| HB212 | Pass | This Act amends the Clayton Charter to provide more time between the deadline for filing requirements and Election Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB87 | Pass | 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] | 2017-08-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB70 | Pass | Under current educational standards, students are no longer required to be taught cursive writing and many schools have abandoned teaching cursive writing to students. As cursive writing is still an imperative skill in many professions, this bill mak...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB86 | Pass | 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] | 2017-08-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB200 | Pass | This bill sets a minimum reimbursement rate for home health care nursing services paid for by Medicaid-contracted organizations. The rate shall be at least equal to the rate set by the Division of Medicaid for equivalent services. Home care nurses an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB178 | Pass | The children of parents who divorce or were never married often share a surname with only one parent, which may lead to confusion or hardship when schools, doctors, or others fail to recognize the childs connection with the parent with whom the child...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB191 | Pass | This act amends the Charter of the Town of Laurel so that the Mayor and members of the Town Council are only paid for meetings which they attend.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB183 | Pass | This Act clarifies that the reviews of child and maternal deaths are confidential and may not be used in any proceedings. It ensures that the committees and panels who do the work on behalf of the Child Death Review Commission are protected.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB206 | Pass | This Act allows the Division of Motor Vehicles to issue a conditional license at the request of the Justice of the Peace for a Driving Under the Influence offender whose charge is still pending, but whose license has been suspended by the Division of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB216 | Pass | This amendment to Section 8-200 of the Charter of the City of Wilmington raises some of the threshold amounts for bid requirements in the procurement process. The purpose of the amendment is to improve City of Wilmington procurement procedures, incre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB224 | Pass | Car theft was the primary impetus behind state codes prohibiting a motor vehicle owner to leave a car unattended with the keys in the ignition; a common habit to warm-up the vehicle during colder months. From 2013 to 2015, a total of 206 cars were st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB43 | Pass | This bill clarifies that a Department of Correction's 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] | 2017-08-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB182 | Pass | This bill clarifies that the reviews of child abuse and neglect deaths and near deaths are confidential and should not be used in any proceedings. It ensures that the committees and panels who do the work on behalf of the Child Protection Accountabil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB181 | Pass | This Act makes updates to how reports of child abuse and neglect are handled by the various members of the multidisciplinary team. The Act codifies the multidisciplinary team and case. The Act adds additional duties to the Investigation Coordinator, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB169 | Pass | Section 1 of the Act (i) clarifies that the defined term agents, as used in chapter 33 of title 12, consistent with common usage of the term, includes all agents defined as such by the general law of agency; (ii) modifies section 3312 to provide that...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB252 | Pass | Section 1 of this Act enhances the States ability to collect delinquent taxes by (a) allowing for renewal of a judgment for unpaid taxes beyond the current 20 year limit for an additional term of 20 years, and (b) allows for recording of a judgment f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB180 | Pass | This Act revises HB 180 to reflect input from a wide group of stakeholders. This Substitute Act differs from HB 180 as follows:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-17
Signed by Governor |
| HB220 | Pass | This act establishes the Addiction Action Committee as a means to establish a comprehensive, coordinated strategy to address addiction in Delaware. The committee is authorized to make recommendations on a comprehensive approach to address and monitor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-16
Signed by Governor |
| HB214 | Pass | This bill amends merit compensation bargaining unit by allowing non-uniformed correctional employees, including correctional counselors, correctional administrative staff and similar occupations, to bargain over compensation. These correctional emplo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-09
Signed by Governor |
| HB257 | Pass | This bill increases the line of duty death benefits from $150,000 to $200,000 for those persons covered under Chapter 66, Title 18 of the Delaware Code. Additionally, the bill increases the maximum amount payable in any year from $30,000 to $40,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-09
Signed by Governor |
| HB138 | Pass | This bill replaces the National Change of Address process with another non-discriminatory process of cancelling the registrations of persons who are no longer permanent residents of Delaware. It also gives the Department of Elections, instead of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-02
Signed by Governor |
| HB137 | Pass | This bill eliminates the conflict between Section 2047, which requires a voter to vote at the polling place where he or she currently resides, and Section 4941, which enables a voter to vote where he or she formerly resided.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-02
Signed by Governor |
| HB133 | Pass | This bill would create an end date for the special filing deadline created by school board vacancies that arise after the second Friday in February. The new end date for these vacancies would be the first Friday in March. Any vacancies that arise aft...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-02
Signed by Governor |
| HB139 | Pass | 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] | 2017-08-02
Signed by Governor |
| HB168 | Pass | This bill eliminates the outdated provisions relating to mobile registration while maintaining the right of any person to register to vote at any county office of the Department of Elections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-02
Signed by Governor |
| HB190 | Pass | This Act, which shall be known as the Coastal Zone Conversion Permit Act, makes changes to the Coastal Zone Act (CZA), which has not been significantly updated since its enactment almost a half century ago. The CZA, enacted in 1971, has enabled Delaw...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-02
Signed by Governor |
