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| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | HB19 | Engrossed | 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 |
| #2 | HB150 | Introduced | The Delaware Marijuana Control Act regulates and taxes marijuana in the same manner as alcohol. It allows adults over the age of 21 to legally possess and consume under 1 ounce of marijuana for personal use. It does not permit people to grow their ow... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-08 Amendment HA 8 to HB 150 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| #3 | SB19 | Introduced | This Act makes children with disabilities who attend homeschools eligible to receive speech language pathology and audiology services in the same manner as students who attend private schools. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-12 |
| #4 | HB93 | Introduced | 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] | 2021-05-11 |
| #5 | SB62 | Introduced | This Act sets the minimum educational course requirements for each grade. It does not set the curriculum for these courses or how they will be presented within the classroom. The life skills program replaces the half credit currently listed as part o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 |
| #6 | SB93 | Passed | This Act provides protections for consumers in connection with contracts with automatic renewal provisions. Multiple states have enacted laws regulating the automatic renewals of contracts, often described as "evergreen" clauses. These stat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-08-04 Signed by Governor |
| #7 | HCR23 | Introduced | This Resolution requires the Department of Elections to review practices in Delaware and other states and make recommendations relating to verifying signatures on absentee ballots. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-18 |
| #8 | HB197 | Introduced | This bill modernizes the fees agents who sell Delaware State Park permits and Surf Fishing Vehicle permits may now impose. Licensing agents may now add a service charge of up to $2.50 for a state park permit, and a service charge of up to $5.00 for a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-16 Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 3 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits |
| #9 | SB170 | Introduced | Currently, Delaware law permits the display of a flag of the United States of America on a flagpole attached to a residential structure. The law also permits display on a flagpole on the premises, but only if the flagpole was installed prior to the t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-16 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| #10 | HB233 | Passed | This Act updates the Delaware Code relating to the Delaware Board of Examiners of Psychologists by amending the qualifications for licensure for reciprocity applicants. Currently reciprocity applicants, even those who have practiced many years in ano... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-09-17 Signed by Governor |
| #11 | HB236 | 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] | 2021-06-09 |
| #12 | SB196 | Introduced | This Act provides a maximum $500 tax rebate to Delawareans based on tax year 2020 payments. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-23 |
| #13 | SB175 | Passed | Section 1 of this bill adds additional financial reporting requirements for authorized insurers, which codifies current practices in accordance with the NAICs accounting practices and procedures manual and which was recommended by the NAIC as part of... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-09-17 Signed by Governor |
| #14 | SB6 | Enrolled | This Act creates the Delaware Large Capacity Magazine Prohibition Act of 2021. The Act includes clear definitions for the term large-capacity magazine, as an ammunition feeding device with a capacity to accept more than 17 rounds of ammunition. After... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-24 Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 16 NO 1 ABSENT |
| #15 | HB16 | Passed | Section 1 of this Act modifies Delawares Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to allow recipients to choose the most beneficial credit to be applied against their Delaware Personal Income Taxes. Under this Act, recipients can choose between a non-refundab... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-08-10 Signed by Governor |
| #16 | HB17 | Introduced | This bill extends the amount of years an identification card is valid from four (4) to eight (8) years. This bill is necessary for the Division of Motor Vehicles to maintain consistent business processes. The driver license is currently valid for eig... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-18 Stricken in House |
| #17 | HB14 | Introduced | This bill clarifies the requirements for Lot Rental Assistance as intended by the original language in the statute. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04 |
| #18 | HB15 | Introduced | This Act is the final leg of a constitutional amendment that would eliminate from the Delaware Constitution the limitations as to when an individual may vote by absentee ballot. This amendment to the Delaware Constitution provides that the General As... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04 |
| #19 | HB20 | Passed | This bill requires all public and charter schools which have students in grades 6-12 to provide free feminine hygiene products in 50% of the bathrooms used by students who can have a menstrual cycle. This bill also requires schools to publish on its ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-08 Signed by Governor |
| #20 | HB25 | Introduced | This bill provides for election day registration for presidential primary, primary, special, and general elections whereas currently the deadline is the fourth Saturday prior to the date of the election. Moreover, same day registration at polling pla... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-13 |
| #21 | HB22 | Introduced | This bill creates the Delaware Digital Right to Repair Act. Currently when an electronic product such as a phone or electronic game breaks, it is only allowed to be repaired by the manufacturer. Parts are not available whether you are a consumer or a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-19 Amendment HA 3 to HB 22 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| #22 | HB18 | Passed | This Act revises the requirements for the shape of a Complete Community Enterprise Districts (District) to maximize the use of transit, walking, and bicycling by residents and employees. Specifically, this Act does all of the following: [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-03 Signed by Governor |
| #23 | HB21 | Passed | This Act adopts the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact. The Compact benefits the public by improving continuity of care, increasing license portability for advanced practice registered nurses, and increasing access to APRN care. Under the Com... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-08-04 Signed by Governor |
| #24 | HB28 | Enrolled | This bill increases the minimum amount of property damage that triggers the mandatory reporting of a vehicular collision to police from $500 to $2,000. This bill also increases the minimum amount of property damage requiring police agencies to invest... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-29 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| #25 | HB13 | Introduced | In 1994 the 137th General Assembly created the crime of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony. In the intervening decades, the length of the minimum required sentence of 3 years and 5 years for defendants with 2 prior felonies has... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04 |
