DE Legislation | 2019-2020 | 150th General Assembly | Introduced

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HB147Intro

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Currently, a municipality other than the City of Wilmington must be granted the authority to impose a lodging tax by an amendment to the municipalitys charter through a special act of incorporation passed by the General Assembly. This Act authorizes ...
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2019-06-27
Amendment HA 1 to HB 147 - Stricken in House
SB171Intro

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This Act establishes a new subchapter of Title 16 regulating urgent care facilities. It requires such facilities, existing and new, to obtain a license from DHSS, which requires the urgent care facility to either be accredited by an approved accredit...
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2019-06-27
Amendment SA 1 to SB 171 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
HB253Intro

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In addition to criminal background checks that are to be done upon application, this bill further permits SBI to release subsequent criminal histories of any individuals applying to public and private schools, including substitute teachers, and indiv...
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2019-06-27
To House Health & Human Development Committee
HR15Intro

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This Resolution directs the Department of Transportation to make improvements to the administrative process of the collection of toll violations.
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2019-06-26
Passed In House by Voice Vote
HB170Intro

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This Act increases the age requirement for compulsory school attendance in Delaware from 16 to 18 years of age. The age increase is phased in over a 2-year period; accordingly, there is a 1-year interim period where the compulsory school attendance a...
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2019-06-26
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 1 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits
HB249Intro

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This Act incorporates a grandfather provision into the definition of resident such that a claimant for a tax exemption who is at least 65 years of age and who was domiciled in the State of Delaware by December 31, 2018, upon reaching their 3-year ann...
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2019-06-25
To House Housing & Community Affairs Committee
HB248Intro

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This bill creates a Delaware personal income tax credit, not to exceed $500 per year per individual for interest paid on student loans.
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2019-06-25
To House Revenue & Finance Committee
SB163Intro

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The Department of Health and Human Services (DHSS) was established in 1970 by legislative enactment with a broad and crucial mandate: to supervise the health, wellbeing, and life of Delaware citizens. In the decades since, the population of Delaware ...
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2019-06-20
To Senate Elections, Government & Community Affairs Committee
SB136Intro

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The purpose of the Bill is to protect farmers and ranchers from nuisance lawsuits filed by individuals who inhabit areas where agricultural operations lawfully exist, and who exercise nuisance actions to attempt to stop operation and production. This...
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2019-06-20
Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
HR13Intro

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Recognizing June 2019 As Amateur Radio Month In Delaware.
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2019-06-20
Passed In House by Voice Vote
HB244Intro

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This bill will allow marinas in Sussex County to sell gasoline that does not contain ethanol. Sussex County comfortably meets the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ground level ozone, and removing ethanol from marine fuel will have no signifi...
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2019-06-20
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee
HB245Intro

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This bill creates licensing for recovery housing, which is housing for individuals recovering from substance use disorders that provides a safe and supportive substance-free environment and that may include peer support and other recovery support ser...
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2019-06-20
To House Housing & Community Affairs Committee
HB10Intro

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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 the mid-twenties which makes juveniles especially prone to poor decis...
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2019-06-19
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 On Its Merits
HB75Intro

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This Act clarifies that the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families (DSCYF) has exclusive jurisdiction over a juvenile's care, custody, and control for any juvenile until at least their 18th birthday. Further, this Act stipu...
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2019-06-19
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 On Its Merits
HB233Intro

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This Act expands the definition of prescription drug order to include electronic prescribing and makes Gabapentin a Schedule V controlled substance. Gabapentin is a prescription medication which is used to treat partial seizures and neuropathic pain....
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2019-06-19
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 On Its Merits
HB218Intro

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This Act, the Art Therapist Reimbursement Act, expands consumers' access to mental health care by designating licensed professional art therapists as reimbursement-eligible under health insurance contracts in this State. By assuring parity and eq...
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2019-06-19
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 9 On Its Merits
HB201Intro

