| HB234 | Pass | This Act requires the Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance to take the necessary steps to expand Medicaid coverage to pregnant women from the current coverage of 60-days from the end of pregnancy under...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-25
Signed by Governor |
| HB25 | Pass | 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] | 2022-07-22
Signed by Governor |
| HB374 | Pass | This bill extends protections to homeowners in manufactured home communities even if their homes do not qualify as manufactured homes under the current definition of manufactured home. Currently there exists a population of Delawareans living in camp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-22
Signed by Governor |
| HB454 | Pass | This Act revises the Code to be consistent with federal law. The Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA) requires states to make a free appropriate public education (FAPE) available to all children with disabilities between the ages of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-22
Signed by Governor |
| HB426 | Pass | This Act allows counties to use Realty Transfer Tax funds for recreational amenities and land preservation programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-22
Signed by Governor |
| HB183 | Pass | This Act creates a process for the Commissioner of Elections to determine if a candidate or an incumbent elected official for a State or county elected office are residents of the district or area they represent or seek to represent.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-07-22
Signed by Governor |
| HB235 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act is the Bill of Rights for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness to ensure that all individuals, regardless of housing status, have equal opportunity to live in decent, safe, sanitary, and healthful accommodations and enjoy equality of opport...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable |
| HB406 | Pass | Section 1 of the Act amends section 3534 of Title 12 to include, within the class of persons who may receive notice under the statute, designated representatives under section 3339 of Title 12 (representatives under section 3547 of Title 12 already b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB369 | Pass | This Act adds a member of the Delaware Bar, designated by the Elder Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association, to the Delaware Guardianship Commission. This Act also makes technical changes to conform existing law to the standards of the Dela...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB450 | Pass | The Delaware Lethal Firearms Safety Act of 2022 prohibits the manufacture, sale, offer to sell, transfer, purchase, receipt, possession, or transport of assault weapons in Delaware, subject to certain exceptions. One exception is that the Act does no...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB451 | Pass | This bill makes a person under the age of 21 prohibited from purchasing, owning, possessing, or controlling a firearm or ammunition of a firearm except under limited circumstances. Those circumstances are if the person is 18 years of age or older and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB324 | Pass | House Bill 214 enacted by the 148th General Assembly (80 Del. Laws c. 287) expanded the offense of Assault in the Second Degree to include the intentional assault of ambulance operators, rescue squad members, and nurses injured while performing work-...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB148 | Enroll
Sine Die | Currently if a municipality or other governmental unit employs a police officer who has within 2 years completed mandatory training while in the employ of another municipality or governmental unit, the new employer reimburses the prior employer. This...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| HB145 | Pass | This Act will allow Delaware residents two new deductions from personal income tax. The first is a deduction from taxable income of up to $1,000 for contributions to an account in a Delaware-sponsored qualified tuition program, as that term is define...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB273 | Pass | This Act updates the synthetic cannabinoids listed on Schedule I of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act by using broader language so that new synthetic cannabinoids created after the enactment of this Act fall within this definition without needing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB475 | Pass | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2023 Bond and Capital Improvements Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB286 | Pass | According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, the useful life of the components of typical sewer and wastewater systems ranges from 15 years to 100 years. In light of the long life of sewer and wastewater infrastructure, longer maturities are...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB491 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act directs that principal residence for purpose of this section may be proven by providing a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document that shows the name and address of the applica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
To House Education Committee |
| HB423 | Pass | Federal law permits states to require federal firearms licensees (FFLs) to conduct background checks through a state agency, or point of contact, instead of directly through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB395 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution that would require legislators to remain domiciled in the districts they represent for the entirety of their term of office. Subsection (b) of this Act does not apply to sitting l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| HB478 | Pass | This bill increases the annual earnings limit for pensioners in the State Employees Pension Plan who return to work in a non-pension creditable position to $40,000 for earnings received beginning in calendar year 2021.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB472 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act raises the public bidding thresholds for procurement of goods, contractual services, professional services, and public works contracts by the government of New Castle County to match the bidding thresholds established by the States Contracti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-29
Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits |
| HB485 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act continues work started with the passage of HB 222 to ensure blood lead tests for school, child care, and early intervention programs enrollment meet standards and allow for the efficient transmission of blood lead screen data to schools, chi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-29
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB455 | Pass | Section 1 and 2. These sections defines reproductive health services for the Board of Medical Practice, the Board of Nursing, and Regulatory Council for Physician Assistants, and makes clear that physicians, physician assistants and nurses who perfor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| HB387 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act is made to authorize Paramedics and other Emergency Medical Services Personnel to provide medical care to Police Dogs injured at the scene of an emergency. This Act also grants civil and criminal immunity to such Emergency Employees who prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-29
Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits |
| HB152 | Engross
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-29
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| HB468 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill allows for flashing lights to be placed upon trailers used by law enforcement for speed control purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-29
Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits |
| HB489 | Intro
