| 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 |
| HB124 | Engross
Sine Die | Importers, manufacturers and dealers of destructive weapons are licensed and regulated under Federal law. Under existing Delaware law, importers, manufacturers and dealers of destructive weapons are not permitted to deliver them to purchasers in Dela...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-27
Passed By House. Votes: 32 YES 7 NO 2 ABSENT |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HB71 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill was previously recommended by the Joint Sunset Committee in the 147th General Assembly. The bill adds appointed members of the Cash Management Policy Board to the definition of public officers. This designation would subject the appointed m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-26
To Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee |
| HB466 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act makes a technical correction to § 7021 of Title 25 so that it is consistent with § 7043 of Title 25. Section 7021 is the original rent increase section. It requires a landlord to provide a minimum 60 days notice of a rent increase and was ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-26
To Senate Judicial & Community Affairs Committee |
| 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 |
| HB419 | Engross
Sine Die | Unmanned aircraft systems are capable of introducing contraband into detention facilities without undergoing correctional officer inspections. This bill seeks to prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft systems (drones) to introduce contraband into dete...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-26
To Senate Judicial & Community Affairs Committee |
| 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 |
| HB90 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill establishes in-person early voting for the State of Delaware. Registered voters will be allowed to vote in-person for at least 10 days prior to an election, up to and including the Saturday and Sunday immediately prior to the election at lo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-21
To Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee |
| HB400 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill provides for election day registration for presidential primary, primary, special, and general elections whereas currently the deadline is the fourth Saturday prior to the date of the election. Moreover, same day registration at polling pla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-21
To Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee |
| 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 |
| SB239 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act addresses the serious problem of individuals dumping large quantities of trash on public and private property, by:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits |
| 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 |
| SB188 | Engross
Sine Die | The current definition of public utility includes providers of electric or natural gas charging service. However, many parties believe it is neither desirable nor necessary to regulate such providers in Delaware. This proposed legislation modifies th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06
Reported Out of Committee (Energy) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| SB179 | Engross
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] | 2018-06-06
Reported Out of Committee (Energy) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| HB366 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act revises the crime of "unlawfully permitting a child access to a firearm," an existing class A misdemeanor under Delaware law. The offense is renamed "unsafe storage of a firearm" to place emphasis on firearm safety and pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-10
To Senate Judicial & Community Affairs Committee |
| HB361 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act removes § 617 Criminal Youth Gangs from the list of felonies designated as violent felonies and adds § 616 Gang Participation so that age is less of a factor in determining whether a violent felony was committed. In addition, this Act make...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-03
To Senate Judicial & Community Affairs 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HB330 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill changes the age of a person to whom another person can sell, give or transfer a firearm or ammunition for a firearm from 18 to 21. However, this bill permits a person to sell, give or transfer a firearm or ammunition for a firearm to a pers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-29
Amendment SA 5 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| SB130 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill restores the Board of Paroles authority to hear and make decisions regarding violations of offenders released through good time credits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB260 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill creates the Grant-In-Aid Committee. The Committee is a joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives. The purpose of the Committee is to review requests for grant-in-aid and to develop the grant-in-aid appropriations bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB67 | Engross
Sine Die | Tobacco traffickers move black market contraband cigarettes or other tobacco products purchased from low tax states to be sold in higher tax states, facilitated by individuals or through organized groups. The potential financial gain of tobacco smugg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-10
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits |
| SB47 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act requires that if a home owner association has made an offer under this section and 2 years have passed since the community owner first provided notice of the decision to sell, transfer, or convey the manufactured home community, the notice a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-10
Reported Out of Committee (Manufactured Housing) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits |
| SB117 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill allows a pellet gun, airbow, and most other air guns to be possessed and utilized for hunting in Delaware, however, it does not change the classification of airbows and higher powered air rifles as firearms. The bill also does not change th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-10
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 3 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits |
| HB38 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill places the same requirements for the issuance of non-potable well permits within existing areas where a water utility has been granted a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity as those that currently apply to the issuance of a pota...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-09
Reported Out of Committee (Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| SB9 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act is intended to implement the recommendations in the December 9, 2015 Report of the Work A Day Earn A Pay Task Force. The Act will create a Work A Day Earn A Pay Public Works Jobs Program in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-02
To House Labor Committee |
| HB89 | Engross
Sine Die | Section 1 of this bill moves the date of primary elections for statewide office, county office, and municipal office to the fourth Tuesday in April, which is the date of the presidential primary (in presidential election years). The dates for submitt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits |
| HB233 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill clarifies that the Division of Forensic Science can set reasonable fees in its regulations related to the issuance of any postmortem record, cremation permit, or statistics, which are services it currently provides at no cost. The collectio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable |
| HB205 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act authorizes a court to impose as a condition of bail that a person charged with misdemeanor Driving Under the Influence not be permitted to drive a vehicle. This Act also allows the Justice of the Peace Court to retain jurisdiction to impose,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
Defeated By Senate. Votes: 10 YES 5 NO 2 NOT VOTING 4 ABSENT |
| SB57 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act places a duty on the drivers of motor vehicles to clean ice and snow off of their vehicles prior to driving on the States highways. Greater penalties are provided for ice or snow dislodging from a moving vehicle and causing physical injury o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-14
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 7 On Its Merits |
| SB2 | Engross
Sine Die | This legislation amends the Delaware Code to establish the Department of Human Resources by transferring various divisions and other organizational units from the Office of Management and Budget to the newly established Department of Human Resources....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-09
To House Administration Committee |
| HB136 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill imposes a filing fee on write-in candidates of $1,000.00 for federal office and $100.00 for statewide or local office and changes the deadline for write-in candidates to file their declaration and filing fee from September 30 to September 1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-22
To Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee |
| HB125 | Engross
Sine Die | This act will be known as the Extreme Crimes Protection Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-10
To Senate Judicial & Community Affairs Committee |
| SB27 | Engross
Sine Die | To establish more transparency in government, and to strengthen citizens' faith in the election and redistricting processes that serve as the foundation of democracy in Delaware, this bill establishes an Independent Redistricting Commission for t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-06
To House Administration Committee |