| #26 | HB30 | Engrossed | 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] | 2021-05-18 |
| #27 | HB27 | Introduced | 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 |
| #28 | HB33 | Passed | This bill changes the relationship between physicians and physician assistants from supervisory to collaborative, in recognition of the evolving role of physician assistants and reflecting the education, training, and experience required for licensin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-13 Signed by Governor |
| #29 | HB29 | Passed | This Act eliminates the ability of a candidate to change their candidacy to become a candidate for a different office after the deadline for notification of candidacy has passed. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-09-15 Signed by Governor |
| #30 | HB32 | Passed | This Act provides all law-enforcement officers the authority to enforce the existing labeling requirements for dumpsters that are in a public road or parking lot. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-09-15 Signed by Governor |
| #31 | HB23 | Introduced | This Act increases by one the number of licenses for the sale of alcoholic liquor an individual or entity may have an interest in, from two to three. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-11 Tabled in Committee |
| #32 | HB11 | Passed | This Act represents the work and recommendations of the Local Service Functions Task Force created by House Concurrent Resolution No. 54 of the 150th General Assembly (Task Force). The Task Force held 17 meetings during 2019 and 2020 and after consid... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-23 Signed by Governor |
| #33 | HB38 | Introduced | A placard must be prominently displayed at all entrances of massage and bodywork establishments that have failed to obtain a valid license or have a license that is suspended, revoked, or expired. This bill provides that no placard can be removed unl... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18 |
| #34 | HB56 | Passed | This amendment repeals Title 16 § 7204 in its entirety. This particular section prescribes a practice that is typically unused and handled through a traditional warrant process by charging a previous section of this chapter brought by a law enforcem... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-09-17 Signed by Governor |
| #35 | HB24 | Passed | This legislation closes several loopholes that dealers have been using to get around suspended or revoked dealership licenses. Currently the Division of Motor Vehicles will suspend or revoke a dealer license, and the dealer will get a family member o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-09-15 Signed by Governor |
| #36 | HB26 | Enrolled | This Act requires the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families ("DSCYF'') to have exclusive jurisdiction over all aspects of a childs care, custody and control when a child is convicted of a Superior Court offense. T... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-13 Enact w/o Sign by Governor |
| #37 | HB57 | Passed | This bill requires a landlord to provide 15 days written notice to a single room tenant prior to the termination of a rental agreement for any reason other than a material violation. This notice provision ensures that the tenant has time to find suit... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-09-17 Signed by Governor |
| #38 | HB1 | Passed | Food and drink establishments suffered great losses since March, 2020 due to the pandemic including millions of dollars in lost sales and the loss of an tens of thousands of jobs in this State. This Act extends the provisions contained in HB 349 from... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-23 Signed by Governor |
| #39 | HB43 | Passed | This Act extends the limited licensing exemption for adjusters, who are dispatched by insurers to the State after catastrophic events, such as hurricanes or tornadoes, to appraisers. This change will allow for the prompt appraisal and settlement of m... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-09-17 Signed by Governor |
| #40 | HB50 | Introduced | 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 |
| #41 | HB46 | Passed | Currently the Delaware Code does not permit alcoholic beverage license holders to brew hard seltzers or other non-malt based products that they are otherwise allowed to brew as a result of obtaining a Federal Brewers Notice. This Act permits Delaware... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-03 Signed by Governor |
| #42 | HB60 | Enrolled | This bill increases the amount that a tenant may deduct from rent in order to have necessary work done on the rental premises if the landlord fails to repair or maintain the premises after proper notice. The original amount of $200 was selected at th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| #43 | HB45 | Introduced | This Act increases from 3 to 5 the number of establishments at which a brewery-pub that is licensed in Delaware may brew, bottle, and sell beer. It also increases from 3 to 5 the number of licenses a brewery-pub may have for the sale of off-premises ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-31 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 4 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits |
| #44 | HB39 | Introduced | This bill requires that inadvertent out-of-network services be included in individual and group health insurance policies as well as group and blank health insurance policies. This bill defines inadvertent out-of-network services are those services t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18 |
| #45 | HB36 | Introduced | This act removes the October 5, 2021 sunset provision from this subsection. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-20 Stricken in House |
| #46 | HB58 | Introduced | Most commonly, persons accused of subsection (a) of this section panhandling are homeless. Transferring such matters to the Court of Common Pleas allows persons so accused increased access to social services not available to them at the Justice of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-11 Stricken in House |
| #47 | HB42 | Passed | This Act eliminates § 321(d) since § 321(c) sets forth the accepted process for furnishing of examination reports and hearing requests by the Commissioner. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-07-30 Signed by Governor |
| #48 | HB59 | Passed | This bill would allow a court of competent jurisdiction to dismiss minor equipment violations upon a showing that repair(s) have been made. The sections include inoperative horn, missing rear-view mirror, improper window tint, and inoperable headligh... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-09-17 Signed by Governor |
| #49 | HB40 | Introduced | This Act requires a physician to offer a patient ultrasound imaging and auscultation of fetal heart tone services before terminating a pregnancy and provides civil and criminal penalties for the failure of a physician to comply with this requirement.... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18 |
| #50 | HB55 | Passed | In 2009, New Hampshire was the first state to develop a statewide "Gun Shop Project," reaching out to gun shops regarding the role they can play in suicide prevention. In the years since, at least 21 other states have implemented similar ca... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-06-03 Signed by Governor |