Sine Die | This legislation imposes a new, elective entity-level tax on the income of partnerships and S-corporations, each of which are commonly referred to as pass-through entities for tax purposes. Prior to this legislation, the income of a pass-through enti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-28
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee |
| HB477 | Intro
Sine Die | It is the policy of this State that meaningful sanctions be imposed upon those who allow dangerous conditions and defects to exist in leased premises and that an effective mechanism be established for repairing these conditions and halting their crea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-28
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB421 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act codifies standards for recovery houses to become certified recovery houses either through the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DSAMH) or through a Division approved certifying entity. A non-certified recovery house may continue...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-28
Amendment HA 1 to HB 421 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB405 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act establishes an independent and nonpartisan Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the position of the Inspector General. The OIG will protect the health and safety of Delaware residents, assist in the recovery of misspent or inappropriate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-27
Amendment HA 1 to HB 405 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB400 | Intro
Sine Die | The ability of insured dependents and other insured members to receive confidential sensitive health care services without the knowledge of the insured policyholder is greatly impeded through traditional billing processes utilized by health insurers....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-23
Stricken in House |
| HB261 | Intro
Sine Die | The ability of insured dependents and other insured members to receive confidential sensitive health care services without the knowledge of the insured policyholder is greatly impeded through traditional billing processes utilized by health insurers....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-23
Stricken in House |
| HB452 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to make necessary technical corrections identified by the General Assembly's Division of Research. Specifically, these technical corrections consist of the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-23
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HB469 | Intro
Sine Die | While the consumption of marijuana while driving is an unclassified misdemeanor under § 4764(d) of Title 16 of the Delaware Code, this Act also makes the consumption of marijuana while driving a motor vehicle violation, like alcohol currently is. Th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-23
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 2 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits |
| HB488 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act prohibits a seller from imposing a surcharge on a cardholder who elects to use a credit card in lieu of payment by cash, check, or similar means.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-23
To House Administration Committee |
| HB434 | Enroll
Sine Die | This legislation is based on information technology (IT) recommendations of the Government Efficiency and Accountability Review (GEAR) Board established by Governor Carneys Executive Order Four. This act removes the sunset clause in 9016F (formerly 9...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-23
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HB487 | Intro
Sine Die | Apprenticeship and workplace-based training are an earn while you learn systems that offer young people the chance to learn from the best trained construction workers in Delaware. Skilled craft apprenticeship programs offer the necessary capacities, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-22
To House Administration Committee |
| HB358 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act decreases by 1% the rate of realty transfer tax to be received by the State, thereby returning to the rate that was applicable prior to August 1, 2017. This will be effective for documents recorded after July 1, 2022.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-22
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB93 | Engross
Sine Die | 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 applications for grants-in-aid and to develop and recommend to the Joint Finance Com...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-22
Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| HB484 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill expedites the issuance of a temporary entrance permit for commercial and economic development projects.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-21
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits |
| HB471 | Engross
Sine Die | The Department of Agriculture recently responded to an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza impacting Delaware poultry farms in coordination with agencies and officials from Delaware, Maryland, and USDA APHIS, as well as individual farmers a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-21
Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits |
| HB437 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill seeks to create the Expanded Protection for Our Communities and Homes (EPOCH) Grant Program through a one-time appropriation of $20 million. The grant money would be distributed to every Delaware police agency that chooses to participate. T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-21
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB413 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill requires motor vehicle insurance policies, under the personal injury protection provisions (PIP), to provide coverage for up to $650 for any 1 person extricated and $1200 for all persons extricated in any 1 accident by an emergency medical ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-21
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 8 On Its Merits |
| HB486 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill changes divorce and annulment property division law to have Family Court consider whether an animal is a service or support animal to a particular party when allocating such an animal to a party.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB416 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act provides state employees 30 days of leave with pay to attend training camp or special duty on orders as members of the military reserve of the United States or the National Guard. This is an increase from 15 days leave with pay currently pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-21
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB431 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill creates a special license plate for Whitetails Unlimited.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-21
Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits |
| HB465 | Intro
Sine Die | The Delaware Entertainment Job Act is intended to encourage jobs creation, artistic endeavors and investment in the film, television, esports and videogame industry in the State of Delaware, and the attendant benefits for the economy and job growth. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-21
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB433 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act clarifies what constitutes a sawmill in the State of Delaware and adds definitions related to agriculture and silviculture. This Act recognizes forest products as unadulterated materials and makes clear their importance to support a thriving...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-21
Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits |
| HB366 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act requires a candidates political committees contribution and expense report, provided to the Department of Elections, to include the primary employer and job title of each person contributing to the committee. The Act requires the Department ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-16
Tabled in Committee |
