| DE | HB104 | Pass | The state is currently funding service providers at 75% of the market rate established in a 2014 study that was done by DHSS. This bill would mandate an increase in the rates paid to service providers according to the recommendations of the market st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-09-04
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB172 | Pass | This bill will increase the public transparency of education funding information by directing the Department of Education to:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-08-29
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB456 | Pass | This Act amends Titles 14, 16, 17, 26, and 29 of the Delaware Code to prohibit the use of lead paints on outdoor structures such as bridges, water towers, playground equipment, highways, parking lots, and utility towers and poles, in order to protect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-08-29
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB259 | Pass | In 2006, Delaware enacted Jessicas Law, which requires first time offenders convicted of a specified sexual offense against a child under 14 years of age and individuals previously convicted of a Class A or B sexual offense in Title 11 and subsequent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB379 | Pass | Section 1 clarifies the Towns nuisance and dangerous building abatement powers and requires property owners to pay for the abatement costs. This section further clarifies the Towns ability to grant franchises, licenses, and permits, and impose fees f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB475 | Pass | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2019 Bond and Capital Improvements Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB159 | Pass | The Act made changes to motor vehicle franchising practices, by doing the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB144 | Pass | This Substitute Act implements certain recommendations adopted by the Lottery & Gaming Study Commission in 2015 and the Video Lottery Advisory Council in 2017, in recognition of significant changes in the regional gaming marketplace and the State...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SR27 | Engross | This Resolution honors Secretary of the Senate Bernard J. Brady by declaring June 30 to be Bernard J. Brady Day in the Delaware State Senate. It further thanks him for his 39 years of unequalled service to the Delaware State Senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | SR28 | Engross | This resolution recognizes June 30, 2018 as "Staff Appreciation Day" in the Delaware State Senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | SCR76 | Engross | This concurrent resolution recognizes the achievements and efforts of the staff of the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, who worked to earn accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums for Delawares state museums and collec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | HCR100 | Intro | This resolution commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Great War.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | HB110 | Intro | The Delaware Marijuana Control Act regulates and taxes marijuana in the same manner as alcohol. It allows adults over the age of 21 to legally possess and consume under 1 ounce of marijuana for personal use. It does not permit people to grow their ow...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-27
Defeated By House. Votes: 21 YES 15 NO 5 NOT VOTING |
| DE | SB245 | 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] | 2018-06-26
Reported Out of Committee (Telecommunication Internet & Technology) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB336 | Intro | This Act requires each public school district to equip the schools within their respective jurisdictions with an adequate number of panic buttons that may be used to immediately alert local law enforcement authorities of a security threat at a school...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-21
Stricken in House |
| DE | HB417 | Intro | This Act prohibits a tax rate greater than 50 cents per cigar upon the sale and use of premium cigars.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-15
Amendment HA 2 to HB 417 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| DE | HB328 | Pass | This Act makes it a crime to fly an unmanned aircraft system to do any of the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-12
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB388 | Pass | Section 1 authorizes the disinterested members of the Town Council to determine if a council member meets the qualifications to be on council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB211 | Intro | This Act authorizes the creation and regulation of a new type of limited-purpose bank, the "Business Development Bank." Modeled on Delaware's successful credit card bank laws, this Act would allow Business Development Banks, or "BD...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06
Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB53 | Pass | 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] | 2018-05-10
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB90 | Pass | This bill would allow for a student to participate in the Inspire Scholarship Program for eight continuous semesters instead of the current six. This would allow a student to use Inspire Scholarships for each of the semesters during a traditional col...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-10
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SCR43 | Engross | Designating February 6, 2018 as "Ronald Reagan Day" in Delaware
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-10
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SB205 | Intro | The Act protects the life of the unborn child at a time when the potential for the child to survive outside the womb increases, especially with the advancement of medical procedures. Also, there is substantial medical evidence that an unborn child is...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-10
To Senate Health, Children & Social Services Committee |
| DE | SB209 | Intro | Delawares existing Criminal Code was adopted in 1973 and was based on the Model Penal Code. Since that time, the Criminal Code has quadrupled in size and expanded to other parts of the Code without consideration to the general effects of the change o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-10
