| HCR74 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes 350DE, which is a grassroots environmental coalition dedicated to ending the use of fossil fuels worldwide.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-28
Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT |
| HCR75 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes January 27th, 2020 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-28
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HB288 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act, the Interstate Compact Prohibiting Company-Specific Subsidies (Compact), is an interstate compact designed to eliminate and prohibit corporate welfare. This Act provides that no participating state under the Compact (member state) may offer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-28
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee |
| SB165 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act recognizes the importance of sibling relationships to promote continuity and sustain family relationships for children in foster care by doing all of the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-24
Stricken in Senate |
| SB36 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act adds testifying at a hearing held by a standing committee of the House of Representatives or Senate or joint committee of the General Assembly within the definition of swears falsely, which applies to Delawares perjury laws. This addition me...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-24
Stricken in Senate |
| SB204 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act requires public schools to begin their school year after Labor Day. There have been many economic impact reports done that show a positive impact from starting public schools after Labor Day. A report by the Virginia Hospitality and Travel A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-23
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB192 | Intro
Sine Die | A 2019 study found the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-23
To Senate Judicial Committee |
| HB276 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill adds a provision addressing the assignability of rights under property insurance policies and authorizes a property insurance carrier to limit a policys assignability only to those persons or entities that have the legal authority to repres...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-22
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 12 On Its Merits |
| SB167 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act requires that the State food safety standards include a system for grading and classifying inspection results that identifies and represents a food establishment's degree of compliance with the standards. This Act also requires that the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-22
Amendment HA 1 to SB 167 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| SB176 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act clarifies the circumstances in which it is appropriate to grant a person a driver education learners permit and what is required for a person to obtain a driver education learners permit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-22
Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits |
| HCR71 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes January 2020 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-22
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HB200 | Intro
Sine Die | Many of the States waters do not meet water quality standards to support their designated uses, such as for drinking, swimming or supporting aquatic life. The Clean Water for Delaware Act establishes a framework for assessing needs and planning and i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-22
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB278 | Intro
Sine Die | Section 1 of this bill clarifies that the reinstatement obligations of insurers under Section 3903(d) apply in instances of both nonrenewals and cancellations of policies due to nonpayment of premiums. Sections 2 through 4 of this bill revise the met...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-22
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 9 On Its Merits |
| HB37 | Intro
Sine Die | This act restores the $500 senior real property tax credit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-22
Amendment HA 1 to HB 37 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HCR68 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution designates January 19-25, 2020 as Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists' (CRNA) Week in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-22
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HB169 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill changes the relationship between physicians and physician assistants from supervisory to collaborative, in recognition of the evolving role of physician assistants and reflecting the education, training, and experience required for licensin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-22
Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits |
| HB268 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act requires that individual, group, State employee, and public assistance insurance plans provide coverage for epinephrine autoinjectors for individuals who are 18 years of age or under and must include at least 1 formulation of epinephrine aut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-22
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits |
| HB274 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill establishes the time frame within which a property insurer must give prior written notice to the insured of its intent to cancel a policy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-22
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 13 On Its Merits |
| SB197 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act postpones the effective date of Senate Bill No. 67, enacted in 2019, from January 1, 2020, to July 1, 2020. The clerks of the peace for all 3 counties have indicated they intend to postpone implementation of Senate Bill No. 67, so as to allo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-22
Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Community Affairs) in House with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits |
| HCR70 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes Delaware libraries for their contributions to their communities and the services they deliver to Delawareans from all walks of life, on the occasion of Delaware Library Legislative Day, Jan. 22, 2020, and encoura...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-22
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HCR66 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution extends the due date of the Pharmacy Reimbursement Task Force's report to March 31, 2020.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-22
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| SCR66 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution requests that the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance study the extension of Medicaid coverage through the first year postpartum. Insurance coverage is a critical factor in determining women's access to a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-21
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| HCR64 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution provides for a Joint Session of the House of Representatives and the Senate to be convened for the purpose of hearing an address by the Honorable John C. Carney, Governor of the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-21
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HB279 | Intro
Sine Die | Delaware is one of a handful of states that has no cap other than unconscionability on interest rates for short-term consumer loans. Under Delaware case law, the unconscionability of an interest rate is decided by a court on a case by case basis. Thi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-21
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee |
| HB282 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill is the first leg of a Constitutional Amendment to require a 3/5 vote of each House of the General Assembly to enact a law that would enable a county to enact a tax or increase a tax rate above a rate currently authorized by state law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-21
To House Administration Committee |
