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DEHB13Engross
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This Act requires the Director of the Sustainable Energy Utility to administer a program to provide financial assistance to Delaware residents for the cost of purchase and installation of electric vehicle supply equipment. For a low-income applicant ...
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2024-04-18
To Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee
DEHB140Engross
50%
This Act permits a terminally ill individual who is an adult resident of Delaware to request and self-administer medication to end the individual's life in a humane and dignified manner if both the individual's attending physician or attendin...
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2024-04-18
To Senate Executive Committee
DEHB270Engross
50%
This Act creates a civil penalty for any sale or display of ammunition that allows the ammunition to be accessible to a purchaser or transferee without the assistance of the vendor or an employee of the vendor. Ammunition in an enclosed display case,...
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2024-04-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee
DEHB253Engross
50%
This Act is a substitute for House Bill 253. Like HB 253, it requires health insurance companies, including State employee/retiree health plans and Medicaid, to cover annual mammograms for the purpose of early detection for a woman 40 years of age or...
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2024-04-18
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee
DEHB274Intro
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Early, sustained exposure to peanut and egg proteins in the infant diet significantly reduces the risk that an infant will develop a peanut or egg allergy, saving lives and future health care costs. Following multiple clinical studies, the current gu...
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2024-04-17
Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
DEHB304Engross
50%
This Act mandates that all individuals who have received a conditional offer of employment with DTI and any contractor or third party that requires access to DTI systems, facilities, or data, must undergo a state and federal criminal background check...
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2024-04-17
Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
DEHB18Engross
50%
This bill amends the Merit System of Personnel Administration by allowing for preference in hiring for casual seasonal employees who are performing the same job duties of a posted merit position.
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2024-04-17
Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
DEHB17Intro
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This Act requires all employers in the State to provide employees with a minimum of 1 hour of earned sick time and safety leave for every 30 hours worked. For employers of fewer than 10 employees, the time may be unpaid, job-protected time instead of...
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2024-04-17
To House Appropriations Committee
DEHB319Intro
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This Act requires the Department of Human Resources to develop an executive branch policy restricting nepotism in state employment and prohibiting supervision of a state employee by a relative. It further requires the legislative and judicial branche...
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2024-04-17
Amendment HA 2 to HB 319 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DEHB326Intro
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This is a substitute for House Bill No. 326.
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2024-04-17
was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 326
DEHB374Intro
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This Act updates House Bill 455 from the 151st General Assembly by providing the same legal protections afforded providers of contraceptive and abortion services to providers of fertility treatment. In summary, this Act does the following:
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2024-04-17
To House Judiciary Committee
DEHB353Intro
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This Act provides civil and criminal remedies for the wrongful disclosure of deep fakes that depict individuals in the nude or engaging in sexual conduct. It provides the same remedies as those available under: (1) the Delaware Uniform Civil Remedies...
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2024-04-17
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
DEHB380Intro
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This Act makes technical changes for clarity by adding a definition of mental condition to the Code section that deals with relinquishment of firearms for persons who may be a danger to self or others (also known as a red flag law). It also extends t...
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2024-04-17
[Hearing: Apr 24 @ 11:00 am]
To House Judiciary Committee
DEHB147Intro
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This Act is a substitute for House Bill No. 147. Like House Bill No. 147, this Act provides a mechanism for the nonprobate transfer of real estate. This is done by permitting an owner of an interest in real estate to execute and record a transfer on ...
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2024-04-16
was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 147
DEHB127Engross
50%
This Act provides each county with the ability to impose, by duly enacted ordinance, a fire protection fee (fee). A county that enacts this fee must do all of the following:
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2024-04-16
To Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee
DEHB288Enroll
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This Act changes the name of the Division of Research to the "Division of Legislative Services" (Division) to more fully reflect the tasks that the Division performs. In addition to legislative research, the Division's tasks include dra...
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2024-04-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB322Engross
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This Act establishes the Delaware Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage and Culture.
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2024-04-16
To Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee
DEHB364Intro
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This Act requires that individual, blanket, and group health insurance carriers cover drug treatment for the associated conditions of metastatic cancer in the same way treatment for metastatic cancer is covered. Specifically, it requires insurance co...
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2024-04-16
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 5 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
DEHB363Intro
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This Act requires a landlord who provides a dwelling place to a person as part of their employment compensation to provide them with a disclosure form advising them of the conditions and requirements for occupancy and vacancy of the premises once the...
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2024-04-11
[Hearing: Apr 24 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Housing Committee
DEHB371Intro
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This Act changes how the Insurance Commissioner and the State Treasurer provide for distributions from taxes collected by the Insurance Commissioner to be made to fire companies or departments in Delaware. The current method for reporting, calculatin...
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2024-04-11
[Hearing: Apr 23 @ 12:00 pm]
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee
DEHB285Enroll
75%
This Act amends the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act by removing the requirement that a patient have a debilitating medical condition to qualify for a registry identification card, instead allowing health-care providers to make the determination of whe...
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2024-03-28
Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 NO
DEHB313Engross
50%
This Act ensures that all female inmates in DDOC custody, at level IV or V, receive annual or biennial screening mammograms as recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force.
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2024-03-28
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee
DEHB318Intro
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This Act increases the exemption in bankruptcy and other debt proceedings for a debtors personal residence from $125,000 to $200,000. The exemption has been limited to $125,000 since 2012 while home prices have increased dramatically in the interveni...
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 9 On Its Merits
DEHB308Intro
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This Act mandates that employees of institutions of higher education and students receive training in sexual assault prevention. Although the current law makes training available, it has not been required. This Act further changes the reporting perio...
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits
DEHB312Engross
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School board members are currently required to engage both in financial responsibility training and a training to understand educational and legal issues about due process and special education. This Act will require that a school board president inf...
