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DESB215Engross
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This Act requires the Department of Health and Social Services to inspect long-term care facilities on an annual basis.
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2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits
DESB235Enroll
75%
This Act brings the State in compliance with the federal regulation published by FMCSA on October 7, 2021, to establish a national drug and alcohol clearinghouse as mandated by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). This act ...
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2024-06-18
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
DESB238Enroll
75%
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...
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2024-06-18
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
DESB252Enroll
75%
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.
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2024-06-18
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
DESB254Engross
50%
This Act creates the Delaware Grocery Initiative.
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2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 On Its Merits
DESB247Engross
50%
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...
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2024-06-18
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING
DESB13Engross
50%
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...
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2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 2 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits
DESB270Engross
50%
This 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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2024-06-18
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
DESB274Engross
50%
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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2024-06-18
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
DESB278Engross
50%
This Act clarifies portions of Chapter 49 of Title 6 and Chapter 63 of Title 21 of the Delaware Code pertaining to motor vehicle dealers. These additions and modifications are intended to further improve our States franchise laws and ensure that Dela...
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2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 7 On Its Merits
DESB300Engross
50%
This Act requires crisis pregnancy centers in this state to provide notice if the center is not licensed by this state as a medical facility and does not have a licensed medical provider who provides or directly supervises, in person, the provision o...
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2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 3 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits
DESB301Engross
50%
Like Senate Bill No. 301, this Act, Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 301 requires public universities in this state to provide access to medication for the termination of pregnancy and emergency contraception. The medication and contracept...
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2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits
DESB302Engross
50%
This 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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2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits
DESB306Engross
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This Act makes technical changes and updates to the Delaware workplace safety program. Under current law, qualifying employers who pay $3,161 or more in annual workers' compensation premiums may be eligible for lower insurance premiums under the ...
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2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
DESB286Engross
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This Act codifies the Delaware Hispanic Commission (Commission). The Commission was created by former Governor Jack Markell in Executive Order Number 28 to combine and streamline the duties of the former Governors Council on Hispanic Affairs and the ...
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2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits
DESB321Intro
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This Act codifies rights afforded to persons with disabilities that are under guardianships pursuant to Chapters 39 and 39A in Title 12 of the Delaware Code. This Act also grants persons with disabilities the ability to motion the Court of Chancery f...
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2024-06-18
Amendment SA 1 to SB 321 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DESB319Engross
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This Act changes the requirements for continuing education for doctors related to Alzheimers disease or other dementias to require that doctors must only complete 2 hours of this continuing education once. Doctors who do not have direct patient inter...
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2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
DESB314Engross
50%
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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2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits
DESB318Intro
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This bill enables the Delaware Nutrient Management Commission to regulate the application of nutrients to turf by commercial nutrient handlers. The law excludes athletic fields, golf courses, and land used in the production for sale of sod or seed an...
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2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
DESB150Enroll
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This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 150. Like Senate Bill No. 150, this Act requires included facilities have sufficient staff to meet the needs of each resident and requires dementia care services training for staff. This Act differs from S...
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2024-06-13
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
DESB3FailThis 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...
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2024-06-13
Defeated By House. Votes: 25 YES 10 NO 6 NOT VOTING
DESB151Enroll
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This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 151. Like Senate Bill No. 151, this Act requires included facilities to disclose information related dementia care services in the form determined by the Department of Health and Social Services, and it es...
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2024-06-13
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
DESB245Engross
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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...
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2024-06-13
To House Appropriations Committee
DESB299Engross
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Under Title 29, Section 5805, no state employee, no state officer, and no private enterprise in which a state employee or state officer has a legal or equitable ownership of more than 10% (more than 1% in the case of a corporation whose stock is regu...
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2024-06-13
To House Administration Committee
DESB283Engross
50%
This 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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2024-06-13
[Hearing: Jun 20 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Appropriations Committee
DESB332Intro
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This Act requires the Department of Health and Social Services, in consultation with persons interested in the sale and pricing of prescription drugs as well as interested federal and state officials and agencies, to design and implement a wholesale ...