| HB229 | Pass | This bill concerns sick leave payout for retired State Troopers who became reemployed in public education. Specifically, this bill adds language to the code that would treat retired State Troopers the same as other educational employees as it relates...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-02
Signed by Governor |
| HB135 | Pass | This bill eliminates the "10-day hold" before registering a voter who is eligible to vote. This bill also allows the Department in lieu of the Board to remove voters who no longer reside in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-02
Signed by Governor |
| HB80 | Pass | This Act replaces existing Chapter 83 of the Delaware Insurance Code and sets forth the permissible uses of credit information in rating personal insurance. This Act also prohibits insurance companies from increasing rates on current customers solely...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB77 | Pass | This legislation authorizes the Department to operate its principal office in the Dover area and an additional branch office in Sussex County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB145 | Pass | ABLE accounts are special savings accounts established for certain persons with disabilities. This bill clarifies the treatment of funds in an ABLE account upon the death of a designated beneficiary. Specifically it prohibits State agencies or instru...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-28
Signed by Governor |
| HB47 | Pass | This bill removes the notary requirement for requests for absentee ballots. Delaware is the only state that requires a notary to authorize a voter's affidavit for an absentee ballot. In some cases, the potential voter may have to pay for the nota...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-28
Signed by Governor |
| HB249 | Pass | An estimated 100,000 people in Delaware participate in some form of fantasy sports, whether it is a football or baseball league with their friends and family, or more recently, a daily or weekly contest against players from across the country. This l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-26
Signed by Governor |
| HB35 | Pass | This bill sets forth a framework for the licensing, regulation and inspection of business establishments that provide massage and bodywork services. This bill places oversight of any business offering massage services in the hands of the Board of Mas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-26
Signed by Governor |
| HB211 | Pass | Section one of this Act would grant access to data from the prescription monitoring program to the Drug Overdose Fatality Review Commission, which would significantly enhance the Commissions ability to meet its statutory duties. In addition, this sec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21
Signed by Governor |
| HB167 | Pass | Cooking wine contains alcohol but has been exempted from alcohol regulation by the federal government (Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau) and many states as long as it contains no more than 20% alcohol by volume and no less than 1.5% salt, the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21
Signed by Governor |
| HB210 | Pass | This bill allows minors subject to debilitating medical conditions not specifically listed in § 4906A(b) the same petition process to have their condition considered as that allowed for adults.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21
Signed by Governor |
| HB217 | Pass | Section 1 of this Act clarifies that subcontractors are obligated to ensure the secrecy of tax returns and tax information.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21
Signed by Governor |
| HB202 | Pass | This Act addresses new requirements on fingerprinting and criminal history reports from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and allows the Thoroughbred Racing Commission to continue its long standing practice of obtaining fingerprints and criminal hi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21
Signed by Governor |
| HB173 | Pass | This bill further consolidates animal welfare law enforcement roles and responsibilities under Title 16. The Office of Animal Welfare enforces all animal control and animal cruelty laws of this state. Upon the transfer of such responsibilities to the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21
Signed by Governor |
| HB230 | Pass | This bill expands the population of war veterans who are eligible to be awarded a high school diploma.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21
Signed by Governor |
| HB85 | Veto | This bill eliminates the use of an enrollment preference for students living within a 5-mile radius of a charter school. This change was supported by a majority vote of the Enrollment Preferences Task Force established by House Bill No. 90 of the 147...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-20
Vetoed by Governor |
| HB94 | Pass | This bill updates the statute governing the Delaware Division of Libraries, revising terminology to reflect the varied roles of Delaware libraries in the 21st Century. The bill also codifies existing responsibilities of the Division of Libraries rela...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-19
Signed by Governor |
| HB34 | Pass | This bill expands the list of persons eligible to participate in the Ada Leigh Soles Memorial Professional Librarian and Archivist Incentive Scholarship Program to include employees of non-public libraries in Delaware that join the Delaware Library C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-19
Signed by Governor |
| HB98 | Pass | This Act establishes the ability to grant a waiver for participation in interscholastic sports when a child exercises the right for choice from one school to another school of choice provided the standards for the waiver are met. In addition, this Ac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| HB76 | Pass | This Act extends the Office of Foreclosure Prevention and Automatic Residential Foreclosure Mediation Program an additional two years, from January 18, 2018 until January 18, 2020.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| HB121 | Pass | This bill makes the following amendments to the Charter of the Town of Milton:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| HB215 | Pass | This bill eliminates the sunset provision on the at-store recycling program for plastic bags. The program established in 2009 included a sunset provision until 2014. In 2014, the General Assembly extended that sunset provision to 2017. This bill elim...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| HB199 | Pass | The Board of Pension Trustees has established policies and practices for the administration of the Delaware Public Employees Retirement System. Based on the recommendations of the Boards Best Practices review, this Act will codify some of these polic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| HB99 | Pass | This bill would require that a resident 65 years of age or older claiming a tax credit against school taxes must be a resident of the state for at least 10 years before qualifying for such credit. The current requirement is only for 3-year residency....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-17
Signed by Governor |
