DE SB50 | 2025-2026 | 153rd General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-4)
Status: Enrolled on January 30 2025 - 75% progression
Action: 2025-01-30 - Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Status: Enrolled on January 30 2025 - 75% progression
Action: 2025-01-30 - Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Summary
This Act amends the Fiscal Year 2025 Bond and Capital Improvements Act to (1) authorize local bond shares to adjust for William Penn High School in the Colonial School District. Further, this Act amends Fiscal Year 2025 Bond and Capital Improvements Act to (2) authorize the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, with concurrence of the Controller General and the Co-Chairs of the Joint Committee on Capital, to transfer any necessary spending authority from the Cultural Access Fund; (3) revise allocations to the City of Dover and Downtown Dover Partnership; (4) revise the allocation for the University of Delaware for Deferred Maintenance from Laboratories to Campus Improvements; (5) revise the State and Local share allocations for the Smyrna Roof Replacement project and authorizes School Construction Market Pressure to be transferrable between Fiscal Years 2023 and 2024 to achieve allocations; (6) adjust School Safety and Security funding from the Department of Safety and Homeland Security, Delaware State Police, Special Investigation to reflect State Bureau of Identification; (7) removes the requirement of school districts and charter schools to obligate prior fiscal year MCI funds prior to utilizing Enhanced MCI; (8) authorize the transfer of any remaining funds from Legislative Hall major and minor capital improvement appropriations to be used for the Legislative Hall Garage/Expansion project; (9) authorize the transfer of any remaining funds from the Domestic Violence Coordinating Feasibility Study to the Criminal Justice Council for Family Justice Center startup costs; (10) authorizes the transfer of funds allocated for the Scannell Readiness Center and up to $500,000 of available Minor Capital Improvements to cover the project for the Bethany Beach Training Barracks; (11) authorizes funds from Capital School Districts Certificate of Necessity (CN 2113A) to be used to support new facilities for the Kent County Community School and Kent County Secondary ILC; (12) authorize the Department of Transportation to use Community Transportation Funds for one-time reimbursements for various projects; (13) reprograms funding from the Community Redevelopment/Reinvestment Fund from Downtown Milford, Inc. to the Delaware State Fair, the Milford District Fee Public Library Commission, and Kent Sussex Industries; (14) authorize the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to perform an adaptive reuse study for the Delaware State Police Troop 7; and (15) remove the deadline date requiring Sussex County Council to adopt ยง 6961, Title 9 of the Delaware Code.
Title
An Act To Amend The Laws Of Delaware Relating To The Bond And Capital Improvements Act Of The State Of Delaware And Certain Of Their Authorities For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2025.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-01-30 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2025-01-28 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-28 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-30 | Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT | |
| 2025-01-29 | Reported Out of Committee (Capital Infrastructure) in House with 5 Favorable | |
| 2025-01-28 | Assigned to Capital Infrastructure Committee in House | |
| 2025-01-28 | Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 VACANT | |
| 2025-01-28 | Lifted From Table in Senate | |
| 2025-01-23 | Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate |
