| HB450 | Intro
Sine Die | There is a growing body of research regarding the detrimental effects to an individual and to society relating to the collateral consequences of arrests and criminal convictions. To name just a few, a criminal history is a significant barrier to obta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits, 2 Unfavorable |
| HB95 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act prohibits a person from purchasing, selling, offering for sale, possessing with intent to sell, or importing with intent to sell ivory or rhinoceros horn, except as specified. A violation of this Act or any rule, regulation, or order adopted...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
Tabled in Committee |
| HB467 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act updates the membership of the Telecommunications Relay Service Advisory Committee to include the groups currently engaged in ensuring telecommunications relay services are provided to Delawareans who need relay services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits |
| HR31 | Intro
Sine Die | Resolution Supporting Taiwan's Signing Of A Bilateral Trade Agreement With The United States, Reaffirming Support For Taiwan's Meaningful Participation And Contribution In International Organizations, And For Strengthening And Expanding Siste...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-19
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| HCR34 | Intro
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution establishes a Task Force to investigate the cost of special education and make recommendations related to cost efficiency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-19
Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB469 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act authorizes the Department of Transportation to use automated speed enforcement (ASE) systems to enforce speed restrictions within work zones on highways. The purpose of this Act is to increase safety for construction and maintenance workers ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-19
To House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee |
| HB471 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill amends the Administrative Procedures Act extending and shortening certain time periods for parties to act and limits emergency regulations to situations affecting public health or safety. If an agency is found to have unlawfully adopted reg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-19
To House Administration Committee |
| HB468 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act creates the crime of wrongful use of voter registration information.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-19
To House Administration Committee |
| HB347 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act strengthens the role and responsibilities of the Provider Advisory Board in regard to the implementation and enforcement of The Delaware Child Care Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-19
To Senate Health, Children & Social Services Committee |
| HB417 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act prohibits a tax rate greater than 50 cents per cigar upon the sale and use of premium cigars.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-15
Amendment HA 2 to HB 417 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HR32 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes June 17, 2018 as Fathers Day in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-14
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| HB49 | Pass | This Act requires all new school construction and schools undergoing major renovations to incorporate the following safety features: a secured vestibule to be used as the primary entrance to screen visitors, installation of ballistic resistant glass ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| HCR91 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution honors the Army Warrant Officer Corps for their 100th anniversary on July 9, 2018.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-14
Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT |
| HB463 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act authorizes a pharmacist or pharmacy to decline to dispense a prescription drug or provide a pharmacy service to an insured if the amount reimbursed by an entity subject to the Act is less than the pharmacy acquisition cost.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-14
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee |
| HCR92 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution recognizes the young men participating in the 2018 session of Delaware's Boys State and commends its sponsor, the American Legion Department of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-14
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT |
| HB300 | Pass | This bill makes it a crime to sell, transfer, buy, receive or possess a trigger crank or bump-fire device designed to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle, making such weapon function more like an automatic weapon. A bump stock was us...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| HB377 | Pass | This bill permits a County government to impose and collect a lodging tax of no more than 3 percent on hotel, motel, and tourist home rooms located in the unincorporated areas of the County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| HB421 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill changes when the interception of certain communications is lawful. Currently, if one party to the communication gives consent to the interception, such interception is lawful. This bill requires that both parties to the communication give p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-13
Amendment HA 1 to HB 421 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB319 | Pass | This legislation creates a benchmark for determining when a treatment or service is no longer experimental or investigational. When Medicare determines that a treatment is safe for its population, commercial insurers in Delaware may no longer deny co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-13
Signed by Governor |
| HB460 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act is the first leg of a Constitutional Amendment reflecting the recommendations of the Advisory Panel to the Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council (DEFAC) on Potential Fiscal Controls and Budget Smoothing Mechanisms established as p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-13
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits |
| HB458 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act removes language from the states Prescription Drug Monitoring Program statute that unreasonably prevents law enforcement officials from accessing the PMP database when officials can show that the information on the database is relevant to an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-13
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 9 On Its Merits |
| HB447 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill moves all police officers and firefighters employed by the State and its political subdivisions under the jurisdiction of the Police Officers and Firefighters Employment Relations Act. This bill allows all State merit employees to have full...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-13
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 10 On Its Merits |
| HB461 | Intro
Sine Die | Delaware law criminalizes therapeutic deception, a representation by the health professional that sexual contact by the health professional is consistent with or part of the patients treatment. This Act creates a felony level offense for a person tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB328 | Pass | This Act makes it a crime to fly an unmanned aircraft system to do any of the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-12
