| DE | HB171 | Intro | Sections 1, 4, and 6 clarify that the funds to satisfy income tax withholding on a sale of real estate by a non-resident shall be derived from the net proceeds of the real estate sale and permit the filing of the deed if the closing attorney can esta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-14
Suspension of Rules in House |
| DE | SB40 | Enroll | This bill allows the Court to suspend an amount of the fine for uninsured driving if the defendant provides evidence that they have now secured insurance, demonstrating compliance with the law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-13
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT |
| DE | HB9 | Enroll | This Act adds the term adjudication to this section of the criminal code to enable juvenile defendants to petition the court for their adjudications of delinquency to be vacated and their juvenile criminal record to be expunged in regard to crimes, o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-13
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | HB128 | Engross | This Act permits the extension of special education and related services to those students with a disability who turn 21 during the 2020-2021 school year to address unfinished learning as a result of the pandemic which resulted in the COVID-19 Declar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-13
[Hearing: May 18 @ 11:00 am]
To Senate Education Committee |
| DE | SCR28 | Enroll | This Senate Concurrent Resolutions proclaims April 2021 as "Second Chance Month" in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-13
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT |
| DE | SCR30 | Enroll | This resolution recognizes April 26 - May 1, 2021 as "Auctioneers Week" in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-13
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT |
| DE | SB122 | Intro | This Act provides that the County Attorney of New Castle County, consistent with other department directors of New Castle County government, is appointed by the County Executive with the advice and consent of the New Castle County Council. Pursuant t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-13
Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | SCR40 | Enroll | This Concurrent Resolution designates the week of May 10, 2021 to May 16, 2021 as National Charter Schools Week and commends Delaware's charter public schools for their efforts in educating Delaware students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-13
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT |
| DE | HCR25 | Enroll | This Resolution recognizes May 17, 2021 as the 67th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-13
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | SCR43 | Engross | This resolution directs the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources to cause the Department to instruct Executive agency human resources to conduct an equity review and analysis for every employee new hire or new promotion across State Executi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-13
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | SB95 | Engross | This bill will provide Delaware students with strong academic credentials and a demonstrated commitment to volunteer public service to receive scholarship monies sufficient to cover the full cost of tuition at Delaware State University. The intent of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-12
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 10 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB178 | Intro | Year-long teacher residency programs are a partnership between an educator preparation program and a Delaware school district or charter school to provide a year-long immersive experience for teacher candidates, allowing them a full and supported, on...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-12
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 7 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB74 | Engross | This Act relates to the police and fire pension fund provisions of Chapter 7, Title 18 of the Delaware Code. The Act clarifies that an eligible retiree must be alive on July 1 of each biennial payout year in order to receive the payment provided for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-11
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 2 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB72 | Engross | This Act clarifies that discrimination against any person because of religion is illegal under Chapter 45 of Title 6, the Delaware Equal Accommodations Act. Religion and religious beliefs were always intended to be protected under the Delaware Equal ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-11
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 4 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB124 | Intro | This Act prohibits a person who is the subject of a Protection from Abuse Order of the Family Court and who knows or has reason to know, that the Order has been issued from purchasing, owning, possessing, or controlling a deadly weapon or ammunition ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-06
Amendment HA 1 to HB 124 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| DE | SB111 | Engross | This Act creates an automatic expungement process for adult and juvenile charges that are eligible for mandatory expungement because under the petition-based system, only a small fraction of people eligible for expungement ever obtain this important ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-06
[Hearing: May 19 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| DE | HB177 | Intro | This Act prohibits the seller of consumer goods or services from refusing to accept cash payment, except in limited circumstances. Sales covered by this Act are those made at a retail store through an in-person transaction. The Act does not apply to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-06
[Hearing: May 19 @ 5:00 pm]
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee |
| DE | SB1 | Intro | This Act, the Healthy Delaware Families Act, creates a statewide paid family and medical leave insurance program. Delaware employees can access up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave through the State's paid leave trust fund for a qualif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-05
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee |
| DE | HB8 | Engross | This Act mandates that the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the Division of Public Health establish maximum contaminant levels for specific contaminants found in drinking water in this state. Such contaminants include PFO...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-29
To Senate Environment & Energy Committee |
| DE | HB198 | Engross | This Act requires each school district and charter school to establish and implement a curriculum on Black History for students in grades K through 12. This Act incorporates contemporary events into discussions of Black History and the tools of exper...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-29
