| HCR83 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution proclaims May 2018 as " Community Action Month" in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-03
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HB261 | Intro
Sine Die | The Delaware Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education received $331,700 out of the Delaware General Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017. Based upon a simple cost benefit analysis weighed against the budget issues Delaware is facin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-02
Tabled in Committee |
| HB283 | Intro
Sine Die | In the 149th General Assembly House Bill No. 64 amended Title 29, Section 5120 to insure that mothers who are full time state employees may have up to 6 weeks of unpaid leave following the newborn(s) discharge from the hospital even if their FMLA ben...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-02
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 9 On Its Merits |
| HCR84 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution thanks the Career and Technical Student Organizations for their presentation of geraniums. This concurrent resolution also extends the General Assembly's best wished for continued success to these exemplary students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-02
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| HB395 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill permits a Municipal government to impose and collect a lodging tax of no more than 3 percent on hotel and motel rooms located in the incorporated areas of the Municipality.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-02
To House Administration Committee |
| SB76 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill sets the standards by which certain 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 approve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-02
Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits |
| SB190 | Intro
Sine Die | This addition to Section 303 provides the Commission with the flexibility to consider and approve a low income residential utility rate or discount for qualified low income customers (those approved to participate in the Low Income Home Energy Assist...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-02
Reported Out of Committee (Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits |
| HB308 | Pass | This Act removes the sunset provision contained in Volume 80, Chapter 412 of the Laws of Delaware (formerly House Bill No. 405, as amended, of the 148th General Assembly) that is set to expire the law on September 8, 2018. The purpose of Volume 80, C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB316 | Pass | This bill amends the Charter of the City of Delaware City. Section 1 changes the maximum repayment term from ten (10) to twenty (20) years for the financing of a capital asset. This change allows for a greater range of borrowing term options for the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-01
Signed by Governor |
| SCR57 | Enroll
Sine Die | This resolution commends the Food Bank of Delaware for its contributions toward ending hunger and resolving the root causes of poverty in the State of Delaware through its increased statewide impact.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-01
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| HB376 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act replaces House Bill No. 285 and, in so doing, removes provisions of House Bill No. 285 related to creating an order of relinquishment process for removing firearms or ammunition from an individual subject to a report from a mental health pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-01
Amendment HA 1 to HB 376 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| SB187 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act clarifies that the Public Advocate may appear before any federal or state court or federal or state administrative body in matters involving public utility rates, service, practices, and energy policy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-30
To Senate Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Committee |
| HB302 | Pass | This Substitute Act incorporates House Bill No. 302, and also makes the following changes to House Bill No. 302:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-30
Signed by Governor |
| HCR77 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution supports designating the month of April 2018 as National Donate Life Month, which recognizes those and the families of those who have donated organ, eye and tissue, as well as supports and encourages the donation of organ, eye and tis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-26
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HCR81 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution recognizes Delaware's Byways Program as one of the best ways to experience Delaware's beauty.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-26
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HCR80 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution designates April 25, 2018, as Engineering and Technology Education Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-26
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HR28 | Intro
Sine Die | This House Resolution recognizes April 28, 2018, as Workers Memorial Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-26
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| HB389 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill allows real property tax itemized deductions to continue in Delaware notwithstanding recently enacted changes to federal income tax laws.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-26
To House Revenue & Finance Committee |
| SB186 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act requires the Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to direct 35% of the funds from the auction of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative CO2 allowances to the Sustainable Energy Utility and 30% of the fun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-26
To Senate Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Committee |
| HB343 | Intro
Sine Die | Modeled after legislation passed in New Jersey on August 8, 2013, this legislation prohibits a person named on the federal terrorist watchlist from purchasing, owning, possessing or controlling a deadly weapon or ammunition for a firearm within the S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Tabled in Committee |
| SB127 | Engross
Sine Die | This legislation corrects an inadvertent error in Delaware law that has permitted people younger than 18 years of age to vote in final-stage elections. People must be 18 years of age or older to be eligible to vote in a final-stage election such as g...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| SB152 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act would facilitate EV and grid-integrated electric vehicle interconnection by including the Society of Automotive Engineers industrial safety standard, J3072, which sets safety requirements for EVs that provide power from their batteries back ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Reported Out of Committee (Energy) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| HB387 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill changes the adjudication process from nonbinding arbitration to an administrative hearing. This change reflects the nature of the hearings that have occurred under this section. This bill also permits any party to request from Superior Cour...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
To House Manufactured Housing Committee |
| HB338 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act increases the eligibility for a child with a disability to be eligible for free appropriate public education from the end of the school year in which the child attains the age of 21 to the end of the school year in which the child attains th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Tabled in Committee |