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This Act requires the Department of Education ("Department") to administer the statewide program for services for students with autism spectrum disorder (program) and that the Department must hire the Director of the program.
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2019-06-19
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 13 On Its Merits
HB216Intro

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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.
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2019-06-19
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits
HB76Intro

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This Bill requires the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families ("DSCYF'') to have exclusive jurisdiction over all aspects of a childs care, custody and control when a child is convicted of a Superior Court offense. ...
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2019-06-19
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 On Its Merits
HB187Intro

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This Act would both raise the jurisdictional limit of the Justice of the Peace Court to $25,000 and allow Justice of the Peace to consider claims in excess of the jurisdictional limit where the underlying matter involves a commercial tenancy and poss...
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2019-06-19
Stricken in House
HB196Intro

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Thirty-three states and the District of Columbia have established a process for compensating individuals who have been wrongly convicted. This Act creates such a process for Delaware.
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2019-06-19
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
SB155Intro

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This Act narrows the meaning of firearm for purposes of the Delaware Criminal Code by aligning the definition of firearm with the definition in federal criminal background check law.
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2019-06-19
Reported Out of Committee (Judicial) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits
HB162Intro

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This bill creates the Grants-In-Aid Committee. The Committee is a joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives. The purpose of the Committee is to view requests for grants-in-aid and to develop the grants-in-aid appropriations bill.
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2019-06-19
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
SB164Intro

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This Act will allow facilities in Sussex County to sell gasoline that does not contain ethanol provided such fuel is for vessels. Sussex County comfortably meets the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ground level ozone, and removing ethanol f...
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2019-06-18
To Senate Environmental & Natural Resources Committee
HB240Intro

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In 2009, New Hampshire was the first state to develop a statewide Gun Shop Project, reaching out to gun shops regarding the role they can play in suicide prevention. In the years since, at least 21 other states have implemented similar campaigns. Thi...
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2019-06-18
To House Health & Human Development Committee
HB168Intro

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This Act increases the burial benefit upon the death of an individual receiving a pension under the State Employees Pension plan from $7,000 to $8,000.
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2019-06-18
To House Appropriations Committee
HB184Intro

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In order to promote the development of pyrolysis and gasification facilities in Delaware and realize environmental benefits, this Act creates a classification of post-use polymers and other recoverable feedstocks and acknowledges their distinction fr...
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2019-06-18
Amendment HA 4 to HB 184 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
HB117Intro

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This Act prohibits the manufacture, sale, or distribution of children's products, upholstered furniture used in residences, and mattresses that contain harmful flame retardant chemicals. This Act does not apply to the resale of these items. These...
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2019-06-14
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee
HB227Intro

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Zoning laws address what land uses are allowed in a zoning district.
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2019-06-14
To House Housing & Community Affairs Committee
HB224Intro

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This bill expands upon the companion bill (House Bill No. 130 as amended of the 150th General Assembly) relating to the use of single-use plastic bags. This bill prohibits the use of single use paper bags and works to lessen consumption of single use...
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2019-06-14
To House Natural Resources Committee
HB189Intro

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This Act adds to the definition of abuse conduct that constitutes the violations of:
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2019-06-13
Amendment HA 1 to HB 189 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
HB223Intro

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Since 1996, students across Delaware have participated in school choice. Currently, reorganized school districts, vocational technical school districts, and charter schools do not follow the same processes thus causing confusion and barriers for fami...
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2019-06-13
To House Education Committee
HB217Intro

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This Act is intended to promote, maintain, and bolster the publics confidence in the integrity of State government, particularly as it relates to the employment of former members of the General Assembly within State government. This Act achieves this...
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2019-06-13
To House Administration Committee
SB157Intro

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This bill requires Transportation Network Company (TNC) drivers to affix permanent license plates clearly displaying their license plate number to the front of their vehicle. This bill also requires that TNC drivers display an illuminated sign so as ...
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2019-06-13
To Senate Banking, Business & Insurance Committee
HB215Intro

