| DE | SB150 | Engross
50% | This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 150. Like Senate Bill No. 150, this Act requires included facilities have sufficient staff to meet the needs of each resident and requires dementia care services training for staff. This Act differs from S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
To House Health & Human Development Committee |
| DE | HB282 | Enroll
75% | This Act adds procedural requirements to meetings of the State Employee Benefits Committee (SEBC), revises the membership of the SEBC, and requires that the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources inform State employees and retired State emplo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT |
| DE | HB319 | Intro
25% | This Act requires the Department of Human Resources to develop an executive branch policy restricting nepotism in state employment and prohibiting supervision of a state employee by a relative. It further requires the legislative and judicial branche...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
Amendment HA 3 to HB 319 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| DE | SB13 | Engross
50% | Healthcare facility assessments are currently the second largest source of funding for states shares of Medicaid costs, behind general funds. Today, 49 states have at least one facility assessment in place, including Delaware, while 34 states and Was...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | SB289 | Engross
50% | This Act amends Title 16, Chapter 76 of the Delaware Code relating to energy conservation identified in county and municipal building and plumbing codes. Consistent with codes in other States, including New York, Rhode Island, and Washington, among o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | SB11 | Engross
50% | This is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 11. Like Senate Bill No. 11, this Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment to modernize the bail provisions within the Delaware Constitution and clarify the power of the General Assembly to enumerate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
To House Administration Committee |
| DE | SB295 | Engross
50% | This Act strengthens the current practice of obtaining service letters for employment in child care facilities to protect children from workers who have engaged in prior acts that are prohibited by the Office of Child Care Licensing. The Act does all...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
To House Labor Committee |
| DE | SB169 | Engross
50% | This Act creates the Delaware Wrongful Conviction Compensation and Service Act. The Act provides compensation and reintegration services to individuals who have served sentences of incarceration, wrongful incarceration in a psychiatric institution, p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| DE | HB9 | Intro
25% | This Act requires that all passenger vehicles and light duty vehicles owned and operated by the State be zero emission vehicles by 2040 by requiring increasing volumes of zero emission vehicles every few years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB86 | Intro
25% | This Act establishes a right to counsel for indigent parents in DSCYF custody proceedings. Parent representation will primarily be provided by a legal services entity contracted with the Family Court, but may also be provided by the Office of Defense...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB270 | Engross
50% | This Act creates a civil penalty for any sale or display of ammunition that allows the ammunition to be accessible to a purchaser or transferee without the assistance of the vendor or an employee of the vendor. Ammunition in an enclosed display case,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB281 | Enroll
75% | This Act repeals the option of providing health care insurance to state pensioners under Medicare part C, known as a Medicare Advantage Plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| DE | HB274 | Engross
50% | Early, sustained exposure to peanut and egg proteins in the infant diet significantly reduces the risk that an infant will develop a peanut or egg allergy, saving lives and future health care costs. Following multiple clinical studies, the current gu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| DE | HB286 | Engross
50% | Like House Bill No. 286, House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill No. 286 prohibits discrimination in life insurance based on genetic characteristics, genetic information, or the result of any genetic test.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB212 | Engross
50% | Like Senate Bill No. 212, Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 212 codifies the Bureau of Health Equity (BHE) in the Division of Public Health, which includes the Office of Minority Health and the Office of Womens Health. The purpose of the BH...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB300 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2024-05-22
was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 300 |
| DE | SB216 | Engross
50% | 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] | 2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 2 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB16 | Intro
25% | This Act requires that Medicaid and State employee health plans cover: (1) ovarian cancer monitoring tests for women treated for ovarian cancer; and (2) annual screening tests for women at risk for ovarian cancer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB17 | Intro
25% | This Act requires all employers in the State to provide employees with a minimum of 1 hour of earned sick time and safety leave for every 30 hours worked. For employers of fewer than 10 employees, the time may be unpaid, job-protected time instead of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Motion to Release Failed |
| DE | HB326 | Engross
50% | This is a substitute for House Bill No. 326.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB332 | Engross
50% | This Act codifies the teacher academy pathways program that prepares students for careers in elementary and secondary education. Among other things, it requires the DOE to update and revise statewide standards and guidelines for teacher academies and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB237 | Engross
50% | This Act amends the provisions in Title 9 of the Delaware Code relating to the county comprehensive plans for Sussex, Kent, and New Castle Counties, and Title 22 of the Delaware Code relating to municipal comprehensive plans for municipalities with p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Housing) in House with 5 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB238 | Engross
50% | This Act adds "victim of kidnapping" to the definition section of the Address Confidentiality Act, allowing for kidnapping victims to become eligible for the protections offered by the Address Confidentiality Program. This amendment is reco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB260 | Engross
50% | This Act is a result of the work of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association ("DIAA") Task Force. The current process for promulgating DIAA-related regulations grants the regulatory authority to the Department of Education ("D...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 13 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB259 | Engross
