| SB243 | Pass | This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Laurel to include impact fees, among other currently specified fees and charges, as a first lien against all real estate of delinquent property owners and/or tax papers within the corporate limits of the Tow...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| SB270 | Pass | This bill increases the Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs from 15 to 17 members by adding two “at large” commissioners. The bill also adds the Delaware National Guard as an organization in which qualifying military service can be ob...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| HB196 | Pass | This act would give sole responsibility for voter list maintenance to the Departments of Elections in the counties, permit persons whose business or occupation is providing care to a parent, spouse or child requiring constant care due to illness, inj...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| HB348 | Pass | This bill defines signature to include a digital or electronic signature, sets a date that parties can opt out of the Presidential Primary that is consistent with the new date of that election, eliminates obsolete language from the nomination process...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| HB370 | Pass | This Act expands the scope of the Delaware National Guard and Reserve Emergency Assistance Fund (the "Fund") by extending the Fund's assistance to those Delaware service persons who are not on active duty and would otherwise qualify for ass...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| SB232 | Pass | This bill permits the Family Court and the Court of Common Pleas to temporarily assign retired Commissioners duties at the designation of each Court’s Chief Judge with the consent of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The retired Commissio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| SB221 | Enroll
Sine Die | This amendment adds the United States Bankruptcy Courts to the list of entities that may certify questions of law to the Delaware Supreme Court. This is the first leg.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Enact w/o Sign by Governor |
| SB274 | Pass | On December 8, 2010, President Obama signed the Claims Resolution Act into law (Public Law 111-291).This federal law contains a provision applicable to the State Directory of New Hires which requires a change to 2208(c) of Title 13 and 1156A of Tit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| HB351 | Pass | This Act serves to codify numerous policies that promote the autonomy of the Alderman’s Court and thereby foster public confidence in the Court. The Act describes the processes of nomination, appointment by the Governor, and confirmation by the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| HB382 | Pass | Section 1 amends 4972 of the Delaware Insurance Company Mutual-to-Stock Conversion Act (“Act”) by making technical changes to definitions of terms used in the Act to provide clarity and further flexibility. Section 2 amends 4973(a) of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| HB235 | Pass | This bill provides that a veteran or member of the armed forces of the United States who has honorably served or is honorably serving, resides in the State of Delaware and owns a motor vehicle registered in the State of Delaware shall receive a 50% d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| HB341 | Pass | The act exempts from the Delaware Tax on the lease of motion picture films a broad number of not-for profit organizations exempt from income tax under the Internal Revenue Code, such as the Rehoboth Film Festival.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| SB200 | Pass | The Fatal Incident Review Team is a multiagency team that reviews all deaths and near deaths that occur as a result of domestic violence. This Act reduces the core number of Review Team members from eight to seven, by eliminating the requirement that...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| HB181 | Pass | This Act provides a credit against the tax on telephone lines and transmitters that is measured as a percentage of the capital investment made in Delaware by a taxpayer and its affiliates, and provides the credit shall not be treated as an unforeseen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| SB210 | Pass | This Bill amends Title 16 of the Del. Code, Chapters 97 and 98 to be consistent with changes to EMS practitioner titles based on changes to the U.S. Department of Transportation, National Emergency Medical Services Education Standards and National St...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| HJR18 | Pass | This resolution is in response to recommendations from Delaware’s Youth Advisory Council, which is comprised of youth who have experienced foster care and who speak on behalf of all youth in care. The Youth Advisory Council provides the opportu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| HB328 | Pass | This bill is the result of recommendations made by the Joint Sunset Committee and makes several amendments to Title 16 relating to the Delaware Health Care Commission (“DHCC” or “Commission”). The bill removes the General Asse...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| SB196 | Pass | This bill clarifies that the limitation of liability applies to the provision of NG9-1-1 service. This bill does not expand the current scope of the limitation but rather updates the language to account for change in the technology used to deliver 9-...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| HB231 | Pass | This Bill makes it clear that the Superior Court can allow for non-profit legal service providers to perform the function of the HUD-certified housing counselors in the mediation process. Legal Services Corporation of Delaware has been authorized to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| HB410 | Pass | A Bond And Capital Improvements Act Of The State Of Delaware And Certain Of Its Authorities For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2013; Authorizing The Issuance Of General Obligation Bonds Of The State; Appropriating Funds From The Transportation Trust...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB402 | Enroll
Sine Die | Some species of non-native wildlife including invasive species, can pose current and future risks to native wildlife species or their habitats, agriculture, property, or human health or safety. This bill authorizes the Department of Natural Resources...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-01
HS 1 for HB 402 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SB212 | Pass | The internet has grown rapidly as an acceptable means of communication and transacting commerce. This Act will use the internet as a means to modernize the notice requirements for procurement bids, agency meetings, and public hearings. This Act will ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB279 | Pass | This Act grants pension increases to retired State Employees, retired Judges, retired “New” State police and retired County/Municipal Police/Firefighters on July 1, 2012 for persons whose pension benefit was effective on or before June 30...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB383 | Pass | This bill adds the Secretary of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families, or the Secretary's designee, and one additional public member to the Criminal Justice Council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| SJR11 | Pass | This Resolution provides the official revenue, refund, and unencumbered funds estimates for Fiscal Year 2012.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| SJR12 | Pass | This Resolution provides the official revenue, refund, and unencumbered funds estimates for Fiscal Year 2013
