| DE | HB21 | Engross
50% | This Act bans the sale of Tianeptine in the State by identifying it as a Schedule I controlled substance. Tianeptine, also known as gas station heroin, is an antidepressant drug that is not approved by the FDA and is being sold as a dietary supplemen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
[Hearing: Mar 26 @ 10:00 am]
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee |
| DE | HB20 | Engross
50% | This Act expands the statute for obtaining criminal background checks from just employees and contractors within the Department of Labor, Division of Unemployment Insurance who have access to federal tax information, to all new hires, transfers, prom...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
To Senate Labor Committee |
| DE | SB61 | Engross
50% | This bill requires disclosure of votes cast at meetings of, or matters before, the PJM Interconnection Regional Transmission Organization.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT |
| DE | SB60 | Engross
50% | This Act requires the Delaware Public Service Commission to ensure that all regulated utilities do not use customer funds to subsidize unregulated activities for example, lobbying activities, political contributions, charitable contributions, and cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT |
| DE | SB59 | Engross
50% | Public utilities are regulated monopolies. Practically speaking, a public utility has no competition in its service territory and, therefore, does not face the economic risks that a for-profit, non-utility company must face. By law, a public utility ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT |
| DE | HCR12 | Engross
50% | This Resolution pays tribute to the men and women of the Delaware National Guard for their service and sacrifices in support of defending our state and nation, and recognizes the outstanding advocacy provided by the National Guard Association of Dela...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT |
| DE | HCR19 | Engross
50% | This House Concurrent Resolution designates the 21st day of the Month of March 2025 as Rock Your Socks for World Down Syndrome Day and celebrates the beauty and contributions that people with Down syndrome make in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT |
| DE | SB77 | Intro
25% | This Act prohibits the sale of electronic smoking devices and nicotine vapor products that are not included in a directory of manufacturers and products eligible to be sold in the state. To be added to the directory, manufacturers of electronic smoki...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee |
| DE | HB22 | Engross
50% | This Act provides that commissioned constables have the authority to direct traffic, if they are doing so while in the performance of the lawful duties of employment. In addition to explicitly granting constables this power under § 5609 of Title 24,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-19
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB11 | Engross
50% | This Act aligns state special education law with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and its implementing regulations, and also clarifies that a parents representative may obtain copies of a students special education records.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-19
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB49 | Intro
25% | This Act makes changes to the Delaware Child Care Act to clarify that early education programs run by state or local education agencies are subject to a parallel regulatory and monitoring structure administered by the Office of Child Care Licensing t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-19
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB69 | Intro
25% | This Act updates the DOEs standards for selecting and and implementing statewide reading screeners and literacy intervention approaches. In summary, this Act does the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-19
Not Worked in Committee |
| DE | HB140 | Engross
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
To Senate Executive Committee |
| DE | HB26 | Intro
25% | This Act makes it unlawful to possess, operate any motor vehicle with, purchase, install, manufacture, sell, offer to sell, or otherwise distribute a number plate flipping device. A number plate flipping device means a manual, electric, or mechanical...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 4 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB9 | Engross
50% | Section 4 of this Act requires a paid elected official or paid appointed official of this State or any political subdivision of this State (official) who is also employed by a state agency or a political subdivision of this State to disclose the dual...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
To Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee |
| DE | HB38 | Engross
50% | This Act requires an institution of higher education that receives funding from this State to keep and provide records for an elected or appointed official who is employed by the institution of higher education. The University of Delaware and Delawar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
To Senate Education Committee |
| DE | HB18 | Intro
25% | Section 1 of this Act allows the Department of Insurance to retain a portion of the licensing fees for insurance professionals in the Regulatory Revolving Fund. Section 1 of this bill also increases the maximum unencumbered balance that the Commissio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 8 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB67 | Intro
25% | This Act creates a new chapter in Title 21 pertaining to the towing of vehicles without the consent of the owner or operator. It makes violations of the chapter an unlawful practice enforceable by the Consumer Protection Unit of the Department of Jus...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 5 Favorable |
| DE | HB84 | Intro
25% | This bill prohibits employers from requiring employees to participate in mandatory meetings or communications that are religious or political in nature. This bill also prohibits employers from punishing employees for the refusing to participate in th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
To House Labor Committee |
| DE | HB82 | Intro
25% | This Act requires that a school board candidate and member be an inhabitant of the district, or designated portion of a district, that member represents. Inhabitant is defined for this purpose as a person who both claims legal residence and physicall...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
[Hearing: Mar 26 @ 3:00 pm]
To House Education Committee |
| DE | HB77 | Intro
25% | This Act requires that members of school boards, including charter school boards, receive training on all of the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
[Hearing: Mar 26 @ 3:00 pm]
To House Education Committee |
| DE | HB83 | Intro
25% | This Act requires school boards to allow members to attend school board meetings by a remote method under certain limited circumstances relating to health or military deployments. A school board member attending by electronic means under this legisla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
[Hearing: Mar 26 @ 3:00 pm]
To House Education Committee |
| DE | HB85 | Intro
25% | Under current law, both school board members who are elected and those who are appointed to fill vacancies until the next election are required to complete a background check. However, the statute is currently unclear as to how a background check get...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
[Hearing: Mar 26 @ 3:00 pm]
To House Education Committee |
| DE | HB23 | Engross
50% | This Act makes the following changes to human trafficking law:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-13
[Hearing: Mar 26 @ 2:00 pm]
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| DE | HB15 | Intro
