| SB146 | Pass | Under current law, an individual can file a charge of employment discrimination by sending the verified charge to the Delaware Department of Labor (Department). This Act clarifies that a verified charge of discrimination is deemed to be filed on the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-09-11
Signed by Governor |
| SB145 | Pass | This Act increases the limits on the dollar amount of awards of compensatory or punitive damages, or both, in cases of employment discrimination, establishing specific caps based on the number of the respondent's employees. This Act also clarifie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-09-11
Signed by Governor |
| SB72 | Pass | In 2017, the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), Public Law No. 115-97, suspended many itemized deductions from individual federal taxes until January 1, 2026, including the itemized deduction for costs to maintain membership in a labor organizatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-31
Signed by Governor |
| SB182 | Pass | This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 182. Like Senate Bill No. 182, this act does all of the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-31
Signed by Governor |
| SB178 | Pass | Under § 3716(e) of Title 19, the Family and Medical Leave Program (FMLP) allows the Department of Labor (Department) to approve private benefits in existence on May 10, 2022, as a private plan under the FMLP, for applications submitted by January 1,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-31
Signed by Governor |
| SB185 | Pass | This Act extends the date that the requirements created by Senate Bill 283 in the 151st become effective to allow the Division of Professional Regulation more time to implement these requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-31
Signed by Governor |
| SB98 | Pass | This Act allows Dental Clinicians possessing a DDS or DMDS to participate in the Health Care Provider Loan Repayment grant program. The Act also extends the time in which providers may apply for a Health Care Provider Loan Repayment grant from six mo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-31
Signed by Governor |
| SB80 | Pass | Senate Bill No. 80 codifies the current practice in Delaware of not requiring proof of citizenship or a specific immigration status on an application for a professional license. By affirmatively providing eligibility for professional licenses regardl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-31
Signed by Governor |
| SJR1 | Pass | This Senate Joint Resolution directs the Department of Services for Children, Youth & Their Families to explore participating in the federal title IV-E Guardianship Assistance Program to increase support to relative guardians and facilitate perma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-31
Signed by Governor |
| SB108 | Pass | This Act revises the State's Gold Alert Program to include missing children and increase dissemination of information to the public to better assist the State's search efforts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-31
Signed by Governor |
| SB109 | Pass | Under this bill, when the State incurs costs for impounding an animal and the owner fails to pay the costs, the time in which ownership of the animal reverts to the State is reduced from 30 days to 15 days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-24
Signed by Governor |
| SB155 | Pass | This bill creates a special license plate for Plastic Free Delaware, Inc., a nonprofit whose mission is to reduce single-use plastic pollution and build a culture of zero waste in Delaware through educational programs, awareness building, and policy ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-22
Signed by Governor |
| SB51 | Pass | This Act prohibits food establishments from providing consumers with ready-to-eat food or beverages in polystyrene foam containers or with single-service plastic coffee stirrers, cocktail picks, or sandwich picks. It also prohibits food establishment...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-22
Signed by Governor |
| SB87 | Pass | This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 87. Like Senate Bill No. 87, this Act does the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-22
Signed by Governor |
| SB157 | Pass | This Act, the 2022 Amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code, was drafted by the Uniform Law Commission in partnership with the American Law Institute. The Uniform Law Commission "provides states with non-partisan, well-conceived and well-drafte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-18
Signed by Governor |
| SB92 | Pass | This bill amends the Delaware Public Employment Relations Act by expanding the jurisdictional application of the Act to employers with less than 100 employees and as few as 25 employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB129 | Pass | The Act updates the Delaware Code concerning animal shelter standards and treatment of animals in shelters to reflect best practices, which are currently already being followed by most shelters. The Act also fills in gaps in existing law, such as by ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB93 | Pass | This bill amends the Delaware Public Employment Relations Act by requiring that the Board, consistent with the Boards Rules and Regulations, issue written decisions following hearings on unfair labor practice charges within 30 days of the close of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB165 | Pass | This Act amends Chapter 25, Title 24 of the Delaware Code relating to the Practice of Pharmacy. The amendments authorize pharmacists to engage in collaborative pharmacy practice with one or more practitioners meaning individuals who are authorized by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB189 | Pass | This Act adds xylazine and it isomers, esters, ethers, salts and salts of isomers, esters and ethers to Schedule III of the Delaware Uniform Controlled Substances Act and expands the authorization for the distribution of testing strips to determine t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB176 | Pass | This Act requires that an owner be reimbursed up to $1,500 annually for veterinary care expenses paid by the owner for the care of a retired law-enforcement canine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-10
Signed by Governor |
| SB117 | Pass | This Act authorizes paramedics and other EMS providers to provide medical care to police dogs injured at the scene of an emergency. This Act also grants civil immunity to paramedics and other EMS providers who provide medical services to police dogs,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-10
Signed by Governor |
| SB156 | Pass | Under the current salary scale for teachers, if a permitted paraprofessional in a school wishes to become a certified teacher in the same school, they may have to take a pay cut to do so. This Act provides teachers who previously worked as paraprofes...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-09
Signed by Governor |
| SB148 | Pass | This Act allows a practitioner with the authority to prescribe medication to give the unused portion of topical medication used during treatment to a patient upon discharge or the conclusion of the visit. This Act is based on the Model Act created by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-09