| HCR67 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution proclaims January 23, 2020, as "Maternal Health Awareness Day" in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-21
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HB261 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires the appointed receiver or custodian to itemize and make public a complete list of costs incurred.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-16
Stricken in House |
| HCR69 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting the Division of Research, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Delaware Department of Technology & Information cooperate in creating a detailed and implementable plan to stream audio and video of all floor proceedings of the Ho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-16
To House Administration Committee |
| SCR64 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes January 9, 2020, as "Law Enforcement Appreciation Day" in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-16
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| HB73 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act is a first leg of a constitutional amendment that would eliminate from the Delaware Constitution the limitations as to when an individual may vote by absentee ballot. This amendment to the Delaware Constitution provides that the General Asse...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 5 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT |
| HCR63 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution extends the date by which the report of the task force for the Recruitment and Retention of Volunteer Firefighters for the Delaware Volunteer Fire Service.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-15
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| HCR62 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution extends the date by which the final report of the Local Service Functions Task Force is due to April 30, 2020.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-15
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| HCR61 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution extends the date by which the final report of the Interagency Pharmaceuticals Purchasing Study Group is due to January 31, 2020.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-15
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| HB262 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act permits the Division of Motor Vehicles to assign special license plates for firefighters, auxiliary members, or volunteer ambulance members to vehicles owned by an artificial entity, including a corporation, company, association, firm, partn...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-15
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 9 Favorable |
| HCR65 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution honors and recognizes the leadership and achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and urges all citizens of the First State to participate fittingly in the observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on January 2...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-15
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| HB41 | 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] | 2020-01-15
Amendment SA 1 to HB 41 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| SB203 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act makes children with disabilities who attend homeschools eligible to receive speech language pathology and audiology services in the same manner as students who attend private schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-15
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB205 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act requires that a former foster parent of a child be considered a preferential placement option for a child when the child is placed for adoption less than 13 months after the end of the foster placement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-15
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee |
| HB267 | Intro
Sine Die | This act will allow a critical need reimbursement to be distributed directly to an institute of higher education or Secretary of Education approved Alternative Routes to Teacher Licensure and Certification program for an eligible teacher who is takin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-15
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 5 Favorable, 11 On Its Merits |
| SB202 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act clarifies that a person with a special license plate or permit for persons with disabilities which limit or impair the ability to walk may park for an unlimited period where the length of time is otherwise limited and must be able to park in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-15
To Senate Transportation Committee |
| HB129 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill creates a mechanism by which school boards may increase funds for a school district both with and without a referendum. This bill also provides how certain school boards may levy real estate taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-14
Stricken in House |
| HJR10 | Intro
Sine Die | This Resolution directs the Department of Transportation to work with the Delaware Solid Waste Authority to produce a report by September 30, 2020, that compares the financial and environmental impacts to Delaware of the current, uncoordinated trash ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-09
To House Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee |
| HB272 | Intro
Sine Die | Recently, the Department of Justice has dismissed misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence in the Court of Common Pleas in Sussex County and refiled the same misdemeanor charges in the Superior Court in Sussex County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB271 | Intro
Sine Die | The National League of Families POW/MIA flag, is "a symbol of our Nation's concern and commitment to resolving as fully as possible the fates of Americans still prisoners, missing, or unaccounted for in all U.S. wars" 36. U.S.C. 902. In...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-09
To House Administration Committee |
| HB266 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill addresses an on-going problem relating to background checks for employees, volunteers, and contractors of child-serving entities. Currently, a person working a child-serving entity who obtains the required background check must undergo anot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-09
To House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee |
| SB199 | Intro
Sine Die | Section 7052 of Title 25 provides that the completion and cost of any capital improvements or rehabilitation work, as distinguished from ordinary repair, replacement, and maintenance, may justify an increase in rent in a manufactured home community b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-19
To Senate Elections, Government & Community Affairs Committee |
| HB270 | Intro
Sine Die | Stands operated by children that serve or sell lemonade or other nonalcoholic beverages on a temporary, occasional basis are a summertime tradition for many children. This Act exempts a stand operated by a child from State, county, and municipal regu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-12
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee |
| SB109 | Pass | The Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee approved a project to work with the Governor's Office throughout 2018 and 2019 to identify antiquated boards, commissions, and councils that need statutory updates or outright repeals. The Comm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-06
Signed by Governor |
| HB241 | Pass | This bill expands the Employment First Oversight Commission by adding the Director of the Division for the Visually Impaired as a member, the Director of the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, and other councils, committees, agencies, org...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-20
Signed by Governor |
| SB47 | Pass | This Act simplifies Delawares drug code with a goal of providing more fairness in its application. This Act removes geographic-based enhancements that disproportionately impact those living in urban areas as opposed to suburban and rural areas. This ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-16
Signed by Governor |