25% | This Act permits early childhood educators in the public schools to use and encourage play-based learning in preschool, kindergarten, and grades 1 through 3 in their classrooms and in their curriculum. Play-based learning is defined as any learning a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-13
Amendment HA 1 to HB 15 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| DE | SCR24 | Engross
50% | This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes and honors Irelands contributions to the United States War of Independence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-13
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | HB43 | Engross
50% | This bill adopts an inmate mailbox rule similar to the federal inmate mailbox rule. If a pro se inmate files an appeal while incarcerated, the date of filing will be counted as the date that that the inmate gave the appeal to the DOC officials for ma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| DE | HB50 | Intro
25% | This Act addresses energy costs to consumers by redirecting certain funds to supplement the existing Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and by creating the Delaware Energy Fund to provide assistance to consumers whose household income is less ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-12
Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 5 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable |
| DE | SB40 | Intro
25% | Section 1 of this Act makes a pattern or practice of violations by a landlord of a Manufactured Home Community of subchapters I through V of Chapter 70 of Title 25 of the Delaware Code, or a provision of a rental agreement, an unlawful practice under...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| DE | HB47 | Intro
25% | This Act incorporates changes made by HS1 for HB204, which was passed by both chambers during the 151st General Assembly, but never enacted into law. It removes the exemption for private schools and youth camps that allows them to use a name-based, r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-12
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 3 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB31 | Intro
25% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-11
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 3 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB64 | Intro
25% | This Act requires that school board meetings have a means for the public to view and provide comment remotely.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-11
[Hearing: Mar 26 @ 3:00 pm]
To House Education Committee |
| DE | HB51 | Intro
25% | Currently, the Delaware Educator Apprenticeship Progam offers teacher apprenticeships to aspiring educators in Delaware. This Act expands the Delaware Educator Apprenticeship Program to include paraprofessional apprenticeships (paraprofessional regis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-06
To House Education Committee |
| DE | SB63 | Intro
25% | Chapter 35 of Title 19 prohibits an employer from improperly classifying an individual who is an employee as an independent contractor. Not only is this improper classification unfair to employees because it violates state and federal laws related to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-06
To Senate Labor Committee |
| DE | HB42 | Intro
25% | This Act does all of the following regarding suspected human trafficking of children:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-06
To House Judiciary Committee |
| DE | HB63 | Intro
25% | Delaware's current fireworks laws have led to confusion among consumers and noncompliance, with individuals frequently using fireworks outside of legally permitted days. Many consumers are unaware they are breaking the law, while those who knowin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-06
[Hearing: Mar 25 @ 11:00 am]
To House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee |
| DE | HB27 | Engross
50% | This Act makes changes to the operating requirements for the Delaware Anti-Trafficking Action Council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
[Hearing: Mar 26 @ 2:00 pm]
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| DE | SCR8 | Engross
50% | This resolution recognizes January 2025, as National Mentoring Month in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SCR4 | Engross
50% | This Concurrent Resolution honors and recognizes the leadership and achievements of African Americans and urges the celebration of Black History Month.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | HB19 | Intro
25% | This Act requires that Department of Finance employees submit to criminal background checks and are subject to continuous criminal history monitoring. It also authorizes the Department to submit contractors or third parties, that require or may requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
To House Administration Committee |
| DE | HB12 | Intro
25% | This Act creates a scholarship for students who have completed a Delaware Teacher Academy and are enrolled in a Delaware Educator Preparation Program. This scholarship supplements the Educator Support Scholarship and is intended to fill a $2500 fundi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 11 On Its Merits |
| DE | HCR9 | Engross
50% | This Concurrent Resolution designates the week of February 24-February 28, PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK and commends the hard work of educators and staff. It also calls upon Delawareans to support public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 VACANT |
| DE | SB52 | Intro
25% | Current law allows pensioners to be employed in a Governor-appointed position or as a temporary, casual, seasonal, or substitute employee, including as a substitute teacher, but only after a 6-month separation of service period if the pensioner is un...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
[Hearing: Mar 26 @ 3:00 pm]
To Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee |
| DE | HCR4 | Engross
50% | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 1 ABSENT 2 VACANT |
| DE | SB48 | Intro
25% | This Act adds intentional interference with the operation of a school bus to the offense of disorderly conduct. Intentional interference with a school bus may include boarding a school bus and refusing to exit after being lawfully ordered to do so by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-22
To Senate Education Committee |
| DE | HCR2 | Engross
50% | The Public Education Funding Commission was first established under Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 201 of the 152nd General Assembly. This Concurrent Resolution re-establishes the Commission to continue its comprehensive review of public education ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-21
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 VACANT |
| DE | SCR3 | Engross
50% | This Senate Concurrent Resolution honors and recognizes the leadership, achievements, and sacrifices of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and urges all citizens of the First State to participate fittingly in the observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Da...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-16
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | HB100 | Intro
25% | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-15
To House Appropriations Committee |
| DE | HB101 | Intro
25% | This Act appropriates $17,561,900 to provide one-time funded projects through the Office of Management and Budget.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-15
To House Appropriations Committee |
| DE | SB3 | Intro
25% | This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment to eliminate the limitations on when an individual may vote absentee and provide an absolute right to vote by absentee ballot without an excuse. This Act is in response to the Supreme Courts dec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-03
[Hearing: Mar 26 @ 3:00 pm]
To Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee |