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2024-06-13
To Senate Executive Committee
DESB169Engross
50%
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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2024-06-12
Not Worked in Committee
DESB234Engross
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This bill will extend the timeframe for a customer to apply for a document fee credit refund from 15 days to 30 days. This change will improve customer service by allowing a customer more time to submit the applicable paperwork.
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2024-06-12
Reported Out of Committee (Revenue & Finance) in House with 9 On Its Merits
DESB22Engross
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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...
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2024-06-12
Reported Out of Committee (Housing) in House with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits
DESB272Engross
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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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2024-06-12
[Hearing: Jun 20 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Appropriations Committee
DESB279Engross
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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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2024-06-12
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 15 On Its Merits
DESB305Engross
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This Act streamlines and modernizes the State Early Childhood Education Program in § 3001 of Title 14, also referred to as State-funded early care and education, as follows:
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2024-06-12
[Hearing: Jun 20 @ 11:00 am]
To House Education Committee
DESB282Engross
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This 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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2024-06-12
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
DESB265Engross
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The Delaware Energy Solutions Act of 2024 authorizes processes necessary to help meet the net zero goals of the Climate Change Solutions Act of 2023. The bill facilitates a transition to carbon-free energy sources by (i) preparing for offshore wind t...
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2024-06-12
[Hearing: Jun 20 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Appropriations Committee
DESB180Intro
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This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 180. Like Senate Bill No. 180, this Act is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution that does all of the following:
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2024-06-11
was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 180
DESB202Engross
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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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2024-06-11
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 2 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits
DESB259Enroll
75%
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...
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2024-06-11
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
DESB273Engross
50%
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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2024-06-11
Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 6 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
DESB322Intro
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This Act updates the Grace Firestone Act to strengthen regulations for member schools regarding sudden cardiac arrest. The Act requires member schools to develop an athletic emergency action plan and have an automated external defibrillator (AED) les...
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2024-06-11
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee
DESB236Engross
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This 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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2024-06-06
Amendment HA 1 to SB 236 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
DESB289Engross
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This Act amends Title 16, Chapter 76 of the Delaware Code relating to energy conservation identified in county and municipal building and plumbing codes. Consistent with codes in other States, including New York, Rhode Island, and Washington, among o...
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2024-06-06
To House Natural Resources & Energy Committee
DESB205PassThis Act promotes increased capital investment at Delaware casinos by restructuring the table games licensing fee reduction currently received by lottery agents to allow capital investments greater than the minimum amounts required under § 4815(b)(3...
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2024-05-24
Signed by Governor
DESB207Enroll
75%
This Act eliminates the sunset provision contained in Chapter 170, Volume 84 of the Laws of Delaware related to xylazine.
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2024-05-23
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
DESB209Enroll
75%
This act adds adult sibling of a decedent to the definition of next of kin in Chapter 47 of Title 29 of the Delaware Code relating to the Division of Forensic Science. This expansion of the definition of next of kin will, for example, allow the Medic...
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2024-05-23
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
DESB223Enroll
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This Act is the product of the work of stakeholders who, with the encouragement of Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 50 (152nd General Assembly), met to examine how to integrate mobile-integrated healthcare and community paramedicine into existing reg...
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2024-05-23
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
DESB216Engross
50%
This Act increases the civil penalties for violations of the statutes in Title 16, Chapter 11 related to Long Term Care Facilities and the regulations adopted pursuant to it. For violations that the Department determines pose a serious threat to the ...
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2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 2 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits
DESB237Engross
50%
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...
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2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Housing) in House with 5 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
DESB200Enroll
75%
This bill provides important consumer protections for property insurance contracts by improving the reliability of mailed notifications of policy cancellation or renewal. Section 1 of this bill requires insurers to deliver any homeowners notices of c...
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2024-05-21
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DESB20Enroll
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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.
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2024-05-21
Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT
DESB23Intro
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Accessory dwelling units (ADUs), also known as in-law units or garage apartments, are valuable and convenient forms of housing that can help to increase Delawares housing supply. In order to expand affordable housing opportunities, this Act requires ...
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2024-05-20
To Senate Housing & Land Use Committee
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