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DEHB333PassThis 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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2024-07-17
Signed by Governor
DEHB19PassThis Act creates a background special license plate for the United Way of Delaware Pride Council.
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2024-07-17
Signed by Governor
DESB236PassThis 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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2024-07-17
Signed by Governor
DESB234PassThis 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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2024-07-17
Signed by Governor
DEHB334PassThis Act makes several technical and logistical corrections to the Delaware Marijuana Control Act.
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2024-07-17
Signed by Governor
DESB302PassThis 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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2024-07-17
Signed by Governor
DESB306PassThis 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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2024-07-17
Signed by Governor
DEHB408PassThis Act creates a temporary conversion license for existing medical marijuana compassion centers to operate for recreational marijuana purposes, and sets forth requirements to obtain a conversion license and to operate under such a license. This Act...
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2024-07-17
Signed by Governor
DEHB442PassThis Act creates the Affordable Housing Production Task Force (Task Force). The purpose and mission of the Task Force is to investigate and make findings and rcommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on how the State and local governmen...
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2024-07-17
Signed by Governor
DEHB223Enroll
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This Act amends the continuing education requirements for nursing professionals, mandating that all nursing professionals receive at least one hour of continuing education in each reporting period on the recognition of sexual or physical abuse, explo...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
DESB169Enroll
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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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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB212Enroll
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House Substitute No. 2 to House Bill 212 prohibits manufactured home community owners from increasing rent if the rent was increased by 5 percent or more the previous year or rental period, instead permitting an increase capped at 3 percent. This Act...
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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 29 YES 10 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT
DEHB86Enroll
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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...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DESB215Enroll
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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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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
DEHB16Enroll
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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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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB14Enroll
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This Act creates a new license for the use of trotlines in commercial crabbing. This Act prohibits a person from possessing a commercial crab pot license and trotline license at the same time.
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB301FailThis Act is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty.
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2024-06-30
Defeated By House. Votes: 24 YES 15 NO 2 NOT VOTING
DEHB298Enroll
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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...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB326PassThis is a substitute for House Bill No. 326.
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2024-06-30
Signed by Governor
DESB232Enroll
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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.
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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 5 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT
DESB235PassThis 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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2024-06-30
Signed by Governor
DEHB349PassThis bill codifies that the Superior Court Veterans Treatment Court is a qualified rehabilitation program under § 4177D of Title 21 of the Delaware Code for persons seeking to have their driver's licenses reinstated after a DUI. This Act makes t...
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2024-06-30
Signed by Governor
DEHB340Enroll
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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.
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DESB252PassSenate 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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2024-06-30
Signed by Governor
DESB25Enroll
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This Act exempts contracts for the construction of affordable housing units from the 2% realty transfer tax imposed under 30 Del. C. § 5402(f).
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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
DESB22Enroll
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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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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
DESB245Enroll
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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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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
DESB246Enroll
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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.
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DESB247Enroll
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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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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NOT VOTING
DESB13Enroll
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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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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB373PassThis Act amends Chapter 49 of Title 29 to enable the Office of Highway Safety to solicit and receive subscriptions, donations, and other funds from individuals or organizations for the purpose of implementing highway safety programs and projects that...
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2024-06-30
Signed by Governor
DEHB372Engross
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This Substitute bill clarifies that the definition of day does not include Saturday, Sunday, any federal holiday, or any State legal holiday when the specified number of days is 12 or less. When the specified number of days is more than 12 days, day ...
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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
DESB270PassThis 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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2024-06-30
Signed by Governor
DESB274Enroll
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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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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
DESB289Enroll
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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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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
DEHB310Enroll
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The United States Space Force was established on December 20, 2019 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act. The Space Force became the 6th branch of the United States Armed Forces. This Act inserts the Space Force in those sections of the D...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB389Enroll
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This Substitute for House Bill No. 389, like House Bill No. 389, provides for an annual raffle license that will allow a licensee to hold up to 20 raffle events each year, requires the licensee to notify the Board at least 7 days prior to a raffle ev...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DESB299Enroll
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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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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
DESB300Enroll
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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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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 23 YES 15 NO 3 ABSENT
DESB301Enroll
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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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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 16 NO 1 ABSENT
DESB283Enroll
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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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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
DESB265Enroll
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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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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 15 NO 1 ABSENT
DESB282Enroll
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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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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
DEHB419Enroll
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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...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB439Enroll
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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.
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO
DEHB423Enroll
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This Act permits a farm winery to apply for a license for use of a portion of the farm winery premises as a restaurant.
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB437Enroll
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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...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB440Enroll
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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.
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO
DEHB411Enroll
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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.
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DESB314Enroll
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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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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
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