| HCR79 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes April 25, 2018 as World Wish Day in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| HB134 | Pass | This Act establishes an Educational Support Professional of the year award program throughout the State. Through this legislation, the state will formally honor and recognize the work educational support professionals, such as paraprofessionals, food...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Signed by Governor |
| SR19 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Resolution honors the St. Elizabeth High School Vikings Boys Varsity Basketball Team on their victory in the 2018 Delaware State Basketball Championship, a first for the school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| HB381 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act corrects the language regarding veterans who received a general discharge under honorable conditions to be consistent with federal law and makes the surviving spouses of eligible veterans eligible for assistance from the Delaware Veterans Tr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
To House Veterans Affairs Committee |
| SB95 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill establishes a 20 year retirement for correction officers and specified peace officers within the State Employees Pension plan. The bill amends the multiplier prospectively for the calculation of pension benefits for correction officers and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Amendment SA 2 to SB 95 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB385 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act places a constitutional limitation on base general fund operating appropriations. However, appropriations deemed as emergencies involving the health, safety, or welfare of the citizens of the State that are approved by three-fifths of the me...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
To House Administration Committee |
| HB171 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill amends the Board composition to provide that a slot may be filled by an audiologist or by a hearing aid dispenser which shall address the challenge in locating a hearing aid dispenser to serve on the Board. Further, this Bill adds a definit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Stricken in House |
| HCR76 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution provides the General Assembly's approval of the proposed final agreement or transaction between the Diamond State Port Corporation and GT USA Wilmington, LLC, as required by § 8784(1) of Title 29 of the Delaware Code. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| SCR50 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution recognizes April 2018 as Child Abuse Prevention Month in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-19
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SCR49 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes April 2018 as Autism Awareness Month and Autism Delaware's 20 years of service to the people of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-19
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SCR53 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes April 19, 2018, as The League of Local Government Day in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-19
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| HCR74 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution commends and congratulates the Secretary of Education Scholars for 2018.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-19
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| HCR75 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes the contributions of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority chapters in the State of Delaware and declares April 19, 2018, to be Delta Day at the Delaware Capital.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-19
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| SB128 | Pass | This bill creates a special license plate for members of the Dover Air Force Base Chiefs Group.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-19
Signed by Governor |
| HR27 | Intro
Sine Die | This Resolution recognizes April 15 to April 21, 2018 as National Volunteer Week.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-19
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SCR54 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes the success of the Delaware Health Information Network, a locally developed health information exchange, which has become a national model and continues to grow as an independent healthcare information technology...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-19
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SR18 | Engross
Sine Die | Recognizing David Lyons For His Nomination To The University Of Delaware Board Of Trustees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-19
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| SCR51 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution designates April 6, 2018 as National Tartan Day and commemorates the outstanding achievements and contributions made by Scottish-Americans to the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-19
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| HB92 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill provides that every member of the General Assembly or person elected to state office shall disclose as part of their financial disclosure if they have received more than $10,000 in the last 10 years due to the sale of land, development righ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-19
Amendment SA 3 to HB 92 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HCR73 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution designates the week of April 23rd, 2018, as "Teach Children to Save Week" and encourages all citizens to teach their children to save.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT |
| HB287 | Pass | This Substitute Bill makes the following changes to House Bill No. 287:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18
Signed by Governor |
| SB155 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act prohibits a flagger from using headphones or electronic communication devices while engaged in traffic control in a work zone. This Act permits a flagger to use an electronic communication device approved by the Department of Transportation....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18
Tabled in Committee |
| HB174 | Pass | This Act raises the first offense of purchasing or obtaining a firearm for someone not legally qualified to own, possess or purchase one from a Class F to a Class E Felony. This change is to deter such "straw purchases" by making jail time ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18
Signed by Governor |
| SCR52 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution observes April 2018 as the 2018 Month of the Military Child and April 17, 2018 as the official Day of Recognition of the Military Child in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-17
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| HB243 | Pass | This bill is the direct result of the Delaware Financial Review of Volunteer Fire Companies Task Force Report of February 2017, created by House Concurrent Resolution 95 of the 148th General Assembly. The revised subsection (b) established in this Bi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB31 | Pass | This bill allows a hunter to use a handgun in lieu of a shotgun on farms permitted by DNREC through their Deer depredation programs to reduce agricultural crop damage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-17
Signed by Governor |
