| DE | SB264 | Engross
50% | This Act requires the Delaware Department of Agriculture to promulgate rules and regulations, that will not become effective until July 1, 2024, classifying neonicotinoid pesticides designed or intended for use in outdoor applications as state restri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | HB407 | Engross
50% | This Act confers upon the Town Manager of the Town of Frederica the powers and authority conferred upon the Receiver of Taxes and County Treasurer for Kent County as set forth in Del.C. 87 specifically permitting the Town Manager to sell delinquent t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
To Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee |
| DE | SB100 | Enroll
75% | This Act establishes a Public Education Compensation Committee for the purpose of reviewing Delaware's educator compensation structure and its ability to compete with regional school districts, Delaware's private business sector, and other go...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT |
| DE | SB282 | Engross
50% | This bill facilitates the expansion of the private flood insurance market through the adoption of the National Council of Insurance Legislators Model Private Primary Residential Flood Insurance Model. This Model has been used to facilitate increased ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | SCR106 | Engross
50% | This Concurrent Resolution designates the week of May 8, 2022 to May 14, 2022 as National Charter Schools Week and commends Delaware's charter public schools for their efforts in educating Delaware students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SCR111 | Engross
50% | This resolution proclaims Thursday, May 19, 2022 as Global Accessibility Awareness Day in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SB258 | Engross
50% | This Act abrogates current Delaware law as it presently stands regarding available recovery for damages related to injured or deceased pets that are tortiously injured by a third party or a third partys animal. Under current Delaware law, including c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | SB300 | Intro
25% | This Act updates the mandatory reporting requirements for Delaware physicians with anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges. These changes are necessary to ensure that physicians are able to seek treatment without undue stigma or fear ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
To Senate Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee |
| DE | SB289 | Engross
50% | This Act expands the scope of the sexual extortion law to include: a) compelling or inducing another person to produce a visual depiction of the person or another who is nude or who is engaging in sexual conduct, and b) threatening to reproduce, dist...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | SB290 | Engross
50% | This Act expands Erin's Law to require training and education on issues related to inappropriate relationships between adults and children, such as grooming.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | SB291 | Engross
50% | This Act requires each school district and charter school to adopt a policy regarding appropriate relationships between school employees, contractors, coaches, and volunteers and students. The policy must include a provision establishing appropriate ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-19
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | SB278 | Engross
50% | This substitute bill makes a technical correction to the bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-18
To House Administration Committee |
| DE | SB292 | Engross
50% | An opioid antagonist is a medication approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency reversal of a known or suspected opioid overdose. Currently, naloxone is the only FDA-approved opioid antagonist, however, the FDA is ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-18
To House Health & Human Development Committee |
| DE | HCR86 | Engross
50% | This Resolution recognizes World Preeclampsia Day on May 22, 2022.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-18
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | HB13 | Intro
25% | In 1994 the 137th General Assembly created the crime of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony. In the intervening decades, the length of the minimum required sentence of 3 years and 5 years for defendants with 2 prior felonies has...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable |
| DE | SB188 | Engross
50% | This Act increases the $2,000 pension exclusion otherwise available for military pensioners under age 60 to $12,500, providing an incentive for military retirees under age 60 to locate in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in House with 9 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB4 | Enroll
75% | Like Senate Bill No. 4, Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 4 requires the Department of Education (Department) to maintain and publish a list of evidence-based, reading instruction curricula for grades kindergarten through 3. Each curriculum...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT |
| DE | HCR85 | Engross
50% | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes the contributions of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority chapters in the State of Delaware and declares May 17, 2022, to be Delta Day at the Delaware Capital.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-17
Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT |
| DE | SB277 | Engross
50% | This Act increases opportunities for federally qualified health centers (FQHC) and government-operated dental clinics to serve the indigent and other underserved communities with dental care and improves flexibility with updated provisional licensing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-13
To House Health & Human Development Committee |
| DE | SB248 | Intro
25% | This bill excludes structures used for agricultural, horticultural, or forest use from valuation, assessment, and taxation of property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
Amendment SA 1 to SB 248 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| DE | SCR104 | Engross
50% | This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes May 12, 2022, as Delaware Local Government Day in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | HCR79 | Engross
50% | This resolution designates the month of May as "National Nurses Month" in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT |
| DE | SB241 | Intro
25% | This Act expands the Disabled Veterans School Tax Credit to include a deceased disabled veteran's surviving spouse. HB 214 with HA 1, passed by the 151st General Assembly, created the Disabled Veterans Property Tax Relief and Education Expense Fu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in Senate with 6 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits |
| DE | SCR100 | Engross
50% | This resolution proclaims May 2022 "Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month" in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SCR102 | Engross
50% | This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes May 2022 as "Older Americans Month" in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SB266 | Intro
25% | Section 20, Article I of the Delaware Constitution guarantees the individual citizen's right to keep and bear arms for legitimate and lawful purposes such as defense of self, family, home and State, and for hunting and recreational use. However, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
To Senate Executive Committee |
| DE | SB283 | Intro
