| DE | SB278 | Pass | This Act clarifies portions of Chapter 49 of Title 6 and Chapter 63 of Title 21 of the Delaware Code pertaining to motor vehicle dealers. These additions and modifications are intended to further improve our States franchise laws and ensure that Dela...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-29
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB22 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-09
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB279 | Pass | This Act allows school employees up to 5 days of bereavement leave under the same circumstances as permitted for state employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-02
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB127 | Pass | This Act provides each county with the ability to impose, by duly enacted ordinance, a fire protection fee (fee). A county that enacts this fee must do all of the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-02
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB280 | Pass | This Act is a result of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association ("DIAA") Task Force. Based on the findings of the task force, this Act updates the DIAA's Executive Director from an education associate level position in the Dep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-02
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB281 | Pass | This Act is a result of the work of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) Task Force (Task Force). The 152nd Delaware General Assembly passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 19 establishing the Task Force to study and make findings an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-02
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB300 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-01
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB215 | Pass | This Act requires the Department of Health and Social Services to inspect long-term care facilities on an annual basis.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-01
Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB216 | Pass | 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-01
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB310 | Pass | The United States Space Force was established on December 20, 2019 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act. The Space Force became the 6th branch of the United States Armed Forces. This Act inserts the Space Force in those sections of the D...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-29
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB442 | Pass | This Act creates the Affordable Housing Production Task Force (Task Force). The purpose and mission of the Task Force is to investigate and make findings and rcommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on how the State and local governmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB14 | Enroll
Sine Die | 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | HB329 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act addresses the growing concern over the safety of emergency responders. It increases the penalties for persons who violate this section, which requires drivers to yield the right of way to an emergency vehicle making use of audible or visual ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | HB357 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act is the product of the work of the Firearms Definition Task Force (Task Force), which was created by this General Assembly under Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 102.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 NO |
| DE | SB270 | Pass | This Act is the statutory recognition of the recommendations set forth in the June 2, 2023, report of the DEFAC Benchmark Evaluation and Review Panel.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB378 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act requires health spas selling subscription services online to provide a prospective buyer of such a subscription the right to cancel the automatic renewal online. The option to cancel is also to be presented on the website in a clear and cons...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NOT VOTING |
| DE | SB274 | Enroll
Sine Die | Affordable housing is key to building strong communities and neighborhoods. This act provides that the developer of a residential subdivision is provided a percentage credit towards the expense of offsite improvements to state-maintained highways con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT |
| DE | HB416 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act raises the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of a low-speed vehicle from less than 2,500 pounds to 3,000 pounds or less.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | HB417 | Engross
Sine Die | Survivors of child sexual abuse that occurred in this State who have been barred from filing suit against their abusers by virtue of the expiration of the former civil statute of limitations, shall be permitted to file those claims in the Superior Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-30
Laid On Table in Senate |
| DE | HB423 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act permits a farm winery to apply for a license for use of a portion of the farm winery premises as a restaurant.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | HB411 | Enroll
Sine Die | This bill seeks to amend sections of Chapter 66 concerning the members of Delaware Volunteer Fire Departments. This bill will hold current members to the same standards as applicants with relation to criminal activity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | SB329 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act defines United States military pension for the exclusion for taxable income.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES |
| DE | SCR206 | Fail | This Senate Concurrent Resolution establishes the Delaware Restoring the Family Unit Task Force.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-30
Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 12 NO 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT |
| DE | HB454 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act creates a small business COVID-19 tax credit for such businesses that have survived the COVID-19 pandemic.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-28
To House Revenue & Finance Committee |
| DE | HB371 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act changes how the Insurance Commissioner and the State Treasurer provide for distributions from taxes collected by the Insurance Commissioner to be made to fire companies or departments in Delaware. The current method for reporting, calculatin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| DE | HB398 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act amends the City of Seaford Charter to remove the section regarding Fire Department Appropriations, specifically, the City Council's authority to set aside or appropriate up to ten percent of real estate taxes to provide for and maintain ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | SCR200 | Engross
Sine Die | Because of the serious consequences of the drug overdose epidemic, this Senate Concurrent Resolution respectfully requests a report from the Delaware Department of Education to follow up on the recommendations contained in the 154-page Delaware Drug ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-27
