| HB228 | Pass | This Act allows Sussex County, by duly enacted ordinance, to impose a local lodging tax of no more than 3 percent of rent on rooms in a hotel, motel or tourist home located in the unincorporated areas of the County. Such funds may only be used in Sus...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB72 | Pass | This bill serves to "decouple" the required examination in Principles and Practice of Engineering from the experience requirements. Applicants who have met their educational requirements may take the examination prior to completion of their...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| HB219 | Pass | This Act allows the Department of Agriculture to establish fees that may be charged for participation in the Delaware Hemp program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB107 | Pass | This bill changes the standard of proof necessary to issue a civil gun relinquishment order from the Justice of the Peace Court. The preponderance of the evidence standard is the standard traditionally used in civil matters and is, therefore, appropr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB128 | Pass | This Act expands the collection procedures available to the Division of Unemployment Insurance to more closely match the collection procedures currently available to the Division of Revenue providing the Division of Unemployment Insurance with stream...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB133 | Pass | This Act revises the membership of the Fund Committee for special animal welfare license plates by including the Executive Directors of organizations instead of the presidents of the organizations board of directors and adds the Executive Director of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB93 | Pass | This Act permits a horse racetrack to make and sell beer on the horse racetrack premises for consumption on or off the licensed premises. This Act also makes technical corrections to existing law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| HB6 | Pass | This bill streamlines the process by which the Department may incorporate into its regulations tidal finfish management measures that have been adopted and specified in a regional or federal fisheries management plan or rule. This bill also eliminate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB102 | Pass | This Bill establishes the pilotage rates for the Pilots Association for the Bay and River Delaware for 2020, 2021 and 2022.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| HB206 | Pass | This Act authorizes the Division of Motor Vehicles to issue special registration plates to commemorate the Delaware State Education Association centennial. It also allows the Division to collect a 1-time administrative fee of $15 to be deposited into...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB101 | Pass | The opioid epidemic spreading through Delaware has reached critical levels, with 210 fentanyl-related deaths in 2017. This legislation will update the schedule for Fentanyl analogues, consistent with language used by the Drug Enforcement Administrati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| HB211 | Pass | The purpose of the Bill is to change the requirement in the seed law for germination testing from 14 months to 9 months prior to sale.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB86 | Pass | This Act amends the Charter of Rehoboth Beach to give the Commissioners the authority to impose and collect a lodging tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| HJR5 | Pass | This Joint Resolution recognizes the University of Delaware's Center for Environmental Monitoring and Analysis as the official repository of historical and real-time weather and climatological observations for the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB127 | Pass | This Act changes the penalty for an employers failure to file a report required by the Division of Unemployment Insurance from $17.25 to 15% of the total contributions paid or payable by the employer, unless 15% of the total contributions is less tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| HB159 | Pass | This Act amends the municipal Charter of the City of Newark to permit the City of Newark to provide sanitary sewer service to properties outside of the Newark corporate limits without annexing these properties. Under this Act, sewer services may be p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB111 | 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 Advi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB115 | Pass | This Act makes updates to the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Act (JLOSC Act) to meet modern-day needs and practices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB114 | Pass | This Act corrects a technical error in House Bill No. 311 of the 149th General Assembly. HB 311 was intended to allow the grandfathering of licenses under Chapter 39, Title 24 to occur up to 2 years after HB 311 was enacted. In fact, however, HB 311&...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| HB242 | Pass | Delaware is currently ranked highest in the nation for form filing fees. This Act ensures that Delaware stays competitive as an insurer domicile by preventing the Insurance Commissioner from charging more than $2000 per filing for form filing fees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB132 | Pass | This Act updates the Delaware Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act (Delaware Act) to conform Delaware law to revisions made to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Mod...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| HB79 | Pass | This bill requires the State food safety standards for restaurants to include a system for requiring healthy beverages to be offered as the default beverage with a combination childrens meal inclusive of a drink, sold together at a unit price. It doe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB140 | Pass | This Act will expand New Castle Countys limited authority to lease park land or land held in public trust to include leases for erecting, maintaining and operating wireless communications facilities. State law currently limits public land leases to t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB146 | Pass | This Act authorizes the Department of Health and Social Services to transfer to the Town of Smyrna excess land around the Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill, which borders on Lake Como, for $1.00. The land shall be used to expand the size of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| HB194 | Pass | Over 80% of pharmaceuticals in the United States are purchased through pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) networks. PBMs serve as intermediaries between health plans, pharmaceutical manufacturers and pharmacies, and PBMs establish networks for consumers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| HB59 | Pass | This Act requires the Secretary of the Department of Transportation to publish the transaction history for funds allocated to each member of