25% | The Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline and the Board of Nursing are responsible for establishing continuing education requirements for medical professionals licensed by these Boards. This Act adds a requirement that practitioners licensed by t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-10
Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits |
| DE | SCR101 | Engross
50% | This resolution honors USO Delaware for their important and inspiring work supporting military members and their families.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-10
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SJR6 | Engross
50% | This Senate Joint Resolution designates August 31, 2022, as "International Overdose Awareness Day" in the State of Delaware and directs the State flag to be lowered to half-staff at State facilities and encourages local governments, busines...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-04
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 5 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB26 | Engross
50% | This Act requires that meetings of the Board of Trustees for the University of Delaware, Delaware State University, and Delaware Technical and Community College must be livestreamed using technology that permits the public to hear all participants co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-04
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 3 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits |
| DE | SCR91 | Engross
50% | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes Christian Holy Week and Passover in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-04
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SB257 | Engross
50% | This Act is an interstate compact called the Multistate Professional Counselor Licensure Compact, and it facilitates the interstate practice of licensed professional counseling. The Counseling Compact allows a counselor who is licensed in their home ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-04
To House Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) |
| DE | HB324 | Engross
50% | 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] | 2022-05-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| DE | SB279 | Intro
25% | This Act creates the Delaware Education Right to Know Act to give parents, guardians, and other education stakeholders more information and opportunities to evaluate public and charter school education in Delaware and to express concerns to school of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-03
To Senate Education Committee |
| DE | HB296 | Pass | All three counties in Delaware have been plagued with thefts of catalytic converters, which contain precious metals having significant monetary value in the scrap metal industry. This Act adds catalytic converters to the list of items for which scrap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-28
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB218 | Pass | This Act, known as the Living Donor Protection Act, prohibits discrimination based on an individuals status as a living organ or tissue donor in the offering, issuance, cancellation, coverage, price, or other condition of an insurance policy, includi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-28
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB274 | Pass | This Act repeals the requirement that individuals seeking to change their name publish notice of the petition for change of name in a newspaper published in the county in which the proceeding is had at least once a week for 3 weeks before the petitio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-28
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB405 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2022-04-28
To House Administration Committee |
| DE | HB393 | Intro
25% | This Act creates a $280 tax credit for resident individuals with $35,000 or less of taxable income in 2022. The purpose of this Act is to encourage persons to join the labor force and to treat employed, lower income individuals similarly to how House...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-28
To House Revenue & Finance Committee |
| DE | HB328 | Pass | This Act makes several adjustments to the law prohibiting drag racing and other speed contests. Many individuals lawfully gather to share their enthusiasm for vehicles and may do so while abiding the rules of the road and without otherwise endangerin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-28
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB131 | Engross
50% | This Act lowers the tax rate for premium cigars from 30% to 15% of the wholesale price so that Delaware's tax rate is consistent with the tax rates for premium cigars in surrounding states. The tax rate in Maryland is 15% and there is no tax on p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-14
To House Appropriations Committee |
| DE | SB189 | Enroll
75% | This bill increases the amount of the tax credit for active members of volunteer fire, ambulance and rescue service companies and their auxiliaries from $500 to $1,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-14
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT |
| DE | SCR92 | Engross
50% | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes April 24-30, 2022, as "Crime Victims' Rights Week" in the State Of Delaware. Please visit the following websites for more information on Crime Victims' Rights Week and the resources available to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-14
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | HB259 | Enroll
75% | This Act requires Delaware to use the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system to notify the public of emergency alerts and requires that the emergency alert system be used when a catastrophic release occurs. A catastrophic release is a major uncontroll...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-14
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | HCR73 | Engross
50% | This resolution recognizes the Easterseals/CAI Volleyball Challenge occurring May 14 at William Penn High School, an event that raises funds for an organization providing services and support to Delawareans with disabilities and senior citizens and t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-14
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | SB263 | Intro
25% | This act would establish a cultural resources professional incentive program for the purpose of enabling and encouraging academically talented Delawareans to pursue careers as cultural resource professionals. It would also provide incentives for pers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-13
To Senate Education Committee |
| DE | SCR81 | Engross
50% | This resolution recognizes April 11-17, 2022 as "Black Maternal Health Awareness Week" in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-12
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SCR78 | Engross
50% | This Senate Concurrent Resolution honors the Meals on Wheels program for providing invaluable and irreplaceable service to our aging population. Additionally, the Modern Maturity Center in Kent County is the program's backbone, delivering nutriti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-07
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SCR80 | Engross
50% | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes March 29, 2022 as "National Vietnam War Veterans Day" in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-07
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SCR85 | Engross
50% | This Resolution recognizes April 2022 as "Child Abuse Prevention Month" in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-07
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
