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| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | HB229 | Passed | This bill concerns sick leave payout for retired State Troopers who became reemployed in public education. Specifically, this bill adds language to the code that would treat retired State Troopers the same as other educational employees as it relates... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-02 Signed by Governor |
| #2 | HB210 | Passed | This bill allows minors subject to debilitating medical conditions not specifically listed in ยง 4906A(b) the same petition process to have their condition considered as that allowed for adults. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21 Signed by Governor |
| #3 | HB145 | Passed | ABLE accounts are special savings accounts established for certain persons with disabilities. This bill clarifies the treatment of funds in an ABLE account upon the death of a designated beneficiary. Specifically it prohibits State agencies or instru... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-28 Signed by Governor |
| #4 | HB167 | Passed | Cooking wine contains alcohol but has been exempted from alcohol regulation by the federal government (Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau) and many states as long as it contains no more than 20% alcohol by volume and no less than 1.5% salt, the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21 Signed by Governor |
| #5 | HB211 | Passed | Section one of this Act would grant access to data from the prescription monitoring program to the Drug Overdose Fatality Review Commission, which would significantly enhance the Commissions ability to meet its statutory duties. In addition, this sec... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21 Signed by Governor |
| #6 | HB217 | Passed | Section 1 of this Act clarifies that subcontractors are obligated to ensure the secrecy of tax returns and tax information. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21 Signed by Governor |
| #7 | HB168 | Passed | This bill eliminates the outdated provisions relating to mobile registration while maintaining the right of any person to register to vote at any county office of the Department of Elections. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-02 Signed by Governor |
| #8 | HB137 | Passed | This bill eliminates the conflict between Section 2047, which requires a voter to vote at the polling place where he or she currently resides, and Section 4941, which enables a voter to vote where he or she formerly resided. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-02 Signed by Governor |
| #9 | HB133 | Passed | This bill would create an end date for the special filing deadline created by school board vacancies that arise after the second Friday in February. The new end date for these vacancies would be the first Friday in March. Any vacancies that arise aft... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-02 Signed by Governor |
| #10 | HB230 | Passed | This bill expands the population of war veterans who are eligible to be awarded a high school diploma. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21 Signed by Governor |
| #11 | SB110 | Passed | This Act removes the Colonel of the New Castle County Police Department from the Delaware Emergency Medical Services Oversight Council ("DEMSOC") and replaces the Colonel with the Chief of the New Castle County Emergency Medical Services. I... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-02 Signed by Governor |
| #12 | HB138 | Passed | This bill replaces the National Change of Address process with another non-discriminatory process of cancelling the registrations of persons who are no longer permanent residents of Delaware. It also gives the Department of Elections, instead of the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-02 Signed by Governor |
| #13 | SB86 | Passed | This Act authorizes the Family Court to appoint an education decision maker for abused, dependent, neglected, and delinquent children and children in the custody of the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families under Chapter 25 o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21 Signed by Governor |
| #14 | HB202 | Passed | This Act addresses new requirements on fingerprinting and criminal history reports from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and allows the Thoroughbred Racing Commission to continue its long standing practice of obtaining fingerprints and criminal hi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21 Signed by Governor |
| #15 | HB47 | Passed | This bill removes the notary requirement for requests for absentee ballots. Delaware is the only state that requires a notary to authorize a voter's affidavit for an absentee ballot. In some cases, the potential voter may have to pay for the nota... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-28 Signed by Governor |
| #16 | HB94 | Passed | This bill updates the statute governing the Delaware Division of Libraries, revising terminology to reflect the varied roles of Delaware libraries in the 21st Century. The bill also codifies existing responsibilities of the Division of Libraries rela... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-19 Signed by Governor |
| #17 | SB75 | Passed | This Act updates Delaware's human trafficking crime to prohibit the same acts that are included in the federal Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-01 Signed by Governor |
| #18 | SB107 | Passed | This bill requires the Division of Public Health and the Department of Education to collaborate with local school districts to find ways to help improve the indoor environment in schools. The bill also requires the Division of Public Health to establ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21 Signed by Governor |
| #19 | SB73 | Passed | This Act provides clearer language concerning license requirements, gives licensees a much clearer understanding of prohibited acts, discipline and penalties; and grants the ability of the Professional Licensing Section to promulgate regulations, and... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21 Signed by Governor |
| #20 | SB69 | Passed | Section 1. Sections 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 11 and 36 of this Act amend Sections 151(f), 202(a), 219(a), 219(c), 224, 232(c) and 364 of Title 8, respectively. Amendments to Sections 219, 224 and 232 and related provisions are intended to provide specific stat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21 Signed by Governor |
