| DE | SB194 | Engross | This Act removes the requirement that applicants for a marriage license state their race as part of the application process. Delaware is one of a small number of states that currently requires this information. In October 2019, the United States Dist...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-17
[Hearing: Jan 22 @ 4:00 pm]
To House Housing & Community Affairs Committee |
| DE | HB290 | Intro | This Act amends the Fiscal Year 2020 Bond and Capital Improvements Act to (1) reauthorize Appoquinimink School District project local shares; (2) redistribute Community Reinvestment Funds from the African American Heritage Institute to the Peoples Se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-17
To House Capital Infrastructure Committee |
| DE | HB257 | Intro | This substitute act establishes a Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Program for new primary care providers to be administered by the Delaware Health Care Commission. Under the loan repayment program, the Health Care Commission may award education l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-16
To House Health & Human Development Committee |
| DE | HB178 | Engross | This Act reconciles discrepancies between § 8705 of Title 9 of the Delaware Code and § 2903 of Title 25 of the Delaware Code, clarifying that all taxes assessed against real estate by Kent or Sussex Counties are governed by § 8705 of Title 9 and t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-15
Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB56 | Pass | This act names the Delaware portion of U.S. Route 301 between Route 1 and the Delaware Maryland State line as First Responders Memorial Highway.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-13
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB15 | Pass | This Act, modeled on similar laws in Virginia and Maryland, requires a health-care provider to provide notice to a patient at the time blood is drawn to perform a laboratory test for Lyme disease that explains the limitations of the test and instruct...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-08-21
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB41 | Pass | This Act establishes that the age of offense and not the age of arrest determines jurisdiction for a person facing charges. Currently, if a person commits a delinquent act before age 18 but is arrested after age 18, the offense is automatically heard...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-23
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB75 | Pass | This Act makes the following changes to provisions required in life insurance policies issued in this State:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB178 | Pass | The Act allows the Kent County Levy Court to impose a lodging tax not greater than 3% in Kent County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB180 | Pass | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2020 Bond and Capital Improvements Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB49 | Intro | This bill changes the earned income tax credit from nonrefundable to refundable. For tax year 2020 and thereafter, the rate of the credit is in the amount of 5.9 %.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Stricken in House |
| DE | HB258 | Intro | This bill allows the Department of Correction to implement prison nurseries, which would allow women inmates that give birth during their time incarcerated the option of raising their infant up to the age of 18 months. Studies have shown that prison ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Reported Out of Committee (Corrections) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB60 | Pass | This bill clarifies that in order to be found guilty of prostitution the person must be 18 years or older.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-20
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB141 | Engross | Both the Delaware Strategic Fund (Title 29, Chapter 87A, Subchapter II) and the Delaware Technical Innovation Fund (Title 29, Chapter 87A, Subchapter III) provide funding for Delaware businesses, including new businesses in growing technology-related...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-19
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB27 | Pass | This Act, named the Share the Care Act, permits an individual employed by a personal assistance services agency to administer medications to an adult individual who resides in the individuals own home if a responsible caregiver does the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-13
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB81 | Engross | This Act permits an individual to practice dentistry for the Division of Public Health (Division) under a provisional license. Delaware law provides several routes for entering practice on an interim basis until full licensure can be obtained, howeve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-12
Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB98 | Intro | This act imposes a tax at the rate of 15% of the wholesale cost of a premium cigar. A premium cigar means any roll for smoking that is made entirely of tobacco with a wrapper, binder and filler that is 100 percent leaf tobacco, is hand rolled and con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-06
To House Appropriations Committee |
| DE | SB96 | Intro | In January of 2015, the Office of Civil Rights & Public Trust was created by the Attorney General to establish a centralized office within the Department of Justice for the investigation of matters concerning civil rights enforcement and the pros...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-06
Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB183 | Intro | This Act exempts healthcare provider services subject to the Federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act from the provisions of Subchapter II of Chapter 23 of Title 19 because these services are required by federal law and not elective u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-06
To House Labor Committee |
| DE | SB31 | Pass | The Department of Transportation is already authorized to issue multi-trip permits for pole and piling semitrailers and double-bottom vehicles, also known as twin trailers, on a monthly basis. This Act authorizes the Department to also issue the perm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-05
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB23 | Pass | This bill will add a new check-off donation box on the Delaware personal income tax return whereby individuals may choose to donate a portion of their tax refund, or designate an amount in addition to the tax they owe that will be transferred by the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-05
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SCR47 | Engross | This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes Kevin Fitzgerald's achievement of being named 2018 Superintendent of the Year by the National Association of School Superintendents.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| DE | SCR36 | Engross | This Resolution recognizes April 2019 as "Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month" in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-18
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | HB107 | Intro | This bill requires notification by certified mail when an owner's outstanding fines, penalties, and administrative fees exceed $500 and when the owner is subject to enhanced penalties. Notification as to the possible enhanced penalties is require...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-04-04
To House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee |
| DE | SCR19 | Engross | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes March 29, 2019 as "National Vietnam War Veterans Day" in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-28
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | HJR2 | Pass | This Joint Resolution recognizes the many contributions of Hattie Bernice Dabney Mishoe, the "First Lady" of Delaware State University, and encourages the University to name a building on campus after her.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-28
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB9 | Pass | This Act amends the Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 Bond and Capital Improvements Acts to (1) authorize the Department of Transportation to use Community Transportation Funds for one-time reimbursements for various projects; (2) allow the transfer of fund...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-28
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SCR8 | Engross | Designating February 6, 2019 as "Ronald Reagan Day" in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-24
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