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SCR194 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution designates October 12, 2024, at "National Farmer's Day" in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-27
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| DE | HB247 | Enroll
Sine Die | There were 139 traffic fatalities in Delaware in 2021, the highest number of traffic fatalities since 2006. Senate Concurrent Resolution 94 of the 151st Delaware General Assembly set a goal of no more than 100 traffic fatalities per year and tasked s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT |
| DE | HB287 | Enroll
Sine Die | This act requires that an owner be reimbursed up to $1,500 annually for veterinary care expenses paid by the owner for the care of a law-enforcement canine retired from a police department of a political subdivision of the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | HB328 | Enroll
Sine Die | Senate Bill No. 288 of the 151st General Assembly (Chapter 371 of Volume 83 of the Laws of Delaware) created a pilot program whereby motorcyclists are permitted to use pulsating headlights as a way to alert other drivers of their presence, without al...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | HB446 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill prevents a consumer reporting agency from furnishing a consumer report if the report is being obtained due to an inquiry regarding a residential mortgage loan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Not Worked in Committee |
| DE | HCR156 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution urges the State of Maryland to allow the sale of certified Delaware sod in Maryland.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| DE | SB202 | Enroll
Sine Die | For claims for line of duty death benefits for covered persons, which include police officers, firefighters, auxiliary and volunteer ambulance and rescue company members, paramedics, and others, submitted on July 1, 2023, and thereafter, this Act inc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-25
Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 2 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT |
| DE | SB221 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act provides that the next of kin of a deceased police officer, member of a fire department, or member of the Delaware National Guard is entitled to a Delaware state flag if the deceased person served in at least 1 qualifying entity for at least...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-25
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT |
| DE | SB183 | Pass | The Delaware National Guard is in need of military judges and wants to use qualified military judges who are retired from the Delaware National Guard.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB399 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act creates a new state-level Department of Veterans Affairs, headed by a cabinet-level Secretary appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Department will take over most of the duties currently handled by the Comm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
Amendment HA 1 to HB 399 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| DE | HB403 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act transfers the sections pertaining to assessment functions and the New Castle County Board of Assessment Review from the subchapter governing the functions of the Department of Land Use to the subchapter governing the functions of the Departm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20
Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 ABSENT |
| DE | HB400 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act 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 submitting and withdr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18
To Senate Executive Committee |
| DE | SCR177 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution proclaims Wednesday, June 12, 2024, as Women Veterans Day in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-13
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | HB343 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act reduces the State's rate of realty transfer tax by .25% per year for 4 years, for residential property conveyances having a property value less than $500,000, and for commercial property convenances having a property value less than $1,0...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-12
Motion to Release Failed |
| DE | SB259 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act is a result of the Delaware Interscholastic Association ("DIAA") Task Force. Based on the findings of the task force, this Act updates and modernizes the DIAA Board of Directors' composition. This Act also makes technical corre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-11
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT |
| DE | SB322 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act updates the Grace Firestone Act to strengthen regulations for member schools regarding sudden cardiac arrest. The Act requires member schools to develop an athletic emergency action plan and have an automated external defibrillator (AED) les...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-11
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee |
| DE | SB323 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act removes prohibitions in Title 11 of the Delaware code regarding owning or possessing certain types of folding knives that may be opened with one hand. So-called "switch blade knives", which are more appropriately called automatic k...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| DE | HB429 | Intro
Sine Die | This legislation, the State Spending Accountability Amendment, is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that would reform the state budgeting process.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-06
To House Administration Committee |
| DE | HB262 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act permits wine producers holding a valid license within this State or another state to obtain a license and ship wine directly to Delaware consumers so long as it is done through a common carrier with a carrier permit. This Act requires that w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
Not Worked in Committee |
| DE | SCR160 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution designates the month of May 2024 as "Lyme Disease Awareness Month" in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SCR168 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution designates May 21, 2024, as "Wastewater Management and Drinking Water Management Professionals Day" in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | HB272 | Engross
Sine Die | This act regulates persons who receive compensation for advising or assisting with veterans' benefits earned by serving our nation in the military. This bill would not prohibit persons or business entities from receiving compensation for advice t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
To Senate Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee |
| DE | HCR130 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent resolution recognizes the Success of the Downtown Development District (DDD) Program on the tenth anniversary of its establishment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-14
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
