| DE | SB233 | Engross
50% | This Act establishes employment protections for certain service employees during changes of ownership by requiring all of the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO |
| DE | SB252 | Intro
25% | Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 252 is identical to Senate Bill No. 252 except that SS 1 for SB 252 corrects a spelling error in the synopsis to avoid confusion.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB244 | Engross
50% | This Act allows a county that imposes a lodging tax to spend money from that tax on workforce and affordable housing programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 3 NO 1 ABSENT |
| DE | SB256 | Intro
25% | This Act clarifies the Attorney Generals existing authority to enforce the States consumer protection laws, specifically the Attorney Generals ability to pursue non-penalty civil remedies, such as damages and restitution, without having to show that ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB276 | Engross
50% | This bill names the Newark Regional Transportation Center after United States Senator Thomas R. Carper.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | SB25 | Intro
25% | This Act exempts contracts for the construction of affordable housing units from the 2% realty transfer tax imposed under 30 Del. C. § 5402(f).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16
Amendment SA 1 to SB 25 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| DE | SR21 | Engross
50% | This resolution recognizes the efforts of Hawks, Inc. in helping with the clean-up of the 11th Street Bridge after Hurricane Ida in 2021.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | SCR144 | Engross
50% | This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes April 2024 as "Child Abuse Prevention Month" in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SCR145 | Intro
25% | This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes April 18, 2024, as "National Line Worker Appreciation Day" in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16
To Senate Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee |
| DE | SB268 | Intro
25% | Sections 1 and 2 of this Act update Chapter 8 of Title 12, the Uniform TOD Security Registration Act. Section 1 of this Act does the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-16
To Senate Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee |
| DE | SB132 | Intro
25% | Over the past decade, an increasing number of states have passed legislation establishing a Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights. At least 18 states have passed such legislation. Of these 18 states, 12 states have a Student Loan Ombudsperson and 13 h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| DE | SB243 | Engross
50% | This Act deletes the current Charter of the Village of Ardencroft (the "Village") and replaces it with a new charter that differs in several respects.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Administration Committee |
| DE | SB198 | Engross
50% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| DE | SB258 | Intro
25% | 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 good, or transporting passengers without a human safety operator being physically pres...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee |
| DE | SB259 | Intro
25% | This Act is a result of the Delaware Interscholastic Association ("DIAA") Task Force. Based on the findings of the task force, this Act updates and modernizes the DIAA Board of Directors' composition. This Act also makes technical corre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| DE | SB260 | Intro
25% | This 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| DE | SB220 | Enroll
75% | Medicaid is generally the payer of last resort, meaning that Medicaid only pays claims for covered items and services if there are no other liable third-party payers for the same items and services. When Medicaid beneficiaries have one or more additi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT |
| DE | SB238 | Engross
50% | This 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| DE | SCR132 | Engross
50% | This Senate Concurrent Resolution proclaims April 2024 as "Second Chance Month" in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SCR137 | Engross
50% | This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes March 29, 2024, as "National Vietnam War Veterans Day" in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SCR139 | Engross
50% | This resolution designates April 6, 2024, as "National Tartan Day" and commemorates the outstanding achievements and contributions made by Scottish-Americans to the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SCR140 | Engross
50% | This Senate Concurrent Resolution seeks to preserve the history of the famed World War II Black aviation units making up the Tuskegee Airmen. It also honors the Airmen as a group and names 13 Delawareans who have been identified thus far as having be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SB230 | Intro
25% | This Act clarifies that elected officials may not be prevented from engaging in constituent relations and that candidates for public office or staff or volunteers may not be prevented from engaging in election-related or similar activities in residen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB237 | Intro
25% | This Act amends the provisions in Title 9 of the Delaware Code relating to the county comprehensive plans for Sussex, Kent, and New Castle Counties, and Title 22 of the Delaware Code relating to municipal comprehensive plans for municipalities with p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB22 | Intro
25% | This Act establishes the Delaware Workforce Housing Program" (DWHP). Modeled after the Downtown Development District Program, the DWHP allows a qualified workforce housing investor to be reimbursed through a grant up to 20 percent of the capital...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Land Use) in Senate with 6 Favorable |
| DE | SB246 | Intro
25% | For over 30 years, the Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) has invested in home repair programs that make necessary repairs to improve the health and safety conditions in the homes of Delawareans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Land Use) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB13 | Intro
25% | Healthcare facility assessments are currently the second largest source of funding for states shares of Medicaid costs, behind general funds. Today, 49 states have at least one facility assessment in place, including Delaware, while 34 states and Was...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| DE | SCR125 | Engross
50% | This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes March 2024, as "Kidney Month" in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SB245 | Intro
25% | The Office of Foreclosure Prevention and Financial Education and the Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program were created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to assist homeowners at risk of foreclosure or already navigating the forecl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| DE | SCR138 | Engross
50% | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes The Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation, known as DEMEC, and community-owned, not-for-profit electric utilities throughout Delaware for their dedication to serving communities with programs that save energy a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SJR4 | Engross
50% | 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 7 On Its Merits |
| DE | SR19 | Engross
50% | This resolution recognizes March 25th as "Greek Independence Day" in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| DE | SR20 | Engross
50% | This resolution extends thoughts and prayers from the people of Delaware to our sister state of Maryland, to the victims families, and to the first responders who are assisting with the search and recovery efforts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | SB229 | Intro
25% | This Act extends the right of employees to inspect their own personnel files to former employees. Under this Act, an employer must permit a former employee to inspect the employee's own personnel files that exist at the time of the request. This ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To Senate Labor Committee |
| DE | SB254 | Intro
25% | This Act creates the Delaware Grocery Initiative. It directs the Office of State Planning Coordination (Office) to study food insecurity in urban and rural food deserts. The Act defines a food desert and directs the Office to expand access to healthy...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee |
| DE | SB247 | Intro
25% | This Act creates a clearer and workable system for ensuring that manufactured home communities with health and safety violations and conditions that threaten the health and safety of people in the community cannot continue to raise rents on residents...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To Senate Housing & Land Use Committee |
| DE | SB232 | Engross
50% | In light of the Federal Drug Administrations recent approval of over-the-counter non-emergency contraceptive pills, this bill expands the contraceptive coverage laws to include over-the-counter non-emergency contraceptive pills.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee |
| DE | SCR127 | Engross
50% | This resolution recognizes the week of March 17 through March 23, 2024, as National Agriculture Week in Delaware
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SB174 | Intro
25% | This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 174. Like Senate Bill No. 174, this Act adds Justices of the Peace, Commissioners in Superior Court, Family Court, and Court of Common Pleas, and Magistrates in Chancery to the State Judicial Pension Plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| DE | SB159 | Enroll
75% | This Act removes membership with the Blood Bank of Delaware as a recognized benefit by the State due to changes in policies in how hospitals and insurance companies bill for blood replacement and blood replacement procedures.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT |
| DE | SB2 | Enroll
75% | This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 2. Like Senate Bill No. 2 this Act does all of the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO |
| DE | SB203 | Engross
50% | Senate Bill 67, from the first session of the 152nd General Assembly, updated the crime of official misconduct. Senate Bill 67 intended to change the penalty for official misconduct from a class A misdemeanor to a graded system, where the penalty is ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House Judiciary Committee |
| DE | SB202 | Engross
50% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
[Hearing: Apr 23 @ 12:00 pm]
Amendment HA 1 to SB 202 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| DE | SCR120 | Engross
50% | This Resolution recognizes March 18, 2024, as "National Public Defense Day" in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SB20 | Engross
50% | The 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 5 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits |
| DE | SCR122 | Engross
50% | This resolution designates the week of March 11 through March 15, 2024, as Civic Learning Week in the State of Delaware to encourage schools and civic organizations to hold educational programs regarding civic duty and urge Delawareans to reflect upo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SB122 | Pass | This Act authorizes the Office of the Child Advocate and Office of the Investigation Coordinator to provide child victim data and information to the Office of Investigative Services during presentence investigations of defendants convicted of felony ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB3 | Engross
50% | This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment to eliminate the limitations on when an individual may vote absentee and authorizes the General Assembly to enact general laws providing the circumstances, rules, and procedures for absentee vot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
Amendment HA 1 to SB 3 - Stricken in House |
| DE | SB121 | Pass | This Act codifies that the Child Protection Accountability Commission, in conjunction with the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and their Families, is responsible for developing, maintaining, and conducting child abuse mandatory reporting,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SCR118 | Engross
50% | This resolution recognizes March 7, 2024, as "Delaware Giving Day."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
