| DE | HB170 | Enroll | This legislation, the Angel Investor Job Creation and Innovation Act for Small Technology Companies, creates an incentive for qualified angel investors to invest capital in qualified Delaware small technology companies..
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Laid On Table in Senate |
| DE | HB53 | Engross | This bill allows ground-based and hand-held sparklers and certain other nonexplosive, nonairborne novelty items regulated by the federal government to be sold and used in the State. The bill does not legalize firecrackers, bottle rockets, aerials, or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-19
Amendment SA 1 to HB 53 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| DE | HB301 | Engross | This Act allows the various at-large members of the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council to be appointed for 3-year terms and be eligible for reappointment. This change is requested by the Council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18
Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB147 | Enroll | Immunity from liability for individuals rendering emergency care is addressed in many sections of the Delaware Code. There are several separate statutes providing immunity for specific professions and even for lay individuals providing specific types...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 3 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB149 | Engross | This legislation creates a fine for Coal Rolling, a practice that is often undetectable at the time of vehicle inspection due to the ability of an operator to change functions and increase emissions after passing inspection.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18
Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 6 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB174 | Pass | This Act raises the first offense of purchasing or obtaining a firearm for someone not legally qualified to own, possess or purchase one from a Class F to a Class E Felony. This change is to deter such "straw purchases" by making jail time ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB171 | Intro | Individuals who are released from prison face many hurdles as they re-enter the community, including difficulty obtaining identification documents. Lacking identification imposes additional hurdles as these individuals attempt to find housing and emp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-18
[Hearing: Apr 25 @ 12:30 pm]
To Senate Corrections & Public Safety Committee |
| DE | SB84 | Enroll | This Act makes consistent the amount of time that the Court "looks back" to determine if the current offense is a second offense for the purposes of sentencing. This Act applies to Traffic offenses, but it would not be applicable to DUI cas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-17
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES |
| DE | SB85 | Engross | This Act draws attention to the types of discipline used in schools by capturing data about out-of-school suspensions and publishing that data, in an effort to help schools identify areas where the data regarding out-of-school suspensions indicates t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-12
To House Education Committee |
| DE | HB326 | Intro | This Act creates the Delaware Advance Scholarship Program (Program). The goal of this Act is to encourage Delaware students with intellectual disabilities to pursue studies for a comprehensive certificate or degree at a Delaware institution of higher...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-29
Amendment HA 2 to HB 326 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| DE | HB179 | Engross | This Act permits State employees who are employed by the Delaware State Police or Delaware Capitol Police and work in a variety of job titles, all of which are more commonly referred to as "9-1-1 operators," to retire at 25 years without an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| DE | HB198 | Intro | Delaware law currently prohibits tasting and sale of craft beer, distilled spirits, and wine at Farmers Markets or Agricultural Themed Events. The bill's intent is to allow tasting of products, offer limited purchase opportunities, and promote ho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB101 | Enroll | Every year, over 100 million animals are used as subjects of scientific and medical research, as well as for educational purposes. As recently as 2015, over 19,000 cats and over 61,000 dogs were used in research. In Delaware in 2015, 82 cats and 85 d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB133 | Intro | This Act acknowledges that the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has been collecting natural resource data for years without the consent of the respective property owners. This Act further prohibits the dissemination of natura...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
Reported Out of Committee (Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | SCR31 | Enroll | This concurrent resolution establishes the Veterans Higher Education Task Force to study and make findings and recommendations regarding veterans access to higher education in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-08
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT |
| DE | SCR44 | Engross | This Concurrent Resolution does all of the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-01
To House Administration Committee |
| DE | HB291 | Pass | This Act clarifies that the representative appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services to the Human Trafficking Interagency Coordinating Council shall serve as the Councils temporary chair for the purposes of organizing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-14
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB274 | Pass | This bill allows the Laurel Special School District to convey to the Town of Laurel the Paul Laurence Dunbar School and the lands on which the school is located.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HCR61 | Intro | Providing sufficient surplus state revenue exists, this House Concurrent Resolution requests the Joint Finance Committee to restore to the FY 2019 Grants-in-Aid Bill funding that was removed from the appropriation at the start of the current fiscal y...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
To House Administration Committee |
| DE | SCR43 | Engross | Designating February 6, 2018 as "Ronald Reagan Day" in Delaware
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT |
| DE | SB146 | Intro | The continued existence and dissemination of a juvenile criminal record hampers an individuals ability to become a successful and productive member of society. These criminal records are a hindrance to employment, education, housing, credit, and mili...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-24
Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| DE | HCR42 | Engross | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes January, 2018 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-23
Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 ABSENT |
| DE | SB142 | Intro | This Act eliminates the Delaware Compensation Commission in its entirety and makes necessary changes to the Delaware Code as a result.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To Senate Executive Committee |
| DE | HB297 | Intro | 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-16
To House Revenue & Finance Committee |
| DE | HB296 | Intro | This bill creates a tax deduction of up to $2,500 for an individual or $5,000 for a married couple for contributions to a qualified 529A savings account, or "ABLE" plan - a special account for meeting the needs of certain individuals with d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-16
To House Revenue & Finance Committee |
| DE | HB283 | Intro | In the 149th General Assembly House Bill No. 64 amended Title 29, Section 5120 to insure that mothers who are full time state employees may have up to 6 weeks of unpaid leave following the newborn(s) discharge from the hospital even if their FMLA ben...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-11
Amendment HA 1 to HB 283 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| DE | SB148 | Intro | This Act restores the Delaware Prescription Drug Payment Assistance Program which was eliminated in the Fiscal Year 2018 Annual Appropriations Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-10
To Senate Health, Children & Social Services Committee |
| DE | SB14 | Intro | This Act eliminates the Delaware Compensation Commission in its entirety and makes necessary changes to the Delaware Code as a result.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-02
Stricken in Senate |
| DE | HB285 | Intro | This Act is designed to create procedures in Delaware for making sure firearms are not in the hands of dangerous people while protecting due process and not creating a barrier to care for those suffering from mental illness. This Act intends to put D...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-12-14
To House Administration Committee |
| DE | SB61 | Pass | This Act clarifies the authority of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee ("Committee") to hold over entities unless or until certain conditions are met or modifications are made. This Act also provides the authority for the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-29
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB105 | Pass | Persons under age 18 must wear a helmet when operating or riding as a passenger on a bicycle, motorized skateboard or scooter, all terrain vehicle (ATV), off-highway vehicle (OHV), or electric personal assistive mobility device (EPAMD). See Title 21 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-14
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB122 | Pass | This Act fulfills recommendations made by the Joint Legislative Overview and Sunset Committee (JLOSC) by making amendments to the State Human Relations Commissions (the Commission) governing statute.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-09-14
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB70 | Pass | Under current educational standards, students are no longer required to be taught cursive writing and many schools have abandoned teaching cursive writing to students. As cursive writing is still an imperative skill in many professions, this bill mak...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-30
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB200 | Pass | This bill sets a minimum reimbursement rate for home health care nursing services paid for by Medicaid-contracted organizations. The rate shall be at least equal to the rate set by the Division of Medicaid for equivalent services. Home care nurses an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-30
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB191 | Pass | This act amends the Charter of the Town of Laurel so that the Mayor and members of the Town Council are only paid for meetings which they attend.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-30
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB99 | Pass | This legislation eliminates front footage calculations as the sole method of collecting sewer assessments for county sewer users. It provides a broad list of possible methods of determining the amount of the sewer assessment for each property, includ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-30
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB102 | Pass | This Act consolidates Delaware law related to child abuse and child sexual abuse training and detection, suicide prevention, bullying, criminal youth gang detection, and teen dating violence and sexual assault into one subchapter of Chapter 41, Title...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-09
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB75 | Pass | This Act updates Delaware's human trafficking crime to prohibit the same acts that are included in the federal Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-01
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB35 | Pass | This bill sets forth a framework for the licensing, regulation and inspection of business establishments that provide massage and bodywork services. This bill places oversight of any business offering massage services in the hands of the Board of Mas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-26
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB39 | Pass | This Act is the result of the recommendation made by the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee in its review of the Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline ("the Board") that the Division of Professional Regulation amend applic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB74 | Pass | This Act fulfills recommendations made by the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee. First, this Act adds language to establish the circumstances under which Trustees of the Delaware Agricultural Lands Preservation Foundation may be remove...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB9 | Enroll | This Act is intended to implement the recommendations in the December 9, 2015 Report of the Work A Day Earn A Pay Task Force. The Act will create a Work A Day Earn A Pay Public Works Jobs Program in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-02
To House Labor Committee |
| DE | HCR51 | Intro | This concurrent resolution establishes the Illegal Immigration Task Force to study and make findings and recommendations regarding the impact of illegal immigration on Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
To House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee |
| DE | SB131 | Intro | This Act requires that a board or commission created after the effective date of this Act submit the initial adopted rules and regulations pertaining to the licensure, maintenance, and standards of the board or commission to the Joint Legislative Ove...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-27
To Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee |
| DE | SR15 | Engross | This Resolution recognizes June 27, 2017, as Staff Appreciation Day in the Delaware State Senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 ABSENT |
| DE | HCR43 | Engross | This resolution proclaims June 19, 2017, as Juneteenth Independence Day in Delaware and encourages the people of Delaware to reflect upon the significant roles and many contributions of African Americans and to celebrate this day with appropriate act...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-20
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| DE | SB89 | Intro | This Act is modeled after American Laws for American Courts legislation that has passed in Tennessee, Louisiana, Arizona, Kansas, South Dakota, Alabama, and North Carolina. The Declaration of Independence announced the formation of a new country that...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-14
Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB116 | Intro | This bill creates a 3-year exemption for public school construction from prevailing wage requirements. Also the public school will prepare cost study comparison reports for the Controller General's Office to compile and report to the General Asse...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-13
To Senate Labor Committee |
| DE | SB21 | Pass | This bill vests the authority for regulating seed in Delaware with the Delaware Department of Agriculture and repeals any inconsistent act or parts of acts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-08
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB209 | Intro | This Act is meant to prohibit the practice of waiving certain sections of the Delaware Code year after year through the use of epilogue language in the budget bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-06
To House Administration Committee |
