| SB265 | Pass | The Delaware Energy Solutions Act of 2024 authorizes processes necessary to help meet the net zero goals of the Climate Change Solutions Act of 2023. The bill facilitates a transition to carbon-free energy sources by (i) preparing for offshore wind t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-09-05
Signed by Governor |
| SB237 | Pass | This Act amends the provisions in Title 9 of the Delaware Code relating to the county comprehensive plans for Sussex, Kent, and New Castle Counties, and Title 22 of the Delaware Code relating to municipal comprehensive plans for municipalities with p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-09-05
Signed by Governor |
| SB208 | Pass | This bill amends Chapter 68 of Title 18, related to medical negligence insurance and litigation, to repeal those provisions of the law that are expired or that are no longer used as a matter of practice in medical negligence litigation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-29
Signed by Governor |
| SB232 | Pass | In light of the Federal Drug Administrations recent approval of over-the-counter non-emergency contraceptive pills, this bill expands the contraceptive coverage laws to include over-the-counter non-emergency contraceptive pills.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-29
Signed by Governor |
| SJR8 | Pass | This Joint Resolution designates August 31, 2024, as "International Overdose Awareness Day" in the State of Delaware and requires that in observance, the State flag be flown at half-staff at State facilities. By recognizing International Ov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-29
Signed by Governor |
| SB198 | Pass | This Act revises existing animal cruelty laws to include people who knowingly possess, own, buy, sell, transfer, or manufacture animal fighting paraphernalia with the intent to engage in or otherwise promote or facilitate such fighting as guilty of a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-29
Signed by Governor |
| SB268 | Pass | Sections 1 and 2 of this Act update Chapter 8 of Title 12, the Uniform TOD Security Registration Act. Section 1 of this Act does the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-29
Signed by Governor |
| SB269 | Pass | This Act simplifies and in some cases increases the civil penalties for violations of laws related to dogs that run at large, dogs that bite a human being or domestic animal while running at large, and dogs that are designated as dangerous or potenti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-29
Signed by Governor |
| SB331 | Pass | This Act revises §§ 4732 and 4733 of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, Subchapter III, Chapter 47, Title 16 of the Delaware Code, pertaining to the regulation of the manufacture, distribution and dispensing of controlled substances. The revisi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-29
Signed by Governor |
| SB278 | Pass | This Act clarifies portions of Chapter 49 of Title 6 and Chapter 63 of Title 21 of the Delaware Code pertaining to motor vehicle dealers. These additions and modifications are intended to further improve our States franchise laws and ensure that Dela...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-29
Signed by Governor |
| SB316 | Pass | This Act creates an annexation process for the Town of Slaughter Beach to extend its boundaries in accordance with § 101 of Title 22 of the Delaware Code.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-29
Signed by Governor |
| SB188 | Pass | This Act enacts the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact (ITMC). The Council of State Governments partnered with the Department of Defense and the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) to support the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-29
Signed by Governor |
| SB298 | Pass | This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Newport in the following ways:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-29
Signed by Governor |
| SB254 | Pass | This Act creates the Delaware Grocery Initiative.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-29
Signed by Governor |
| SB277 | Pass | Under this bill, the Board of Massage and Bodywork may not issue initial certifications to practice as a certified massage technician for applications received after December 31, 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-29
Signed by Governor |
| SB249 | Pass | This bill amends Chapter 69 of Title 18 relating to captive insurance to provide the Commissioner with additional flexibility to approve those types of financial institutions that would be authorized to hold required capital and surplus of captive in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-29
Signed by Governor |
| SB267 | Pass | This Act clarifies various aspects of the States unclaimed property laws, specifically:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-15
Signed by Governor |
| SB266 | Pass | Senate Substitute 1 for SB 266 clarifies the process and roles of the Attorney General, State Escheator, and Secretary of State in actions under the Delaware False Claims and Reporting Act (DFCRA) for failure to comply with reporting requirements of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-15
Signed by Governor |
| SB212 | Pass | Like Senate Bill No. 212, Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 212 codifies the Bureau of Health Equity (BHE) in the Division of Public Health, which includes the Office of Minority Health and the Office of Womens Health. The purpose of the BH...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-12
Signed by Governor |
| SB282 | Pass | This Act repeals the Senior Trust Fund Fee, the Interstate Compact Fee, and the Substance Abuse, Rehabilitation, Treatment, Education and Prevention Fund Fee imposed on criminal defendants. The elimination of these fees was recommended by the Crimina...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-12
Signed by Governor |
| SB187 | Pass | This Act ensures that educators hired after the effective date of this Act, who earned graduate degrees prior to becoming educators, receive credit on the salary schedule for those degrees regardless of the specific subject area of those degrees. Onc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-12
Signed by Governor |
| SB284 | Pass | This Act discharges balances owed by individuals ordered to pay a probation supervision fee under § 6504(14) of Title 11 of the Delaware Code or a Public Defender fee under § 4607 of Title 29 of the Delaware Code. The probation supervision fee and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-12
Signed by Governor |
| SB283 | Pass | This Act repeals the DELJIS Fund fee imposed on criminal defendants. The elimination of this fee was recommended by the Criminal Legal System Imposed Debt Study Group created by House Bill 244, as amended by House Amendment No 2, of the 151st General...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-12
Signed by Governor |
| SB293 | Pass | The Delaware Fair Housing Act, Chapter 46 of Title 6, and Residential Landlord-Tenant Code, Chapter 51 of Title 25, both prohibit discrimination based on source of income, which is defined as including rental payments from any government program. How...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-09
Signed by Governor |
| SB25 | Pass | This Act exempts contracts for the construction of affordable housing units from the 2% realty transfer tax imposed under 30 Del. C. § 5402(f).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-09
Signed by Governor |