[Hearing: May 18 @ 11:00 am]
To Senate Education Committee |
| DE | HB19 | Engross | This bill defines and regulates electric bicycles. Section 1 adds electric bicycles to the definitions contained in Title 21. Section 2 includes electric bicycle operators and passengers as vulnerable users when on a highway, crosswalk, road shoulder...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-28
Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB185 | Intro | This Act requires certain law-enforcement officer to wear and use a body worn camera to record all interactions with a member of the public. The Act also requires law-enforcement agencies to retain body worn camera recordings for at least 90 days fol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-23
To House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee |
| DE | SB15 | Engross | This bill provides for gradual increases in the Delaware minimum wage to $15 over a period of several years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-22
To House Appropriations Committee |
| DE | HB129 | Intro | This Act requires high needs elementary schools, including high needs elementary charter schools, to have school-based health centers. The State will pay the start-up costs for each school-based health center at 2 high needs elementary schools per ye...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-22
To House Appropriations Committee |
| DE | HB30 | Intro | Section 1 of this bill moves the date of primary elections for statewide office, county office, and municipal office to the fourth Tuesday in April, which is the date of the presidential primary (in presidential election years). The dates for submitt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-20
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB100 | Intro | This Act establishes a mental health services unit for Delaware elementary schools. The unit is at a ratio of 250 full-time equivalent students grades K-5 for a full-time school counselor, school social worker, or licensed clinical social worker. Add...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-20
Amendment HA 1 to HB 100 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| DE | SB32 | Pass | A 2019 study found the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-13
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB29 | Engross | This Act enhances 2 existing agricultural horse racing programs, the Delaware Standardbred Breeder's Program and the Delaware Certified Thoroughbred program, by providing additional funding. Under this Act, horsemen provide half of the additional...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-01
To House Appropriations Committee |
| DE | SCR15 | Enroll | Dysautonomia is a group of medical conditions that result in a malfunction of the autonomic nervous system, which is responsible for automatic bodily functions such as respiration, heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, temperature control, and more....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-01
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES |
| DE | HCR18 | Enroll | This Resolution recognizes the week of April 11-17, 2021 as "Black Maternal Health Awareness Week" in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-01
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | HB200 | Engross | Many of the States waters do not meet water quality standards to support their designated uses, such as for drinking, swimming or supporting aquatic life. The Clean Water for Delaware Act establishes a framework for assessing needs and planning and i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-01
To Senate Environment & Energy Committee |
| DE | HB110 | Intro | Current Delaware regulations provide that transportation benefits must be provided for students in grades K through 6 who live 1 or more miles from the schools to which district administrators would normally assign them. In grades 7 through 12, the s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
To House Appropriations Committee |
| DE | HB126 | Intro | This Act clarifies the requirements for Lot Rental Assistance as intended by the original language in the statute. This Act adds to the criteria required for the homeowner or tenant in a manufactured home community to be eligible for lot rental assis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-29
Amendment HA 1 to HB 126 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| DE | HB86 | Intro | This Act provides increased funding for kindergarten through third grade students identified as eligible for basic special education services. Currently, basic special education is provided for students in fourth through twelfth grade who are identif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25
To House Appropriations Committee |
| DE | HCR17 | Enroll | This House Concurrent Resolution designates March 24, 2021 as "Equal Pay Day" in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | HB27 | Intro | This Act, which takes effect on January 1, 2022, clarifies that the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families (DSCYF) has exclusive jurisdiction over a juvenile's care, custody, and control for any juvenile until at least the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-23
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable |
| DE | HB97 | Intro | This Act prohibits the seller of consumer goods or services from refusing to accept cash payment, except in limited circumstances. It creates graduated civil penalties for violations and provides consumers a private right of action to recover double ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee |
| DE | HB35 | Pass | This Act establishes a Behavioral Health Professional of the year award program throughout the State. Through this legislation, the state will formally honor and recognize the work behavioral health professionals, such as, school counselors, social w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-17
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SCR3 | Engross | This resolution honors Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris for her service and dedication to the United States of America and the inspiration she provides to women and people of color, and offers appreciation and support for her historic Vice Presi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-21
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SCR2 | Engross | This Senate Concurrent Resolution honors and recognizes the leadership and achievements 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. Day on January ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-21
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | HB50 | Intro | Recognizing that a criminal charge can have lasting collateral consequences for a juvenile on employment and education opportunities, this bill raises the age in which a juveniles information, such as their name and mug shot, may be released by the s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
To House Judiciary Committee |