50% | 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] | 2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 13 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB279 | Engross
50% | Section 2306 of Title 14 requires that when a new school is constructed or a major renovation is undertaken, the construction or renovation must include certain safety features, including a secured vestibule and the installation of "ballistic re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
To House Education Committee |
| DE | SB12 | Engross
50% | This Act amends Delawares laws regarding release of persons accused of crimes (Chapter 21 of Title 11 of the Delaware Code) as required in conjunction with the enactment of an amendment to § 12 of Article I of the Delaware Constitution permitting pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| DE | HB280 | Intro
25% | This Act makes several changes to the civil asset forfeiture proceedings of this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB300 | Intro
25% | This Act requires crisis pregnancy centers in this state to provide notice if the center is not licensed by this state as a medical facility and does not have a licensed medical provider who provides or directly supervises, in person, the provision o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB286 | Intro
25% | This Act codifies the Delaware Hispanic Commission (Commission). The Commission was created by former Governor Jack Markell in Executive Order Number 28 to combine and streamline the duties of the former Governors Council on Hispanic Affairs and the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB301 | Intro
25% | This Act requires public universities in this state to provide access to medication for the termination of pregnancy and emergency contraception. The medication and contraception must be provided on-site, but consultation to provide them may be perfo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB405 | Intro
25% | This Act removes the requirement that a juvenile can only be referred to the the Juvenile Offender Civil Citation Program a second or subsequent time if the juveniles prior referral was for a different offense than the second referral, allowing a juv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB297 | Engross
50% | This Act acknowledges the importance of diversity and inclusivity in education by requiring the Department of Education to update content standards and regulations using a non-exhaustive list of racial, ethnic, and cultural groups.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
To House Education Committee |
| DE | SB305 | Intro
25% | This Act streamlines and modernizes the State Early Childhood Education Program in § 3001 of Title 14, also referred to as State-funded early care and education, as follows:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB283 | Engross
50% | This Act repeals the DELJIS Fund fee imposed on criminal defendants. The elimination of this fee was recommended by the Criminal Legal System Imposed Debt Study Group created by House Bill 244, as amended by House Amendment No 2, of the 151st General...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| DE | SB282 | Engross
50% | This Act repeals the Senior Trust Fund Fee, the Interstate Compact Fee, and the Substance Abuse, Rehabilitation, Treatment, Education and Prevention Fund Fee imposed on criminal defendants. The elimination of these fees was recommended by the Crimina...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| DE | HB13 | Engross
50% | This Act requires the Director of the Sustainable Energy Utility to administer a program to provide financial assistance to Delaware residents for the cost of purchase and installation of electric vehicle supply equipment. For a low-income applicant ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB200 | Enroll
75% | 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] | 2024-05-21
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | SB20 | Enroll
75% | The primary purpose of this Act is to remove the requirement that a public school district employee who donates leave to another employee must donate 2 days of leave for the other employee to receive 1 day of leave.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT |
| DE | SB236 | Engross
50% | This bill: (a) extends the expiration date for any new issuance or renewal of an ADA placard from 3 years to 8 years for a specific person with a diagnosis of a permanent disability and changing the minimum age from 85 to 80 years or older, (b) exten...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB328 | Engross
50% | 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] | 2024-05-21
Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB322 | Enroll
75% | This Act establishes the Delaware Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage and Culture.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | SB245 | Engross
50% | The Office of Foreclosure Prevention and Financial Education and the Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program were created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to assist homeowners at risk of foreclosure or already navigating the forecl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
| DE | HB374 | Engross
50% | This Act updates House Bill 455 from the 151st General Assembly by providing the same legal protections afforded providers of contraceptive and abortion services to providers of fertility treatment. In summary, this Act does the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| DE | SB275 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this Act is to combat aggressive driving and dangerous speed differentials on targeted roadways. This Act prohibits vehicles from traveling in the left lane on the portions of State Route 1 or Interstate 495 that are an express highway...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
Reported Out of Committee (Environment, Energy & Transportation) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB278 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2024-05-21
Amendment SA 1 to SB 278 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| DE | HB392 | Intro
25% | The United States Department of Agriculture runs a voluntary program that provides risk management coverage to dairy producers that pays out based on the difference between the national price of milk and the average cost of feed. This Act enables the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in House with 6 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB410 | Intro
25% | Section 1 of this Act establishes the Legislative Hall Art and History Advisory Commission ("Commission"). The Commission is established to advise and make recommendations to Legislative Council regarding art, monuments, and historical exhi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
To House Administration Committee |
| DE | SB272 | Engross
50% | 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] | 2024-05-21
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee |
| DE | SB311 | Intro
25% | This bill creates new subsections in Section 507(c) of Title 14 of the Delaware Code to define the licensure and certification requirements more clearly within Chapter 5 of Title 14 and provides the ability for charter schools to hire the administrat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-21
To Senate Education Committee |