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB260 | Pass | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2013 Appropriation Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB265 | Pass | This Act provides supplementary appropriations to certain Grants-in-Aid for Fiscal Year 20122013. Section 1 – Government Units and Senior Center $20,582,465 $21,632,943 Section 2 – One-Times and Community Agencies $15,450,864 $16,215,516 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB363 | Engross
Sine Die | Revisions to the bail bond statutes are necessary in order to curb abuses of the bail bond system, and better serve the citizens and courts of the State of Delaware. Under the statutes, the Insurance Department regulates a large contingent of bail bo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-30
Defeated by Senate. Votes: Defeated 8 YES 10 NO 3 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR57 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution creates the Gifted and Talented Student Task Force.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-30
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HR37 | Intro
Sine Die | This House Resolution creates the Delaware School Construction Working Group to evaluate the School Construction Planning Committee and school construction cost data.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-30
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HB242 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill sets certain regulations for motor vehicle data-reporting devices to prohibit the use by insurance companies of such data for anything other than consideration for premium discounts, requires disclosure to the insured of others who may gain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-30
Defeated by Senate. Votes: Defeated 9 YES 8 NO 4 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SR25 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Resolution honors Senator George H. Bunting, Jr., as he prepares to retire after 12 years as a member of the House of Representatives and 16 years as a member of the Senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-30
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SR26 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution commends Liane M. Sorenson, Senate Minority Whip, for her service to the people of Delaware and extends best wishes to our esteemed colleague as she retires from the Senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-30
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB404 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act would require that all work on public works contracts is performed by responsible, qualified firms that maintain the capacity, expertise, personnel, and other qualifications and resources necessary to successfully perform such contracts in a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-30
Amendment HA 1 - Introduced in House |
| SCR45 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes and honors the young women of Delaware participating in the 2012 session of Delaware Girls State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-30
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HCR53 | Engross
Sine Die | By way of this Resolution the General Assembly hereby recognizes the importance of pro bono legal services to the many citizens of Delaware and does hereby recognize the week of October 21-27, 2012 as “Delaware’s Pro Bono Celebration Week...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-30
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR54 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution designates July 9, 2012, as the Day of the Warrant Officer Corps.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-30
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR55 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution creates the Delaware Health Fund Working Group.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-30
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SB225 | Enroll
Sine Die | Head injuries are the most common cause of death for people who ride horses or ponies according to the American Medical Equestrian Association. This bill requires persons less than 18 years of age to wear a certified riding helmet. The law is written...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-30
Defeated by House of Representatives. Votes: Defeated 24 YES 16 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SCR44 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution establishes an Animal Welfare Task Force to consider and evaluate the state of animal welfare in Delaware, including the resources devoted to animal welfare services and whether consolidation, collaboration, or reorganization can lead...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-30
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SCR43 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution establishes a “Task Force on Labor History” to develop materials to be included in the state’s American history curriculum ensuring that Delaware public school students will be instructed at an appr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-30
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 30 YES 11 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB342 | Pass | This bill continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-29
Signed by Governor |
| SB278 | Enroll
Sine Die | Section 1 creates the Controlled Substance Advisory Committee, a designee/recommending body that previously existed only in regulation; makes numerous grammatical corrections; makes uniform the language pertaining to the Secretary’s duty to the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-28
To House Health & Human Development Committee |
| HB258 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill simplifies the procedures for selling a vehicle to satisfy a lien. Under the current law, a garagekeeper must institute a proceeding in a Justice of the Peace Court for permission to hold a sale for every vehicle for which the owner does no...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-28
Returned to the House |
| SB188 | Pass | This bill would remove outdated language in this part of the Code, which was drafted before the 1873 General Corporation Law existed. It clarifies the Delaware SPCA’s status as a corporation, not as a body politic – a term which is undefi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| HB371 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act ensures that the investigation and disposition of cases of child abuse or neglect are conducted in a comprehensive, integrated and multi-disciplinary manner, thereby significantly reducing existing communication and coordination gaps in the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-28
HS 1 for HB 371 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB9 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act is the first leg of a Constitutional Amendment which eliminates the existing five-year waiting period before eligible felons who have fully discharged their sentences may have their voting rights restored. This Act shall be known as the Haze...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-28
Enact w/o Sign by Governor |
| SB237 | Pass | This bill replaces the existing Bethany Beach Charter section with those similar uniform provisions most recently adopted in other Towns.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| HB376 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill increases the percentage from to of one percent the premium tax on insurance policies and uses those proceeds to fund the pension and medical coverage pension plans for retired state, county and municipal police officers and firefighters,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-06-28
Reported Out of Committee (ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/BANKING/INSURANCE/COMMERCE) in House with 7 On Its Merits |
