| DE | HB204 | Engross
50% | This bill grants authority to the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) to adopt regulations related to the operation of temporary staffing agencies that staff temporary nurses and other staff positions in long-term care facilities in the S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-21
Amendment SA 1 to HB 204 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| DE | HB165 | Engross
50% | This bill codifies the prosecutions obligation under Brady v. Maryland, a United State Supreme Court case, which requires the prosecution to provide evidence favorable to an accused. The purpose of this bill is to ensure the fairness and finality of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
[Hearing: Jun 26 @ 12:00 pm]
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| DE | SB169 | Engross
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB247 | Engross
50% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
Amendment SA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| DE | SB215 | Engross
50% | This Act requires the Department of Health and Social Services to inspect long-term care facilities on an annual basis.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
[Hearing: Jun 25 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Appropriations Committee |
| DE | SJR6 | Engross
50% | This resolution directs health care professional licensure boards to review their existing professional licensure application language to revise or remove all intrusive and stigmatizing language around mental health care and treatment and replace it ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB254 | Engross
50% | This Act creates the Delaware Grocery Initiative.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
To House Appropriations Committee |
| DE | SB247 | Engross
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
To House Housing Committee |
| DE | SB245 | Engross
50% | 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] | 2024-06-20
Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB270 | Engross
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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
To House Administration Committee |
| DE | SB274 | Engross
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
To House Transportation Committee |
| DE | SB272 | Engross
50% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB305 | Engross
50% | 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:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable |
| DE | SB283 | Engross
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB265 | Engross
50% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 4 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB439 | Engross
50% | Delaware law prohibits discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics in housing and property transactions. This Act would add "housing status" as a protected characteristic.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
[Hearing: Jun 26 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Executive Committee |
| DE | HB437 | Engross
50% | This bill modifies the Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs employee requirements to make the Executive Director an exempt position, and to allow the hiring of non-veteran employees when needed. This will positively impact veteran families by redu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
To Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee |
| DE | HB440 | Engross
50% | Delaware law prohibits discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics in employment and professional activities. This Act would add "housing status" as a protected characteristic.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
[Hearing: Jun 26 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Executive Committee |
| DE | SJR8 | Engross
50% | This Joint Resolution designates August 31, 2024, as "International Overdose Awareness Day" in the State of Delaware and requires that in observance, the State flag be flown at half-staff at State facilities. By recognizing International Ov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT |
| DE | HB411 | Engross
50% | This bill seeks to amend sections of Chapter 66 concerning the members of Delaware Volunteer Fire Departments. This bill will hold current members to the same standards as applicants with relation to criminal activity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
To Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee |
| DE | HCR151 | Engross
50% | Recognizing the month of June as "Caribbean American Heritage Month" in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT |
| DE | SB318 | Engross
50% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT |
| DE | HB70 | Engross
50% | This Act eliminates the death penalty in Delaware. As such, the penalty for a person who is convicted of first-degree murder for an offense that was committed after the persons 18th birthday is imprisonment for the remainder of the persons natural li...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
[Hearing: Jun 26 @ 12:00 pm]
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| DE | HB86 | Engross
50% | This Act establishes a right to counsel for indigent parents in DSCYF custody proceedings. Parent representation will primarily be provided by a legal services entity contracted with the Family Court, but may also be provided by the Office of Defense...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| DE | HB16 | Engross
50% | 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| DE | HB298 | Engross
50% | This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committees (JLOSC) review of Adult Protective Services. This Act creates the Vulnerable Adult Populations Commission (Commission), whose purpose is to improve the response to and redu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB340 | Engross
50% | This Act authorizes the creation of Family Justice Centers within Delaware to provide victims of crime with a single source to obtain resources and support services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
[Hearing: Jun 26 @ 12:00 pm]
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| DE | HB353 | Engross
50% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB13 | Engross
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 2 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB366 | Engross
50% | This Act sunsets the Technology Investment Council ("TIC"). The Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee ("JLOSC") reviewed TIC in 2022 and, as a result of the review, JLOSC sponsored House Bill No. 357 of the 151st Genera...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB368 | Engross
50% | This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's ("JLOSC") review of the Provider Advisory Board ("Board"). Based on its findings, JLOSC recommended sunsetting the Board, which is addressed in sep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB367 | Engross
50% | This Act sunsets the Provider Advisory Board (Board) and is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's ("JLOSC") review of the Board. The Board was created in 2011 at JLOSC's recommendation when it reviewed t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB364 | Engross
50% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB280 | Engross
50% | This Act makes several changes to the civil asset forfeiture proceedings of this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| DE | SB300 | Engross
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 3 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB301 | Engross
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB393 | Engross
50% | This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's ("JLOSC") review of Adult Protective Services ("APS"). JLOSC approved recommendations to modify several areas of the APS statute, Chapter 39 of Tit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB405 | Engross
50% | This Act removes the requirement that a juvenile can only be referred to the the Juvenile Offender Civil Citation Program a second or subsequent time if the juveniles prior referral was for a different offense than the second referral, allowing a juv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB302 | Engross
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB402 | Engross
50% | This Act requires new schools and state buildings over 50,000 square feet to meet certain requirements to ensure that the building's roof is able to support solar energy infrastructure.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB306 | Engross
50% | 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB286 | Engross
50% | 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB419 | Engross
50% | This Act requires the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families (DSCYF) to provide new luggage to children in foster care to use for the transportation of their personal belongings when entering custody, moving from one placement...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
[Hearing: Jun 26 @ 10:00 am]
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee |
| DE | HB423 | Engross
50% | This Act permits a farm winery to apply for a license for use of a portion of the farm winery premises as a restaurant.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
[Hearing: Jun 26 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Executive Committee |
| DE | HB426 | Engross
50% | This Act ensures that pregnant women in DOC custody, at Level IV or V, are able to meet with a doula or midwife to create a birth plan surrounding the birth of their child. Among other things, the birth plan must include a statement identifying a pre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
[Hearing: Jun 26 @ 12:00 pm]
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| DE | SB319 | Engross
50% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits |
| DE | SCR130 | Engross
50% | This Resolution proclaims June 19, 2024, as "Juneteenth National Independence Day" in Delaware and encourages the people of Delaware to reflect upon the significant roles and many contributions of African Americans, and to celebrate this da...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SB314 | Engross
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) ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits |
| DE | HCR155 | Engross
50% | This concurrent resolution recognizes the month of June 2024 as Pride Month in the state of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 NO |
| DE | HB404 | Engross
50% | To address the significant spread and impact of Lyme Disease in Delaware, this bill creates a Lyme Disease intervention fund. The fund shall be overseen by the Department of Agriculture and shall have the goal of reducing the prevalence of Lyme disea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits |
