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DEHB191Enroll
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This substitute bill provides more clarity on the process by which a tenant may file an action in the Justice of the Peace Court to withhold rent payments in escrow. Specifically, the bill provides what the tenant must file in order to bring such act...
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2024-06-30
Laid On Table in House
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
75%
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
DEHB14Enroll
75%
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
DESB215Enroll
75%
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
DEHB340Enroll
75%
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
DESB25Enroll
75%
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
DESB244Enroll
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This Act allows a county that imposes a lodging tax to spend money from that tax on workforce and affordable housing programs.
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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
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
DESB284Enroll
75%
This Act discharges balances owed by individuals ordered to pay a probation supervision fee under § 6504(14) of Title 11 of the Delaware Code or a Public Defender fee under § 4607 of Title 29 of the Delaware Code. The probation supervision fee and ...
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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
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
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
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
DESB296Enroll
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This Act amends the Delaware Antitrust Act (DAA) (Chapter 21, Title 6 of the Code) to provide indirect purchasers who have been harmed by violations of the Delaware Antitrust Act the ability to sue for damages. Indirect purchasers of a product or ser...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DESB269Enroll
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This Act simplifies and in some cases increases the civil penalties for violations of laws related to dogs that run at large, dogs that bite a human being or domestic animal while running at large, and dogs that are designated as dangerous or potenti...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB444Enroll
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This Act designates the Orange Crush as the State cocktail.
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
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
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
DEHB383Enroll
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This substitute for House Bill 383 does the following:
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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
DEHB319Enroll
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This Act requires the Department of Human Resources to develop an executive branch policy restricting nepotism in state employment and prohibiting supervision of a state employee by a relative. It further requires the legislative and judicial branche...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB451Enroll
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This Act adds 911 dispatchers as covered persons for purposes of line of duty death benefits.
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB330Enroll
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This Act increases the amount of the annual appropriation to prefund future State employee retiree health insurance as recommended by the Retiree Healthcare Benefits Advisory Subcommittee of the State Employee Benefits Committee. Like other required ...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
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
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
DEHB432Enroll
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This Act updates provisions of the code covering the Delaware Institute of Medical Education Research (DIMER), which creates partnerships with out-of-state medical schools as an alternative to creating a state sponsored medical school. Specifically, ...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DESB329Enroll
75%
This Act defines United States military pension for the exclusion for taxable income.
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2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
DEHB264Enroll
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This Act makes the crime of patronizing a prostitute a class E felony rather than a misdemeanor where the person from whom prostitution is sought is a minor.
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB297Enroll
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Due to the rapidly increasing costs of materials and labor, combined with the frequency in which developers have gone out of business or otherwise been unable to complete work required within developments, this Act increases the funding required to b...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING
DEHB155Enroll
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This bill makes the unsafe storage of a firearm in a vehicle a class A misdemeanor if the person knowingly leaves a firearm unattended in a vehicle and the firearm is not stored in a locked box or container, a firearms rack that is on the motor vehic...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO
DEHB387Enroll
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This Act is the result of a successful pilot project involving disadvantaged business enterprises in State contracts. In 2023, Section 189 of Senate Bill No. 35, as amended by Senate Amendment No. 2, authorized the Office of Management and Budget (OM...
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2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB275Enroll
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This Act updates the definition of "sexual orientation" throughout the Delaware Code by adding asexuality and pansexuality. Asexuality refers to individuals with little to no sexual attraction to other individuals, although asexual individu...
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2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO
DEHB268Enroll
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House Bill No. 303, with House Amendment No. 2, from the 151st General Assembly created an annual behavioral health well check and required carriers to provide coverage for this service.
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2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DESB216Enroll
75%
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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2024-06-27
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
DEHB300Enroll
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This Substitute Bill requires the Department of Health and Social Services to maintain a public registry of assisted living facilities that are accredited and/or certified to provide memory care services by an approved independent accrediting organiz...
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2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
DESB266Enroll
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Senate Substitute 1 for SB 266 clarifies the process and roles of the Attorney General, State Escheator, and Secretary of State in actions under the Delaware False Claims and Reporting Act (DFCRA) for failure to comply with reporting requirements of ...
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2024-06-27
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
DEHB362Enroll
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In 2023, the General Assembly passed House Bill 80, which required the coverage of doula services under the States Medicaid plan beginning in 2024. This Act would require similar coverage under private health insurance plans.
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2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
DEHB13Enroll
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This Act requires the Director of the Sustainable Energy Utility to administer a program to provide financial assistance to Delaware residents for the cost of purchase and installation of electric vehicle supply equipment. For a low-income applicant ...
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2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO
DEHB353Enroll
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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...
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2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB280Enroll
75%
This Act makes several changes to the civil asset forfeiture proceedings of this state.
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2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DESB174Enroll
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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.
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2024-06-27
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
DEHB5Enroll
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The States Medicaid Plan still limits the reimbursement of Medicaid-covered, school-based behavioral health services to those provided under an Individualized Educational Program (IEP) or Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP), despite federal pol...
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2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB347Enroll
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This Act entitles non-exempt Delaware Department of Transportation employees who work over 37.5 hours to be paid at time and a half.
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2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING
DEHB70Enroll
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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...
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2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO
DEHB270Enroll
75%
This Act creates a civil penalty for any sale or display of ammunition that allows the ammunition to be accessible to a purchaser or transferee without the assistance of the vendor or an employee of the vendor. Ammunition in an enclosed display case,...
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2024-06-26
Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO
DEHB252Enroll
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This Substitute bill differs from House Bill No. 252 by placing the Delaware Institute of Higher Education year-long teacher residency program under Section 1312 of Title 14 rather than Section 1305.This Substitute bill grants graduates of the Delawa...
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2024-06-26
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DEHB253Enroll
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This Act is a substitute for House Bill 253. Like HB 253, it requires health insurance companies, including State employee/retiree health plans and Medicaid, to cover annual mammograms for the purpose of early detection for a woman 40 years of age or...
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2024-06-26
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
DESB249Enroll
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This bill amends Chapter 69 of Title 18 relating to captive insurance to provide the Commissioner with additional flexibility to approve those types of financial institutions that would be authorized to hold required capital and surplus of captive in...
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2024-06-26
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
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