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| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | SB204 | Passed | Section 1 through 4 of this Act establish interim standards and criteria in order to permit redevelopment projects to move forward while revised regulations are being drafted. The interim standards set forth in this Act would effectively "sunset... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11 Signed by Governor |
| #2 | SB144 | Passed | This Substitute Act implements certain recommendations adopted by the Lottery & Gaming Study Commission in 2015 and the Video Lottery Advisory Council in 2017, in recognition of significant changes in the regional gaming marketplace and the State... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30 Signed by Governor |
| #3 | SB11 | Enrolled | This Act relates to police and fire pension funds created under Title 18 of the Delaware Code. The General Assembly created a special fund in the hopes of ensuring adequate pensions for affected police officers and firefighters, and their surviving s... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| #4 | SB183 | Enrolled | This bill continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the "Act") to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amend... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES |
| #5 | SB85 | Passed | This Act draws attention to the types of discipline used in schools by capturing data about out-of-school suspensions and publishing that data, in an effort to help schools identify areas where the data regarding out-of-school suspensions indicates t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11 Signed by Governor |
| #6 | SB180 | Enrolled | Section 1. Section 1 of this Act amends Section 102(a)(1) to provide that the name of a corporation must be such as to distinguish it from the name of any registered series of a limited liability company. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES |
| #7 | SB7 | Enrolled | This Act provides county and municipal police and firefighters with the same pension burial benefit that is provided to state employees effective July 1, 2016. This Act is named for Wilmington Firefighters Captain Christopher M. Leach, Lieutenant Jer... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| #8 | HB473 | Introduced | This act makes various edits to the existing Medical Marijuana Act, including, but not limited to: [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20 |
| #9 | SB216 | Engrossed | This Act strengthens the shelter requirements for dogs that are kept outside by requiring the following: [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28 |
| #10 | SB140 | Introduced | This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that limits the ability of the State to appropriate moneys in a special fund created, after January 1, 2018, to fund capital projects with a dedicated revenue source and with a limitation on the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| #11 | SB176 | Introduced | This Act creates a Prescription Opioid Impact Fund (Fund) through a prescription opioid impact fee (Fee) that is assessed on manufacturers of prescription opioids as follows: [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20 Laid On Table in Senate |
| #12 | SB218 | Enrolled | This bill amends Title 24 of the Delaware Code by changing the qualifications for a Professional Art Therapists. For those graduating with a master's degree prior to January 2013, a master's degree from an accredited educational institution i... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES |
| #13 | SB217 | Engrossed | This Act strengthens restrictions on the tethering of dogs by doing the following: [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28 |
| #14 | HB294 | Enrolled | Section 1 of this Act transfers from the Department of Safety and Homeland Security to the Department of Health and Social Services the responsibility for establishing, administering, adopting rules and regulations, and setting fees for courses of in... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 NO |
| #15 | SR28 | Engrossed | This resolution recognizes June 30, 2018 as "Staff Appreciation Day" in the Delaware State Senate. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| #16 | SR27 | Engrossed | This Resolution honors Secretary of the Senate Bernard J. Brady by declaring June 30 to be Bernard J. Brady Day in the Delaware State Senate. It further thanks him for his 39 years of unequalled service to the Delaware State Senate. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| #17 | SB139 | Passed | This Act requires that health insurance offered in this State provide coverage for fertility care services, including in vitro fertilization ("IVF") procedures, for individuals who suffer from a disease or condition that results in the inab... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30 Signed by Governor |
| #18 | HB310 | Passed | The Certification of Adoption of Sustainability and Transparency Standards Act (the Act) establishes a voluntary disclosure regime to foster dialogue around sustainability and responsibility among participating Delaware business entities and their va... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-27 Signed by Governor |
| #19 | HB346 | Enrolled | This Act establishes the High Needs Educator Student Loan Payment Program. The Program allows qualified applicants to apply for a payment from the State to the applicants lending agency, to pay a portion of the applicants student loan debt. The purpo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| #20 | HB163 | Enrolled | Currently there are 17 "check-boxes" on the Delaware personal income tax return where taxpayers may designate a portion of their refund or send additional money with their payment due to be credited as a charitable donation to various organ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO |
| #21 | HB124 | Engrossed | Importers, manufacturers and dealers of destructive weapons are licensed and regulated under Federal law. Under existing Delaware law, importers, manufacturers and dealers of destructive weapons are not permitted to deliver them to purchasers in Dela... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-27 Passed By House. Votes: 32 YES 7 NO 2 ABSENT |
| #22 | SB151 | Passed | Birth control use is nearly universal among women of reproductive age in the United States and is a key part of preventative health care for women. Access to birth control provides health benefits for women and children, improves women's ability ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11 Signed by Governor |
| #23 | HB440 | Enrolled | House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 440 differs from House Bill 440 only in that it locates the Overdose System of Care and the Overdose System of Care Committee in Chapter 97 of Title 16 instead of in Chapter 10 of Title 16. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-26 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| #24 | SB219 | Engrossed | Since 1975, the Delaware Population Consortium has prepared a unified set of statewide population projections each year. These projections are used for a variety of purposes including capital planning, policy analysis, comprehensive planning, and tra... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-27 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits |
| #25 | SB232 | Passed | This Act expands the total number of vice-chancellors on the Court of Chancery to 6 and makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30 Signed by Governor |
