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| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | HB316 | Passed | This Act creates a new elections crime: use of deep fake technology to influence an election. Under this statute it would be a crime to distribute within 90 days of an election a deep fake that is an audio or visual depiction that has been manipulat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-10-09 Signed by Governor |
| #2 | SB200 | Passed | This bill provides important consumer protections for property insurance contracts by improving the reliability of mailed notifications of policy cancellation or renewal. Section 1 of this bill requires insurers to deliver any homeowners notices of c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20 Signed by Governor |
| #3 | SB155 | Passed | This bill creates a special license plate for Plastic Free Delaware, Inc., a nonprofit whose mission is to reduce single-use plastic pollution and build a culture of zero waste in Delaware through educational programs, awareness building, and policy ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-22 Signed by Governor |
| #4 | HB340 | Enrolled | 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] | 2024-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| #5 | HCR160 | Engrossed | This House Concurrent Resolution urges the establishment of a medical school in the State of Delaware; calls for the formation of a formal Steering Group to guide the planning and implementation of a medical school; encourages the pursuit of partners... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING |
| #6 | HB126 | Passed | This Act clarifies to whom the annual report must be sent and the date that the report must be submitted. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-03 Signed by Governor |
| #7 | SB42 | Introduced | This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 42 and Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 42. Like Senate Bill No. 42 and Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 42, this Act does all of the following: [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02 was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 42 |
| #8 | HCR15 | Engrossed | This House Concurrent Resolution designates March 14, 2023 as "Equal Pay Day" in the State of Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-14 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT |
| #9 | HB94 | Passed | The expectation for speed enforcement, under Delaware's Motor Vehicle statute, are Delaware's law enforcement agencies. It is not always possible for law enforcement officers to effectively enforce the speed limitations due to a number of fac... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-30 Signed by Governor |
| #10 | SB90 | Passed | This bill modernizes the First State Quality Improvement Fund (FSQIF) Act, using language from the field of continuous improvement and operational excellence to align with current industry accepted practices. This bill provides improved accountabilit... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-27 Signed by Governor |
| #11 | HB200 | Passed | This Act establishes a mental health services unit for Delaware high schools. The unit is phased in over 3 years, beginning in FY2024, to arrive at a final ratio of 250 full-time equivalent students grades 9-12 for a full-time school counselor, schoo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-07 Signed by Governor |
| #12 | SB106 | Passed | This Act modernizes and expands the concept of maternal mental health by replacing the definition of maternal depression with the more encompassing definition of perinatal mood and anxiety disorder. This Act contemplates treatment for any caregiver w... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-09-24 Signed by Governor |
| #13 | SB145 | Passed | This Act increases the limits on the dollar amount of awards of compensatory or punitive damages, or both, in cases of employment discrimination, establishing specific caps based on the number of the respondent's employees. This Act also clarifie... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-09-11 Signed by Governor |
| #14 | HB205 | Passed | This Act makes a number of revisions to the Law-Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights in Title 11 of the Delaware Code. It adds part-time officers to the coverage of the chapter. It distinguishes between formal investigations and informal inquiries, bu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-07 Signed by Governor |
| #15 | HB203 | Introduced | With 60% of U.S. households living paycheck to paycheck, 40% of Americans having less than $300 in savings, 33% of Americans having saved nothing for retirement, 95% of Americans having not saved enough for retirement, and 87% of American teens admit... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-11 Amendment HA 3 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| #16 | SB272 | Passed | 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] | 2024-09-24 Signed by Governor |
| #17 | HCR116 | Engrossed | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes April 24, 2024, as Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated or AKA Day at the Capitol in Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| #18 | HB412 | Introduced | Like Chapter 19 of Title 10, covering judicial officers, and a similar provision pending for correctional officers, this Act allows law enforcement officers to submit a written request that their personal information not be publicly released. The wri... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-06 Amendment HA 1 to HB 412 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| #19 | SB67 | Passed | This Act updates the crime of official misconduct to ensure appropriate accountability of public servants who abuse their positions of power and public trust. The statute establishes a grade in the penalty for the official misconduct to be commensura... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-09-21 Signed by Governor |
| #20 | HB351 | Engrossed | This Act creates a new chapter in Title 21 pertaining to the towing of vehicles without the consent of the owner or operator. It makes violations of the chapter an unlawful practice enforceable by the Consumer Protection Unit of the Department of Jus... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-14 |
| #21 | HB223 | Enrolled | 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| #22 | HB140 | Failed | This Act permits a terminally ill individual who is an adult resident of Delaware to request and self-administer medication to end the individual's life in a humane and dignified manner if both the individual's attending physician or attendin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-09-20 Vetoed by Governor |
| #23 | SB2 | Passed | This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 2. Like Senate Bill No. 2 this Act does all of the following: [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Signed by Governor |
| #24 | HB29 | Introduced | This Act increases the Senior Real Property Tax credit to $750 from $400 as authorized in the Appropriations Bill for fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, which effectively amended Title 29, § 6102(q)(3) from $500 to $400. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-06 |