To Senate Finance Committee |
| DE | SB210 | Intro | Delawares existing Criminal Code was adopted in 1973 and was based on the Model Penal Code. Since that time, the Criminal Code has quadrupled in size and expanded to other parts of the Code without consideration to the general effects of the change o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-10
To Senate Finance Committee |
| DE | SCR56 | Engross | This resolution designates September 1, 2018 as "Wesley College Day" in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-03
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SCR57 | Enroll | This resolution commends the Food Bank of Delaware for its contributions toward ending hunger and resolving the root causes of poverty in the State of Delaware through its increased statewide impact.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-01
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | HCR76 | Engross | This Concurrent Resolution provides the General Assembly's approval of the proposed final agreement or transaction between the Diamond State Port Corporation and GT USA Wilmington, LLC, as required by § 8784(1) of Title 29 of the Delaware Code. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | SB128 | Pass | This bill creates a special license plate for members of the Dover Air Force Base Chiefs Group.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-19
Signed by Governor |
| 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 | HB73 | Intro | This bill requires an elected official or other paid appointed official of this state or any county or political subdivision who is also employed by any state agency, education, or other institution, or any other political subdivision of this State t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-03-28
Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB295 | Pass | This Act amends the Fiscal Year 2018 Bond and Capital Improvements Act to (1) authorize the Department of Transportation to use Community Transportation Funds for one-time reimbursements for various projects; (2) allow reprogramming of funds to suppo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-14
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB260 | Engross | This bill creates the Grant-In-Aid Committee. The Committee is a joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives. The purpose of the Committee is to review requests for grant-in-aid and to develop the grant-in-aid appropriations bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| 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 | HB249 | Pass | An estimated 100,000 people in Delaware participate in some form of fantasy sports, whether it is a football or baseball league with their friends and family, or more recently, a daily or weekly contest against players from across the country. This l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-26
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB201 | Pass | This Act clarifies that after a physician-patient relationship has been properly established in accordance with this section, subsequent communications and treatment may be conducted as the doctor and patient deem appropriate. As with all practice of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB125 | Pass | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2018 Bond and Capital Improvements Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-03
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SCR33 | Engross | This resolution creates the Administrative Law Improvement Task Force, which is charged with reviewing Delawares Administrative Procedures Act and other related statutes for the purpose of making recommendations to modernize Delawares administrative ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-02
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SB53 | Intro | Delaware has consistently been regarded as the preeminent state nationwide with regards to its treatment of corporations due to the fact that the Delaware Corporate Code has continued to evolve in a way to ensure fairness in the treatment of corporat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-30
Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 On Its Merits, 2 Unfavorable |
| DE | HCR49 | Intro | This concurrent resolution establishes the Medicaid Cost Efficiency Task Force to study and make findings and recommendations regarding Delawares Medicaid program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
To House Health & Human Development 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 | HB266 | Intro | This act allows Sussex County government to create Enterprise Zones within the unincorporated areas of Sussex County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-29
To House Housing & Community Affairs Committee |
| DE | HB148 | Intro | This bill would allow Delaware residents two new deductions from personal income tax. The first is a deduction from taxable income of up to $2,500 for contributions to a 529 College Savings Plan. The second is a deduction from taxable income of up to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-27
To House Appropriations 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 | HB245 | Intro | This bill is intended to provide the General Assembly with the ability to review and evaluate the performance and achievements of the grant-in-aid recipients.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-20
To House Administration Committee |
| 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 | HB114 | Pass | The purpose of this amendment is to better protect the motorists of the State of Delaware by raising the minimum automobile bodily injury and property damage limits to reflect the current economic conditions. The minimum automobile liability limits h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-13
Signed by Governor |
| 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 | HCR31 | Engross | This resolution recognizes the month of May as "Poppy Month" in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-18
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| DE | HB186 | Intro | The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also referred to as the food stamp program, assists eligible low-income individuals with the purchase of food. This Act, known as the Delaware Nutritional Improvement Act, seeks to bring the Suppl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-17
To House Health & Human Development Committee |