| #26 | SB235 | Passed | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2019 Appropriation Act. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28 Signed by Governor |
| #27 | SB266 | Enrolled | Under federal law, the cultivation of industrial hemp is only permitted for agricultural or academic research. There is federal legislation pending that may lift the restrictions on the cultivation of industrial hemp. Delaware law does not prohibit t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT |
| #28 | HB156 | Enrolled | This bill updates requirements for handguns used for deer hunting by adding a range and limit to allowable handgun calibers to accommodate changing handgun availability while maintaining public safety and handgun hunting efficacy. This bill also allo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| #29 | HB465 | Enrolled | In January 2018, the Code Revisors provided the General Assembly with a list of potential technical corrections that they identified as they revised the Delaware Code to reflect legislation that was enacted by the 149th General Assembly in 2017 or as... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| #30 | HB475 | Passed | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2019 Bond and Capital Improvements Act. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01 Signed by Governor |
| #31 | SB236 | Passed | This Act appropriates $49,167,700 to provide a $500 one-time salary supplement to full-time and part-time employees, to provide a $400 pension supplement to pensioners and provides one-time funded projects through the Office of Management and Budget. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28 Signed by Governor |
| #32 | SCR74 | Engrossed | This resolution proclaims June 19, 2018 as Juneteenth 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 day with appropriate acti... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-19 Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| #33 | HCR95 | Engrossed | This concurrent resolution recognizes and honors the young women of Delaware participating in the 2018 session of Delaware Girls State. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-21 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT |
| #34 | SB174 | Passed | This Act permits an insurance company to apply for and receive a salvage certificate, clear of all liens, after payment of a total loss claim, if the insurance company has not been able to obtain the properly endorsed certificate of title. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11 Signed by Governor |
| #35 | HB355 | Passed | This Act allows an agency, as defined in ยง 6902 of Title 29, (agency) to accept electronic bid submissions and on-line bidding for contracts procuring material and nonprofessional services. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01 Signed by Governor |
| #36 | SB173 | Enrolled | This Act provides the authorization required by law for the City of Dover to transfer a portion of Mayfair Park, as the Park was improved using funds from the Delaware Land and Water Conservation Trust Fund. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES |
| #37 | SB237 | Passed | This Act provides supplementary appropriations to certain Grants-in-Aid for Fiscal Year 2019. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01 Signed by Governor |
| #38 | HCR8 | Introduced | This House Concurrent Resolution urges the President and Congress to enact legislation that would reinstate the separation of commercial and investment banking functions that were in effect under the Glass-Steagall Act. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20 Tabled in Committee |
| #39 | HB67 | Introduced | As a public school safety measure, this bill requires that any door to a classroom will be equipped with a lock that can be locked from either side of the door. Many doors are currently not capable of locking from the inside. Locking the door(s) to a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-21 Stricken in House |
| #40 | HB71 | Engrossed | This bill was previously recommended by the Joint Sunset Committee in the 147th General Assembly. The bill adds appointed members of the Cash Management Policy Board to the definition of public officers. This designation would subject the appointed m... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-26 |
| #41 | HB113 | Enrolled | This bill changes the earned income tax credit from nonrefundable to refundable. This bill creates a table for the percentage of earned income credit for tax years 2018 and after. Currently, if spouses file a joint federal return but separate State r... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 1 NO 3 ABSENT |
| #42 | SB101 | Passed | Every year, over 100 million animals are used as subjects of scientific and medical research, as well as for educational purposes. As recently as 2015, over 19,000 cats and over 61,000 dogs were used in research. In Delaware in 2015, 82 cats and 85 d... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20 Signed by Governor |
| #43 | HB222 | Passed | This Substitute Act incorporates House Bill No. 222, and also makes the following changes to House Bill No. 222: [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-27 Signed by Governor |
| #44 | HB219 | Enrolled | The 146th General Assembly gave the Department of Health and Social Services the authority to promulgate regulations and require accreditation for facilities that perform invasive medical procedures. The current terminology and definition of an invas... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| #45 | HB268 | Enrolled | This bill converts the senior property tax credit from a credit against the school taxes imposed and collected at the county level to a means-tested refundable income tax credit to be administered by the Department of Finance, Division of Revenue. Fo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 21 YES 14 NO 6 ABSENT |
| #46 | HB298 | Enrolled | This bill creates a special license plate for honorably discharged veterans of the United States military. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| #47 | HB303 | Enrolled | This bill increases the annual assessment to each insurance company admitted or authorized to transact the business in Delaware from $750 to $900 for the costs of administration and operation of the Insurances Fraud Prevention Bureau. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-19 Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 3 NO 1 ABSENT |
| #48 | HB331 | Enrolled | This bill creates regulations concerning the use, distribution and education of Benzodiazepine and Non-benzodiazepine Hypnotics. It require Practitioners to obtain consent from a minors parent or guardian prior to prescribing these drugs, and require... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT |
| #49 | HB329 | Enrolled | This Bill eliminates the prohibition against the mere possession of a body-gripping trap with a jaw spread in excess of 5 inches, while maintaining the prohibition against actually using one in Delaware. This modification is necessary because many li... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| #50 | HB324 | Enrolled | This Act requires that the Office of Child Care Licensing include application forms, the specific requirements to obtain a license, and due process provisions in regulations to ensure that child care providers have clear notice of what is required, t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
