketplace and the State...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| SB269 | Enroll
Sine Die | The Riverfront Development Corporation was created by epilogue language in the Fiscal Year 1997 Bond Bill. The Board of Directors of the Riverfront Development Corporation is established by at least three separate provisions of Bond Bill epilogue lan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT |
| SB171 | Enroll
Sine Die | Individuals who are released from prison face many hurdles as they re-enter the community, including difficulty obtaining identification documents. Lacking identification imposes additional hurdles as these individuals attempt to find housing and emp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT |
| SB159 | Pass | The Act made changes to motor vehicle franchising practices, by doing the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| SB216 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act strengthens the shelter requirements for dogs that are kept outside by requiring the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB217 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act strengthens restrictions on the tethering of dogs by doing the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB236 | Pass | This Act appropriates $49,167,700 to provide a $500 one-time salary supplement to full-time and part-time employees, to provide a $400 pension supplement to pensioners and provides one-time funded projects through the Office of Management and Budget.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| SB235 | Pass | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2019 Appropriation Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| SB202 | Pass | This Act ensures that the spouses of those killed in the line of duty are able to receive benefits for the remainder of their lives regardless of future marital status. When a surviving spouse remarries, the surviving spouse's benefit is reduced ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-27
Signed by Governor |
| SB219 | Engross
Sine Die | Since 1975, the Delaware Population Consortium has prepared a unified set of statewide population projections each year. These projections are used for a variety of purposes including capital planning, policy analysis, comprehensive planning, and tra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-27
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits |
| SB124 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill appoints the Secretary of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security as Chair of the DPAC and removes the President Pro Tem and the Speaker of the House from the Commission. This bill also makes technical corrections in conformance with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-27
Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| SB221 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that modernizes the Delaware Constitutions bail provision and clarifies the power of the General Assembly and the Courts to define certain felony offenses for which, or circumstances under which...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-27
Laid On Table in Senate |
| SB255 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act prohibits the use and dissemination of information obtained from the machine readable zone of a driver's license or identification card issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles, with limited exceptions. This Act seeks to protect members ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-27
Reported Out of Committee (Telecommunication Internet & Technology) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits |
| SB177 | Pass | This Act brings Delaware sex offender registration laws into compliance with the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ("SORNA") by standardizing the tier designation of sex offenders are assigned based upon offense of conv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-27
Signed by Governor |
| SB257 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act changes the program for distributing payments to county seats with tax-exempt properties owned by the State. Section 8318 of Title 29 directs compensatory payments for exempt properties owned by the State to the county seats, Wilmington, Dov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-26
Amendment SA 2 to SB 257 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| SB263 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act amends the Delaware Governmental Accountability Act to make the annual budget process part of a performance management system of strategic planning, performance metrics and performance budgeting, dedicated to continuous process improvement t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-26
Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits |
| SB260 | Intro
Sine Die | Senate Bill No. 209, enacted by the 145th General Assembly, extended the Historic Preservation Tax Credit Act through June 2020. This Act extends the Historic Preservation Tax Credit Act through June 2030 and puts the provision regarding the effectiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-26
Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| SB245 | Engross
Sine Die | Both the Delaware Strategic Fund (Title 29, Chapter 87A, Subchapter II) and the Delaware Technical Innovation Fund (Title 29, Chapter 87A, Subchapter III) provide funding for Delaware businesses, including new businesses in growing technology-related...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-26
Reported Out of Committee (Telecommunication Internet & Technology) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits |
| SB226 | Engross
Sine Die | The Public Service Commissions (PSC) authority over public utilities has been changed by recent decisions by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and legislation enacted in Delaware. This Act changes the statutory requirements for PSC public u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-26
Reported Out of Committee (Energy) in House with 6 On Its Merits |
| SB126 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act provides school-based speech-language pathologists and audiologists who hold a current Certificate of Clinical Competence in speech-language pathology, (CCC-SLP) or audiology (CCC-A), issued by the American Speech-Language and Hearing Associ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-26
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT |
| SB261 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act directs the Board of Directors of the Riverfront Development Corporation to amend the membership and member terms of the Board of Directors contained in Article I, Section 1 of the Corporation's by-laws.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-21
Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits |
| SB253 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act creates and funds, in Fiscal Year 2019, a Community Assault Weapon Recovery Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-21
To Senate Labor Committee |
| SB265 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act amends the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards Act (REPSA) to provide for a workable cost cap to protect Delmarva Power customers from sharp annual increases in their bills due to the cost of procuring renewable energy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-21
To Senate Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Committee |
| SB140 | 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 created, after January 1, 2018, to fund capital projects with a dedicated revenue source and with a limitation on the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-21
Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| SB258 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act revises the data collection procedures and authority of the Workers Compensation Oversight Panel (Panel) to ensure that the Panel is able to obtain the data necessary to perform its statutory duties, without infringing upon the authority of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits |
| SB201 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill changes the program for distributing payments to cities with tax-exempt properties owned by the State. Instead of directing payments only to county seats (Wilmington, Dover, and Georgetown), the bill will authorize payments as well to any c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
Amendment SA 2 to SB 201 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| SB101 | Pass | Every year, over 100 million animals are used as subjects of scientific and medical research, as well as for educational purposes. As recently as 2015, over 19,000 cats and over 61,000 dogs were used in research. In Delaware in 2015, 82 cats and 85 d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
Signed by Governor |
| SB223 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act adopts the Uniform Law Commissions Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act (Revised Act), revising Chapter 54, Title 24 of the Delaware Code, which is based on the Uniform Law Commissions Uniform Athlete Agents Act (Uniform Act).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| SB176 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act creates a Prescription Opioid Impact Fund (Fund) through a prescription opioid impact fee (Fee) that is assessed on manufacturers of prescription opioids as follows:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
Laid On Table in Senate |
| SB251 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act creates a Delaware Manufactured Home Owner Attorney Fund by collecting a $0.50 monthly assessment per lot from manufactured home owners who rent a lot in a community governed by Manufactured Home Owners and Community Owners Act. The fund wil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
Amendment SA 1 to SB 251 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
