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DESB282PassThis 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...
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2024-08-12
Signed by Governor
DESB283PassThis 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...
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2024-08-12
Signed by Governor
DESB238PassThis 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...
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2024-08-02
Signed by Governor
DESB260PassThis 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...
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2024-08-02
Signed by Governor
DESB215PassThis Act requires the Department of Health and Social Services to inspect long-term care facilities on an annual basis.
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2024-08-01
Signed by Governor
DESB228PassThis 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...
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2024-07-17
Signed by Governor
DESB302PassThis 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...
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2024-07-17
Signed by Governor
DESB236PassThis bill: (a) extends the expiration date for any new issuance or renewal of an ADA placard from 3 years to 8 years for a specific person with a diagnosis of a permanent disability and changing the minimum age from 85 to 80 years or older, (b) exten...
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2024-07-17
Signed by Governor
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This Joint Resolution directs the Division of Motor Vehicles to opt into the FMCSAs federal exemption that allows for first time CDL applicants seeking a school bus only endorsement on their drivers license. An applicants school bus only endorsement ...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
DESB274Enroll

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Affordable housing is key to building strong communities and neighborhoods. This act provides that the developer of a residential subdivision is provided a percentage credit towards the expense of offsite improvements to state-maintained highways con...
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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
DESB169Enroll

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This Act creates the Delaware Wrongful Conviction Compensation and Service Act. The Act provides compensation and reintegration services to individuals who have served sentences of incarceration, wrongful incarceration in a psychiatric institution, p...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DESB329Enroll

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This Act defines United States military pension for the exclusion for taxable income.
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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
DESB314Enroll

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This Act removes supervision from the scope of practice of a masters social worker. This Act also prohibits a masters social worker from providing supervision to a licensed clinical social worker applicant. The Board of Social Work Examiners (Board) ...
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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
DESB326PassThis Act appropriates $168,362,517 to provide one-time funded projects through the Office of Management and Budget.
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2024-06-30
Signed by Governor
DESB325PassThis Bill is the Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations Act.
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2024-06-30
Signed by Governor
DESB270PassThis Act is the statutory recognition of the recommendations set forth in the June 2, 2023, report of the DEFAC Benchmark Evaluation and Review Panel.
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2024-06-30
Signed by Governor
DESJR9PassThis Resolution provides the official revenue, refund, and unencumbered funds estimates for Fiscal Year 2024.
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2024-06-30
Signed by Governor
DESJR10PassThis Resolution provides the official revenue, refund, and unencumbered funds estimates for Fiscal Year 2025.
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2024-06-30
Signed by Governor
DESB327PassThis Act provides supplementary appropriations to certain Grants-in-Aid recipients for Fiscal Year 2025.
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2024-06-30
Signed by Governor
DESCR206FailThis Senate Concurrent Resolution establishes the Delaware Restoring the Family Unit Task Force.
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2024-06-30
Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 12 NO 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT
DESB198Enroll

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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...
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2024-06-27
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
DESB273Enroll

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This Act legalizes the sale and distribution of raw milk and products derived from raw milk by dairy producers directly to consumers for human consumption. This Act also removes the unused definitions of Delaware fresh milk and northeastern fresh mil...
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2024-06-27
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 NO
DESB254Enroll

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This Act creates the Delaware Grocery Initiative.
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2024-06-27
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
DESCR200Engross

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Because of the serious consequences of the drug overdose epidemic, this Senate Concurrent Resolution respectfully requests a report from the Delaware Department of Education to follow up on the recommendations contained in the 154-page Delaware Drug ...
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2024-06-27
Passed in House by Voice Vote
DESCR204Engross

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This Resolution designates July 26, 2024, as Americans with Disabilities Act Day in the State of Delaware.
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2024-06-27
Passed in House by Voice Vote
DESCR194Engross

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This Senate Concurrent Resolution designates October 12, 2024, at "National Farmer's Day" in the State of Delaware.
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2024-06-27
Passed in House by Voice Vote
DESB197Enroll

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This Act revises State procurement rules to require that beginning January 1, 2026, state agencies under Chapter 69 of Title 29 must purchase only native plants, including cultivars and hybrids of native plants, in the development of new landscaped a...
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2024-06-26
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
DESB279Enroll

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Section 2306 of Title 14 requires that when a new school is constructed or a major renovation is undertaken, the construction or renovation must include certain safety features, including a secured vestibule and the installation of "ballistic re...
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2024-06-26
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
DESB258Engross