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
DEHB24Engross
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This Act creates a new charitable donation option on the Delaware income tax return. It allows taxpayers to direct a donation to the SL24: Unlocke the Light Foundation out of their state tax refund or in addition to the payment of owed tax. The Found...
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
DEHB337Intro
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This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the LP Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amend...
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 8 On Its Merits
DEHB339Intro
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This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act (the GP Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments to...
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 8 On Its Merits
DEHB336Intro
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This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the LLC Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments to ...
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 8 On Its Merits
DEHB332Intro
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This Act codifies the teacher academy pathways program that prepares students for careers in elementary and secondary education. Among other things, it requires the DOE to update and revise statewide standards and guidelines for teacher academies and...
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 14 On Its Merits
DEHB338Intro
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This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (the Statutory Trust Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of proposed amendments to th...
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2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 8 On Its Merits
DEHB115Intro
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This Act does all of the following:
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2024-03-21
Stricken in House
DEHB15PassThis Act requires all individual, blanket, and group health insurance policies to cover annual ovarian cancer screening tests for women at risk for ovarian cancer. It further expands the scope of monitoring tests available to women subsequent to ovar...
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2024-03-21
Signed by Governor
DEHB328Engross
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Senate Bill No. 288 of the 151st General Assembly (Chapter 371 of Volume 83 of the Laws of Delaware) created a pilot program whereby motorcyclists are permitted to use pulsating headlights as a way to alert other drivers of their presence, without al...
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2024-03-21
To Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee
DEHB106PassThis Act codifies the Motorcycle Rider Education Advisory Committee (Committee). The Committee must meet at least quarterly to monitor the Motorcycle Rider Education Program and assess the future needs of and recommend improvements to the Program.
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2024-03-20
Signed by Governor
DEHB286Engross
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Like House Bill No. 286, House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill No. 286 prohibits discrimination in life insurance based on genetic characteristics, genetic information, or the result of any genetic test.
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2024-03-19
To Senate Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee
DEHB16Intro
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This Act requires that Medicaid and State employee health plans cover: (1) ovarian cancer monitoring tests for women treated for ovarian cancer; and (2) annual screening tests for women at risk for ovarian cancer.
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2024-03-19
To House Appropriations Committee
DEHB329Intro
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This Act addresses the growing concern over the safety of emergency responders. It increases the penalties for persons who violate this section, which requires drivers to yield the right of way to an emergency vehicle making use of audible or visual ...
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2024-03-19
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 8 On Its Merits
DEHB333Intro
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This Act creates the Delaware Artificial Intelligence ("AI") Commission. This Commission shall be tasked with making recommendations to the General Assembly and Department of Technology and Information on AI utilization and safety within th...
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2024-03-13
Reported Out of Committee (Technology & Telecommunications) in House with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
DEHB247Intro
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There were 139 traffic fatalities in Delaware in 2021, the highest number of traffic fatalities since 2006. Senate Concurrent Resolution 94 of the 151st Delaware General Assembly set a goal of no more than 100 traffic fatalities per year and tasked s...
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2024-03-12
Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in House with 5 On Its Merits
DEHB272Intro
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This act regulates persons who receive compensation for advising or assisting with veterans' benefits earned by serving our nation in the military. This bill would not prohibit persons or business entities from receiving compensation for advice t...
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2024-03-12
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
DEHB342Intro
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This Act creates a Voluntary Firearms Do-Not-Sell Registry in which an applicant may voluntarily enroll for the purpose of being prohibited from obtaining a firearm. An individual on the Registry may request removal from the Registry no sooner than 3...
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2024-03-12
[Hearing: Apr 24 @ 11:00 am]
To House Judiciary Committee
DEHB250PassThis bill creates a special license plate for the University of Delaware Athletics Community and Campus Recreation to promote and support the University of Delaware Athletics Community and Campus Recreations mission to provide meaningful learning exp...
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2024-03-07
Signed by Governor
DEHB330Intro
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This Act increases the amount of the annual appropriation to prefund future State employee retiree health insurance as recommended by the Retiree Healthcare Benefits Advisory Subcommittee of the State Employee Benefits Committee. Like other required ...
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2024-03-07
To House Administration Committee
DEHB264Intro
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This Act makes the crime of patronizing a prostitute a class E felony rather than a misdemeanor where the person from whom prostitution is sought is a minor.
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2024-03-06
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
DEHB295Intro
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Currently Delaware has no cap on dealer processing fees which permits motor vehicle dealers to arbitrarily charge whatever amounts they wish leading to great discrepancy of these fees among dealers and a lack of protection for consumers. Currently Pe...
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2024-03-05
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 5 On Its Merits
DEHB307Intro
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This Act provides a tuition waiver for victims of human trafficking who are enrolled in the University of Delaware, Delaware State University, or Delaware Technical Community College.
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2024-02-29
To House Education Committee
DEHB311Intro
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In many states acts of violence have been committed with the use of firearms on college and university campuses that have resulted in both injury and death to students and faculty. This Act adds post-secondary colleges and universities to the Safe Sc...
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2024-02-29
[Hearing: Apr 24 @ 11:00 am]
To House Judiciary Committee
DEHB116PassThis Act requires public institutions of higher learning to grant credit for advanced placement examination scores of 3 or higher. An instution may require a score higher than 3 if the credit is to be used for meeting a course requirement for a parti...
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2024-02-28
Signed by Governor
DEHB91PassThis Act creates a new offense of Aggravated Criminal Mischief with enhanced penalties (class D felony) applicable when an individual knowingly damages or tampers with critical utility infrastructure intending to disrupt utility services. In recent y...
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2024-02-28
Signed by Governor
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