Signed by Governor |
| SB177 | Pass | This Act deletes the requirement in Title 31 of the Delaware Code, Section 4304, that no more than 5 commissioners or interim commissioners of the Wilmington Housing Authority be of the same political party.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-09
Signed by Governor |
| SB52 | Pass | This Act directs the States current needle exchange program to take a needs-based approach.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-09
Signed by Governor |
| SB158 | Pass | This Act permits an individual who is a reproductive health care services provider or employee to apply for participation in Delaware's Address Confidentiality Program, which allows participants to keep their actual address confidential by applyi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-09
Signed by Governor |
| SJR2 | Pass | This resolution designates August 31, 2023, as "International Overdose Awareness Day" in the State of Delaware, affirms the importance of overdose awareness, and encourages expanded efforts to keep Delaware residents properly informed of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-03
Signed by Governor |
| SB170 | Pass | This Act directs the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to work with PJM Interconnection, LLC to study the transmission impacts of offshore wind development, to work with neighboring states on offshore wind transmission, and to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-03
Signed by Governor |
| SB7 | Pass | This Bill amends the Delaware Energy Act, Title 29 of the Delaware Code, Chapter 80, Subchapter II, by updating and expanding upon the duties of the State Energy Office (located in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Controls Divisi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-03
Signed by Governor |
| SB103 | Pass | Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming more and more popular. Between 2012 and 2016, EV sales grew at an annual rate of 32%. In 2017, growth in sales reached 45%. Batteries for EVs have become much cheaper in the last 10 years, enabling EVs to compete ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-03
Signed by Governor |
| SB32 | Pass | The bill adds visual impairments including blindness to the list of programs to be conducted on a 12-month schedule.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-03
Signed by Governor |
| SB124 | Pass | This Act clarifies when reports of child abuse or neglect, including suspected human trafficking of a child, are required to be made orally to the Departments report line and when they may be made via the Departments online reporting portal. This Act...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-31
Signed by Governor |
| SB119 | Pass | This Act amends Chapter 23, Title 13 relating to guardianship and permanent guardianship of a child. The Act does all of the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-31
Signed by Governor |
| SB111 | Pass | This bill clarifies and confirms that utilities and farm customers may enter into contracts, such as power supply agreements, that specify how Excess kWh Credits will be applied at the end of an annual billing period.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-27
Signed by Governor |
| SB55 | Pass | This bill establishes the Delaware Rare Disease Advisory Council which, among other things, is intended to educate medical professionals, government agencies, legislators, and the public about rare diseases. There are about 7,000 known rare diseases,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-26
Signed by Governor |
| SB61 | Pass | Teachers and other school employees (school employees) do not accrue annual leave that can be used on a flexible basis. Under current law, school employees may only use 3 days of sick leave for personal reasons and may be absent for 5 days after the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-26
Signed by Governor |
| SB102 | Pass | This Act closes a loophole in the prevailing wage statute that was being used to pay workers below the prevailing wage by performing work offsite instead of onsite, regardless of whether it was necessary to do so.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-26
Signed by Governor |
| SB137 | Pass | This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's review of the Tourism Advisory Board ("Board"). First formed in 1981, the Board has served in an advisory role to the Delaware Tourism Office, Division of Sm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-25
Signed by Governor |
| SB1 | Pass | This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 1. Like Senate Bill No. 1, this Act creates a right to representation for tenants in evictions and other landlord-tenant actions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-25
Signed by Governor |
| SB136 | Pass | This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's review of the Delaware State Arts Council, and does the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-25
Signed by Governor |
| SB116 | Pass | This Act adopts the PA Licensure Compact, which is an interstate occupational licensure compact for physician assistants (PAs). The purpose of the Compact is to strengthen access to medical services and enhance the portability of a license to practic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-21
Signed by Governor |
| SB149 | Pass | This Act would move the 2024 presidential primary election for major political parties from the fourth Tuesday in April to the first Tuesday of April.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-21
Signed by Governor |
| SB110 | Pass | This Bill increases the courthouse municipality fee assessed on limited liability company (LLC) filings and corporate filings from $20 to $40. The fee is expected to raise $8.5 million to be distributed to the municipalities designated as the places ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-21
Signed by Governor |
| SB9 | Pass | Although lead-based paint is prevalent in many Delaware residences and causes extraordinary neurological damage in children, including seizures, behavioral disorders, developmental delays, and cognitive disabilities, Delaware does not have a comprehe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB179 | Pass | This Act replaces references to Masters in the Court of Chancery with Magistrate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB81 | Pass | This statutory addition to Delawares Wrongful Death Act will permit the spouse, parents, children, and siblings of a deceased person to recover punitive damages when the actions resulting in the death of another person were maliciously intended or th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB175 | Pass | The Other Post-Employment Benefits Fund (OPEB Fund) is used to pay the State's benefits for post-retirement health insurance under the State employees' pension plan. This Act requires that every year, at least 1% of the grand total of all Gen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB115 | Pass | This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act (the GP Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB112 | Pass | This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the LP Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amend...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-07-17
Signed by Governor |