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This Act prohibits any autonomous vehicle with a gross weight of 10,001 pounds or more from being operated on a Delaware highway for testing purposes, transporting goods, or transporting passengers without a human safety operator being physically pre...
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2024-06-26
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 6 On Its Merits
DESCR173Engross

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This Concurrent Resolution designates September 15-21, 2024, as "Adult Education and Family Literacy Week" in the State of Delaware.
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2024-06-26
Passed in House by Voice Vote
DESB202Enroll

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For claims for line of duty death benefits for covered persons, which include police officers, firefighters, auxiliary and volunteer ambulance and rescue company members, paramedics, and others, submitted on July 1, 2023, and thereafter, this Act inc...
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2024-06-25
Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 2 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT
DESB20PassThe primary purpose of this Act is to remove the requirement that a public school district employee who donates leave to another employee must donate 2 days of leave for the other employee to receive 1 day of leave.
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2024-06-25
Signed by Governor
DESB221Enroll

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This Act provides that the next of kin of a deceased police officer, member of a fire department, or member of the Delaware National Guard is entitled to a Delaware state flag if the deceased person served in at least 1 qualifying entity for at least...
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2024-06-25
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
DESB16Enroll

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The governance of this State relies on the qualifications and performance of the members of the Governors cabinet. The General Assembly finds that the confirmation process is an important step to ensure the qualifications and performance of the Gover...
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2024-06-25
Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT
DESB272Enroll

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Pharmacists in Delaware provide some of the same medical services as physicians, advance practice registered nurses, and physician assistants, including immunizations. The General Assembly has recently added to the services that pharmacists may provi...
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2024-06-25
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
DESB333Intro

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This Act eliminates the requirement that a school, school district, or licensed child care provider keep community notifications in a binder. Instead, schools, school district, or licensed child care providers are required to provide all of the follo...
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2024-06-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee
DESB191Intro

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This Act generally requires a student athlete to compete for athletic teams or in sports associated with their biological sex, as determined at or near birth and based on the students birth certificate or other government record if a birth certificat...
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2024-06-21
To Senate Education Committee
DESCR191Engross

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This Senate Concurrent Resolution proclaims October 6, 2024, as National Coaches Day in the State of Delaware.
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2024-06-20
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESCR183Engross

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This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes September 2024 as "Prostate Cancer Awareness Month" in the State of Delaware.
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2024-06-18
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESCR181Engross

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This resolution recognizes June 15, 2024, as "Elder Abuse Awareness Day" in Delaware.
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2024-06-18
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESCR189Engross

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This Senate Concurrent Resolution designates the month of July 2024 as "American Pride Month" in the State of Delaware.
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2024-06-18
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DESCR100FailThis resolution is an application for a Convention of the States under Article V of the Constitution of the United States.
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2024-06-13
Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 5 NO 7 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT
DESCR177Engross

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This Senate Concurrent Resolution proclaims Wednesday, June 12, 2024, as Women Veterans Day in the State of Delaware.
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2024-06-13
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESCR174Engross

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This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes the valuable contributions that the Lions Clubs International makes to our local communities, as well as the world at-large, by designating June 12, 2024, as "Delaware State Lions Day" in the Sta...
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2024-06-13
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESCR184Engross

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This Senate Concurrent Resolution proclaims June 17th as "Delaware Day of Service".
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2024-06-13
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESCR178Engross

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This Senate Concurrent Resolution designates October 21-27, 2024, as "Free Speech Week" in the State of Delaware.
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2024-06-12
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESCR176Engross

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This Senate Concurrent Resolution congratulates the class 2023 Eagle Scouts for having attained the highest rank one can earn in the Boy Scouts of America.
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2024-06-11
Passed In House by Voice Vote
DESB323Intro

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This Act removes prohibitions in Title 11 of the Delaware code regarding owning or possessing certain types of folding knives that may be opened with one hand. So-called "switch blade knives", which are more appropriately called automatic k...
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2024-06-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
DESB317Intro

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This Act requires a health-care practitioner to offer a patient ultrasound imaging and auscultation of fetal heart tone services before terminating a pregnancy. The patient is free to choose not to view the ultrasound or listen to the auscultation of...
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2024-06-06
To Senate Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee
DESCR163Engross

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This Concurrent Resolution designates May 27, 2024, as Brain Cancer Awareness Day in the State of Delaware. Brain Cancer Awareness Day brings attention to the experiences of individuals affected by brain cancer and empowers them to share their storie...
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2024-05-23
Passed In House by Voice Vote
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