| SB22 | Pass | This Act establishes the Delaware Workforce Housing Program" (DWHP). Modeled after the Downtown Development District Program, the DWHP allows a qualified workforce housing investor to be reimbursed through a grant up to 20 percent of the capital...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-09
Signed by Governor |
| SB244 | Pass | This Act allows a county that imposes a lodging tax to spend money from that tax on workforce and affordable housing programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-09
Signed by Governor |
| SB245 | Pass | The Office of Foreclosure Prevention and Financial Education and the Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program were created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to assist homeowners at risk of foreclosure or already navigating the forecl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-09
Signed by Governor |
| SB246 | Pass | For over 30 years, the Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) has invested in home repair programs that make necessary repairs to improve the health and safety conditions in the homes of Delawareans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-09
Signed by Governor |
| SB247 | Pass | This Act creates a clearer and workable system for ensuring that manufactured home communities with health and safety violations and conditions that threaten the health and safety of people in the community cannot continue to raise rents on residents...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-09
Signed by Governor |
| SB243 | Pass | This Act deletes the current Charter of the Village of Ardencroft (the "Village") and replaces it with a new charter that differs in several respects.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-02
Signed by Governor |
| SB281 | Pass | This Act is a result of the work of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) Task Force (Task Force). The 152nd Delaware General Assembly passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 19 establishing the Task Force to study and make findings an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-02
Signed by Governor |
| SB238 | Pass | This Act adds "victim of kidnapping" to the definition section of the Address Confidentiality Act, allowing for kidnapping victims to become eligible for the protections offered by the Address Confidentiality Program. This amendment is reco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-02
Signed by Governor |
| SB231 | Pass | This Act removes the sunset provision in Chapter 453, Volume 83 of the Laws of Delaware relating to the program established under §9011A of Title 29 to assist individuals who are in or have experienced foster care in Delaware with driver education, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-02
Signed by Governor |
| SB214 | Pass | This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Millsboro to give the Town Council the authority to impose and collect a lodging tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-02
Signed by Governor |
| SB260 | Pass | This Act is a result of the work of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association ("DIAA") Task Force. The current process for promulgating DIAA-related regulations grants the regulatory authority to the Department of Education ("D...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-02
Signed by Governor |
| SB253 | Pass | This Act amends Section 3-701 of the City of Wilmingtons Charter to provide that, with the exception of the City Solicitor, all persons appointed to serve as attorneys in the law department shall attain tenure upon 3 years of continuous satisfactory ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-02
Signed by Governor |
| SB213 | Pass | This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Millville to restore the authority of the Town Council to impose and collect a lodging tax. This authority to impose and collect a lodging tax was enacted under Senate Bill No. 162 (150th) in 2019 but was in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-02
Signed by Governor |
| SB280 | Pass | This Act is a result of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association ("DIAA") Task Force. Based on the findings of the task force, this Act updates the DIAA's Executive Director from an education associate level position in the Dep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-02
Signed by Governor |
| SB216 | Pass | This Act increases the civil penalties for violations of the statutes in Title 16, Chapter 11 related to Long Term Care Facilities and the regulations adopted pursuant to it. For violations that the Department determines pose a serious threat to the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB151 | Pass | This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 151. Like Senate Bill No. 151, this Act requires included facilities to disclose information related dementia care services in the form determined by the Department of Health and Social Services, and it es...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB215 | Pass | This Act requires the Department of Health and Social Services to inspect long-term care facilities on an annual basis.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB150 | Pass | This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 150. Like Senate Bill No. 150, this Act requires included facilities have sufficient staff to meet the needs of each resident and requires dementia care services training for staff. This Act differs from S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB302 | Pass | This Act allows a licensed brewery-pub located within the premises of a public golf courses to apply to the Commissioner for a license to sell alcoholic beverages to patrons of the golf course if the brewery-pub and public golf course share common ow...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB228 | Pass | This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 228. This Act achieves the intent of Senate Bill No. 228 by providing an exception to the general prohibition against semiautomatic pistols that have the ability to accept detachable ammunition magazines t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB306 | Pass | This Act makes technical changes and updates to the Delaware workplace safety program. Under current law, qualifying employers who pay $3,161 or more in annual workers' compensation premiums may be eligible for lower insurance premiums under the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB239 | Pass | This Act removes the 5-year term limit imposed upon hearing officers appointed by the Secretary of Labor. It also removes the political party affiliation rule when considering new candidates for the hearing officer position.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB304 | Pass | This Act makes changes to nonacademic training requirements for school district and charter school personnel to help ensure that mandatory trainings are relevant to student needs and based on best practices. While nonacademic mandatory trainings are ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB313 | Pass | Section 1. Section 1 of this Act amends § 122. New § 122(18) sets forth certain types of provisions that may be included in contracts between a corporation and its current or prospective stockholders or beneficial owners of its stock, even if those...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB234 | Pass | This bill will extend the timeframe for a customer to apply for a document fee credit refund from 15 days to 30 days. This change will improve customer service by allowing a customer more time to submit the applicable paperwork.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-17
Signed by Governor |