the General Assembly under the Community Transportation Fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| HB108 | Pass | Section 1 of this bill amends the Charter of the Town of Milton relating to purchasing contracts. Specifically, the bill: raises the monetary thresholds to be more in line with the State of Delaware, Material and Non-Professional Service Purchase Thr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB178 | Pass | The Act allows the Kent County Levy Court to impose a lodging tax not greater than 3% in Kent County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB75 | Pass | This Act makes the following changes to provisions required in life insurance policies issued in this State:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB56 | Pass | This Act modernizes the process and requirements for issuance of liquor licenses for off premises consumption. The current process and requirements do not consider population growth. Minimum distance requirements are enhanced while increases in popul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-10
Signed by Governor |
| SB57 | Pass | This Act makes clear that a retail licensee may only purchase authorized product from an importer, also known as wholesaler, except that a retail licensee may purchase up to 20 gallons a day from a premises licensed to sell for off-premises consumpti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-10
Signed by Governor |
| SB67 | Pass | This Act reinstates the requirement that the Clerks of the Peace in each county maintain a registry of clergypersons or ministers who perform marriages in Delaware. Clergypersons or ministers of any religion desiring to perform wedding ceremonies mus...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-04
Signed by Governor |
| SB80 | Pass | This Act changes the composition of the Council on Recreational Fishing Funding.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-04
Signed by Governor |
| SB76 | Pass | The Board of Pension Trustees has established policies and practices for the administration of the Delaware Public Employees Retirement System. House Bill 199 of the 149th General Assembly provided the initial changes to Delaware Code based on the re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-04
Signed by Governor |
| HB154 | Pass | This bill updates the real estate appraisers practice act to comply with federal law by clarifying the definition of federally-related transaction and adding a definition for federal financial institutions regulatory agencies. Changes to these defini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-04
Signed by Governor |
| HB123 | Pass | This Act allows the Public Guardian to act as a representative payee for Social Security benefits or as a VA fiduciary for Department of Veterans Affairs benefits. This Act also allows the Court to appoint a guardian with limited powers, to act as gu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-04
Signed by Governor |
| SB98 | Pass | This Act amends the Municipal Charter of the City of Delaware City by allowing the Mayor and Council to impose a lodging tax of no more than 3%.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-04
Signed by Governor |
| SB97 | Pass | This Act ratifies the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact, 34 U.S.C. §40316 (formerly cited as 42 U.S.C. § 14616), a requirement that allows Delaware to join the Compact as a Party State. The Compact serves as the infrastructure by which ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-04
Signed by Governor |
| HB197 | Pass | This Act is a recommendation following the comprehensive analysis of the Family Court Adjudicated Drug Court Program conducted by Family Court, the Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families, the Department of Justice, and the Offi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-04
Signed by Governor |
| HB151 | Pass | This Act creates a Deputy Secretary position within the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families (Department) and exempts the position from the Merit System under Chapter 59 of Title 29. The Secretary of the Department may estab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-04
Signed by Governor |
| SB38 | Pass | The Victim-Offender Mediation Committee was established by the 138th General Assembly in 1996. There have been no significant changes to the statute since then. The composition of the Committee and the nature of the services provided by vendors selec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-04
Signed by Governor |
| SB54 | Pass | This Bill codifies Delawares compatibility with certain sections of the Federal Code of Regulations related to weight of vehicles and loads and commercial vehicle safety. Delaware enforces violations contained in the Code of Federal Regulations Parts...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-04
Signed by Governor |
| HB260 | Pass | This Act provides supplementary appropriations to certain Grants-in-Aid for Fiscal Year 2020.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB180 | Pass | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2020 Bond and Capital Improvements Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB259 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill would allow Delaware residents two new deductions from personal income tax. The first is a deduction from taxable income of up to $2,500 for contributions to a 529 College Savings Plan. The second is a deduction from taxable income of up to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
To House Revenue & Finance Committee |
| HCR60 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution supports the Governor's directive to the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to propose regulations for the use and manufacturing of Hydrofluorocarbons by March 30, 2020.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| HR18 | Intro
Sine Die | This House Resolution recognizes the importance of Holocaust education because teaching the causes, symptoms, and lessons learned from the Holocaust and other genocides provides a context to learn about the dangers of hatred going unchallenged and in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SCR62 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution establishes a task force (Task Force) to study and make recommendations regarding the policies, rules, structure, and regulations of the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services ("Division"). The Division p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SCR63 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution confirms Mark J. Cutrona as the new Director of Research of Legislative Council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| HB148 | Pass | This Act allows the Department of Labor ("Department") to deliver notice by methods other than through mail to reduce costs by using e-mail delivery for certain notices and makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standard...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Signed by Governor |