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This act states that advocates for victims of domestic violence, domestic abuse, sexual assault, abuse by a caregiver, human trafficking, or stalking may not disclose any communication made by a victim to the advocate without express written consent ...
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2019-06-12
To House Judiciary Committee
HR12Intro

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This House Resolution requests the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council (DVCC) to examine the expansion of domestic violence, teen dating violence, and sexual violence advocacy and legal services to minors. The DVCC may study the issue with assista...
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2019-06-12
Passed In House by Voice Vote
HR11Intro

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This House Resolution requests each school district and charter school to release in a timely fashion a list containing the names and addresses of all graduating high school seniors to the Department of Education. The Department of Education is reque...
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2019-06-12
Passed In House by Voice Vote
SB105Intro

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This bill increases the minimum wage to be paid in this State beginning in 2020.
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2019-06-12
To Senate Finance Committee
SB100Intro

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This Act revises the shot and pellet size that is permitted for BB and air guns by increasing and defining the limit by an actual size. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Dra...
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2019-06-12
Reported Out of Committee (Judicial) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits
HCR47Intro

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This concurrent resolution establishes a Task Force to investigate the cost of special education to include recommending strategies to improve cost efficiencies and outcomes for special education.
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2019-06-12
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 5 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits
HB210Intro

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This bill establishes a 2 year residential drinking water purification system pilot grant program to be administered through the Department of Health and Social Services with funding from the Non-Federal Administrative Allowance of the Drinking Water...
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2019-06-12
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 On Its Merits
HB181Intro

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This bill adopts the majority of the Model Relocation Act proposed by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers relating to the relocation of the principal residence of a child. When deciding a custody case in which an individual is seeking to relo...
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2019-06-12
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
HB176Intro

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This Act creates the Delaware Health Insurance Individual Market Stabilization Reinsurance Program & Fund (the Program). The Program will be administered by the Delaware Health Care Commission in order to provide reinsurance to health insurance c...
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2019-06-11
Stricken in House
HB203Intro

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This bill places restrictions on the placement of clothing bins. The bill requires a person who places a clothing bin on a property, or has an existing clothing bin on a property, to obtain a permit from the Department of Health and Social Services. ...
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2019-06-11
To House Health & Human Development Committee
HB204Intro

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In a case of first impression, the Superior Court ruled, contrary to "common knowledge" of Delaware Criminal laws, that criminal impersonation requires proof that a real person (a human being who has been born and is alive) has been imperso...
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2019-06-11
To House Judiciary Committee
HB213Intro

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This Act fully exempts property taxes for disabled veterans with a 100% VA rated service-connected, permanent and total disability or disabled veterans who are receiving 100% disability compensation due to individual unemployability. The 100% rating ...
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2019-06-11
To House Veterans Affairs Committee
SB144Intro

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The use of genetic information in disqualifying coverage for non-health insurance products is a gap in the protection provided by the federal Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. As a result, patients who seek genetic counseling to determine wh...
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2019-06-11
To Senate Banking, Business & Insurance Committee
SB149Intro

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This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment to establish the right to hunt and fish in Delaware. Twenty-one other states have preserved the rights of their citizens to hunt, fish, or trap wildlife. This Act is modeled after the constituti...
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2019-06-11
To Senate Executive Committee
HB192Intro

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To address concerns regarding the actual and perceived fairness of lottery admissions to choice, charter, and vo-tech schools, this Act requires that a third party approved by the Department of Education and the State Board of Education conduct the l...
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2019-06-10
To House Education Committee
HB110Intro

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The Delaware Marijuana Control Act regulates and taxes marijuana in the same manner as alcohol. It allows adults over the age of 21 to legally possess and consume under 1 ounce of marijuana for personal use. It does not permit people to grow their ow...
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2019-06-06
To House Appropriations Committee
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