| #21 | HB249 | Passed | An estimated 100,000 people in Delaware participate in some form of fantasy sports, whether it is a football or baseball league with their friends and family, or more recently, a daily or weekly contest against players from across the country. This l... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-26 Signed by Governor |
| #22 | HB85 | Vetoed | This bill eliminates the use of an enrollment preference for students living within a 5-mile radius of a charter school. This change was supported by a majority vote of the Enrollment Preferences Task Force established by House Bill No. 90 of the 147... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-20 Vetoed by Governor |
| #23 | HB139 | Passed | This bill allows the election cycle regarding contributions from political parties and political action committees to reset after the Primary Election as it does for other contributors. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-02 Signed by Governor |
| #24 | SB39 | Passed | This Act is the result of the recommendation made by the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee in its review of the Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline ("the Board") that the Division of Professional Regulation amend applic... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21 Signed by Governor |
| #25 | HB135 | Passed | This bill eliminates the "10-day hold" before registering a voter who is eligible to vote. This bill also allows the Department in lieu of the Board to remove voters who no longer reside in Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-02 Signed by Governor |
| #26 | HB190 | Passed | This Act, which shall be known as the Coastal Zone Conversion Permit Act, makes changes to the Coastal Zone Act (CZA), which has not been significantly updated since its enactment almost a half century ago. The CZA, enacted in 1971, has enabled Delaw... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-02 Signed by Governor |
| #27 | HJR4 | Passed | This resolution requires a Delaware Certificate of Multi-literacy be established. The criteria for such certificate is to be developed by the Department of Education no later than August 30, 2017. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21 Signed by Governor |
| #28 | SB72 | Passed | 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] | 2017-07-21 Signed by Governor |
| #29 | HB80 | Passed | This Act replaces existing Chapter 83 of the Delaware Insurance Code and sets forth the permissible uses of credit information in rating personal insurance. This Act also prohibits insurance companies from increasing rates on current customers solely... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-01 Signed by Governor |
| #30 | SB71 | Passed | This bill continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the "Act") to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the prop... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21 Signed by Governor |
| #31 | SB87 | Passed | This Act updates the school stability law for children in the custody of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families (DSCYF) following passage of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which reauthorizes the Elementary a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21 Signed by Governor |
| #32 | SB40 | Passed | This legislation adopts the NAICs Corporate Governance Annual Disclosure Model Act, and requires Delaware-domiciled insurers to provide to the Commissioner on an annual basis a summary of the insurers or insurance groups corporate governance structur... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-02 Signed by Governor |
| #33 | SB48 | Passed | Under this Act, a pharmacist who dispenses narloxone under an established set of circumstances is not subject to disciplinary or other adverse action under any professional licensing statute or criminal liability, or liable for damages related to inj... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-20 Signed by Governor |
| #34 | HB34 | Passed | This bill expands the list of persons eligible to participate in the Ada Leigh Soles Memorial Professional Librarian and Archivist Incentive Scholarship Program to include employees of non-public libraries in Delaware that join the Delaware Library C... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-19 Signed by Governor |
| #35 | SB70 | Passed | Sections 1 and 7. These sections amend Sections 15-108(d) and 15-1102(a)(1)(a) of the Act to clarify and confirm the distinction between domestic partnerships and foreign partnerships and to make certain other conforming changes. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21 Signed by Governor |
| #36 | SB55 | Passed | This Act provides greater clarity of language, condenses duplicative statutes and deletes statues that are irrelevant to daily operations of the Professional Licensing Sections regulation of private security, private investigative and armored car age... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21 Signed by Governor |
| #37 | SB64 | Passed | This bill removes the requirement that the Governor must declare a State of Emergency before issuing a Level 1 Driving Warning. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21 Signed by Governor |
| #38 | HB77 | Passed | This legislation authorizes the Department to operate its principal office in the Dover area and an additional branch office in Sussex County. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-08-01 Signed by Governor |
| #39 | SB83 | Passed | This bill amends the provisions related to board member compensation under Titles 24 and 28 consistent with a recent amendment to the Delaware Constitution raising the maximum compensation per calendar year from five hundred dollars per year to 1500 ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21 Signed by Governor |
| #40 | HB35 | Passed | This bill sets forth a framework for the licensing, regulation and inspection of business establishments that provide massage and bodywork services. This bill places oversight of any business offering massage services in the hands of the Board of Mas... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-26 Signed by Governor |
| #41 | SB44 | Passed | This Bill clarifies that every prescriber holding a controlled substance registration must be registered with the Prescription Monitoring Program. Further, prescribers who receive a CSR (controlled substances registration) for the first time must reg... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-21 Signed by Governor |