Signed by Governor |
| HB299 | Intro
Sine Die | This is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to provide equal rights on the basis of sex. There is no Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. While Congress passed the Amendment in 1972, it was not ratified by ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-12
Stricken in House |
| HB311 | Pass | The Board of Clinical Social Work Examiners (Board) has worked several years to amend Chapter 39, Title 24 of the Delaware Code to update the statute governing social work licensure and practice in this State. The Boards work has included collaborati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-11
Signed by Governor |
| HB373 | Pass | The Bill amends Title 4 to permit licensed Delaware craft distilleries, breweries, and wineries the ability to sell products produced by other Delaware craft distilleries, breweries, and wineries for on-site consumption, only. The products sold must ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07
Signed by Governor |
| HB140 | Pass | 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), as amended by the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), that requires states ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07
Signed by Governor |
| HB399 | Enroll
Sine Die | This is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to provide equal rights on the basis of sex. There is no Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. While Congress passed the Amendment in 1972, it was not ratified by ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07
Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 NO |
| HB388 | Pass | Section 1 authorizes the disinterested members of the Town Council to determine if a council member meets the qualifications to be on council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07
Signed by Governor |
| HB448 | Intro
Sine Die | This act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that protects parental rights.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07
To House Administration Committee |
| HB434 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act creates the Professional Athlete Funding Act, which authorizes and establishes regulations pertaining to player brand agreements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits |
| HB428 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act does all of the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06
Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| HB427 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act does all of the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06
Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| HR30 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizing June 2018 As Amateur Radio Month In Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| HB424 | Intro
Sine Die | At this time, the 24-month testing rates are well below what the Division of Public Health would expect them to be based upon the risk factors that determine when testing is necessary. This bill simplifies the requirements and the process for physici...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 10 On Its Merits |
| HCR89 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution recognizes June 15, 2018, as Delaware Elder Abuse Awareness Day and encourages all of Delawares citizens to learn about how to protect and nurture our elderly citizens.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| HCR88 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Inc., Delaware Chapter for its dedication to improving the lives of Black women and girls in Delaware through advocacy, civic engagement, and other community-building ini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| HB349 | Pass | This Act creates a Delaware Commission on Irish Heritage and Culture.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB423 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act will permit engineers to obtain mechanics liens but only if improvements as contemplated by the engineering or architectural services provided are actually constructed or if the surveys or plans are actually approved by the governing authori...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-30
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee |
| HB383 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act requires an owner/landlord to accept rental payments from a manufactured home owner/tenant and makes the failure to accept a rental payment a retaliatory act. This Act adopts a provision of the Delaware Residential Landlord-Tenant Code that ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-30
Amendment HA 2 to HB 383 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB350 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act will create the Biometric Privacy Protection Act and Geolocation Privacy Protection Act in Title 6 of the Delaware Code to give Delawares citizens important protections with respect to the collection, storage, use, and disclosure of their un...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-30
Amendment HA 1 to HB 350 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB284 | Pass | This Bill would allow all on-premises licensees who sell a bottle of alcohol (other than beer) to place a cap on the bottle and allow patrons to take it home with them for consumption later. Delaware was one of the first states to recognize that it w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-29
Signed by Governor |
| HB170 | Pass | This legislation, the Angel Investor Job Creation and Innovation Act for Small Technology Companies, creates an incentive for qualified angel investors to invest capital in qualified Delaware small technology companies..
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24
Signed by Governor |
| HJR11 | Pass | This resolution honors Boyd and Liane Sorenson by designating the new Valley Road Pedestrian Pathway between Evanson Road and Lantana Square as "Sorenson's Way".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24
Signed by Governor |
| HB289 | Pass | This bill amends 18 Del. C. § 6907 relating to the filing of annual statements and payment of premium taxes for captive insurance entities. This legislation will require captive insurers to file their annual statements and pay premium taxes on or be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24
Signed by Governor |
| HB307 | Pass | United States Supreme Court case law and scientific research has changed how we think about juvenile delinquency. We know now that an adolescents brain is not fully developed until his/her mid-twenties which makes juveniles especially prone to making...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24
Signed by Governor |
| HB306 | Pass | This bill permits judges to utilize their discretion in determining whether a juvenile charged with possession of a firearm during commission of a felony should be transferred back to Family Court or remain in Superior Court. Prior to 2017, possessio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24
Signed by Governor |
| HB313 | Pass | This amendment to the Ocean View charter confirms the authority of the Town Council to elect to assess and value property pursuant to 22 Del.C. § 1101, et seq., as an alternate to the previously required procedure.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24
Signed by Governor |
| HB345 | Pass | This bill increases the 1-time fee from $35 to $50 for Delawares environmental license plates in order to increase revenue to improve the capacity of the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays and The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary to fulfill thei...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24
Signed by Governor |