| #25 | HB33 | Passed | This Act increases funding for preschool children with disabilities who are not counted in either "intensive" or "complex" special education units by revising the current ratio of 12.8 students per unit to 8.4 students per unit fo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-22 Signed by Governor |
| #26 | HB32 | Passed | This Act raises the permissible service charge for a boat registration from $5 to $10 and the permissible service charge for a boat ramp certificate from $1.50 to $5.00. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-12 Signed by Governor |
| #27 | HB37 | Introduced | It is the policy of this State that meaningful sanctions be imposed upon those who allow dangerous conditions and defects to exist in leased premises and that an effective mechanism be established for repairing these conditions and halting their crea... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-06-14 Not Worked in Committee |
| #28 | HB27 | Introduced | This Act raises the public bidding thresholds for procurement of goods, contractual services, professional services, and public works contracts by the government of New Castle County to match the bidding thresholds established by the States Contracti... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-17 Not Worked in Committee |
| #29 | HB31 | Introduced | This Act reinstates a credit against school taxes of up to $400 for seniors who have been domiciled in Delaware for 3 years or more. After 10 years domiciled in Delaware the credit would increase to $500. Under current law the credit is $500 after 10... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11 Not Worked in Committee |
| #30 | HB34 | Passed | House Bill No. 34 requires school boards, including charter schools, to permit public comment on each agenda item presented for a vote at a school board meeting. The public comment period must take place before the school board vote on an agenda item... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-12 Signed by Governor |
| #31 | HB28 | Passed | This bill creates a special license plate for Whitetails Unlimited. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-31 Signed by Governor |
| #32 | HB43 | Introduced | This Act allows Delaware voters who are not affiliated with a political party to vote in a political party's primary election. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-12 Motion to Release Failed |
| #33 | HB42 | Introduced | This Act removes the up to 10% increase in school property taxes allowed after reassessment [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-18 Tabled in Committee |
| #34 | HB40 | Engrossed | This bill creates the Grants-In-Aid Committee. The Committee is a joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives. The purpose of the Committee is to view applications for grants-in-aid and to develop and recommend to the Joint Finance Com... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16 |
| #35 | HB38 | Passed | This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Magnolia to update and clarify the authority of the Town to borrow money. Specifically, this Act increases the short-term borrowing limit from $15,000 to $50,000, which borrowings are to be authorized by a m... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-12 Signed by Governor |
| #36 | HB39 | Introduced | This bill seeks to create the Expanded Protection for Our Communities and Homes (EPOCH) Grant Program through a one-time appropriation of $20 million. The grant money would be distributed to every Delaware police agency that chooses to participate. T... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-02 Amendment HA 1 to HB 39 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| #37 | HB44 | Introduced | The constitutional requirement to create new legislative districts following the U.S. Census was intended to ensure equal representation at all levels of government. However, Delawares current process of redistricting is deeply flawed. It allows the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-24 Motion to Release Failed |
| #38 | SR3 | Engrossed | This Resolution elects David P. Sokola to be the President Pro Tempore of the Senate of the 152nd General Assembly. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-10 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| #39 | SR5 | Engrossed | Appointing A Committee To Notify The Governor That The Senate Is Organized. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-10 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| #40 | HR3 | Introduced | This resolution creates the Temporary Rules of the House of Representatives. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-10 Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| #41 | SR4 | Engrossed | This Resolution elects Ryan C. Dunphy to be the Secretary of the Senate of the 152nd General Assembly. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-10 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| #42 | HR5 | Introduced | This Resolution designates Sheri J. Knott as Bill Clerk of the House of Representatives and Dolores Michels as Assistant Bill Clerk of the House of Representatives to serve at the pleasure of the House of Representatives. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-10 Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| #43 | HR4 | Introduced | This Resolution sets forth the rules of procedure for ethics violations in the House of Representatives. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-10 Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| #44 | HR2 | Introduced | This Resolution designates Richard L. Puffer as Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives and Dolores Michels as Assistant Chief Clerk of the House of Representative to serve at the pleasure of the House of Representatives. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-10 Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| #45 | SR6 | Engrossed | Appointing A Committee To Notify The House Of Representatives That The Senate Is Organized. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-10 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| #46 | SR1 | Engrossed | This Resolution establishes the roll of members of the Senate of the 152nd General Assembly. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-10 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| #47 | HR1 | Introduced | This resolution resolves that Peter C. Schwartzkopf be elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-10 Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| #48 | SR2 | Engrossed | This Resolution enacts the Rules of the Senate for the 152nd General Assembly until further action of the Senate. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-10 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| #49 | SB26 | Engrossed | This Act is the second leg of a constitutional amendment that would update the minimum voting age in the Delaware Constitution from twenty-one years to eighteen years. The first leg of this constitutional amendment was Senate Bill No. 294 of the 151s... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-26 Tabled in Committee |
| #50 | SB27 | Passed | This Act increases the statute of limitations for filing an action for recovery upon a claim for unpaid wages from 1 year to 2 years, making it consistent with the statute of limitations under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201,... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-26 Signed by Governor |
