DE Legislation | 2011-2012 | 146th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
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
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
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
HB406	Intro Sine Die	This bill amends one of the requirements for a homeowner or tenant to qualify for the Lot Rent Assistance Program. That program provides a credit against the lot rent in the amount of the difference between the rent that would otherwise be charged an... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-28 To House Manufactured Housing Committee
HB361	Intro Sine Die	This Act covers the licensing of auctioneers and auction firms, and creates a commission to license auctioneers and auction firms and to oversee their activities. Section 6 amends the exemption for auctioneers in the real estate brokers chapter to ma... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-27 Stricken
HB405	Intro Sine Die	This Act shall be known as the “Delaware Age 55+ Volunteer Program Act.” It provides incentives for those buying Age 55+ Homes to donate their time and talent to Delaware charities and non-profit organizations. Provided an individual dona... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-27 To House Revenue & Finance Committee
HB381	Intro Sine Die	This bill creates a commercial real estate broker’s lien and is patterned after similar legislation enacted in several other states. Commercial real estate brokers perform valuable services making a market for real estate and assisting sellers,... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-27 Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
HB396	Intro Sine Die	Existing Delaware law does not address estate property interests in digital assets and digital accounts. This bill will provide executors and administrators of estates control of deceased persons’ digital assets and digital accounts during the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-27 Amendment HA 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
HB375	Intro Sine Die	Delaware volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) are the first responders to all types of emergencies in the State. They provide fire extinguishment, fire prevention, life safety education, and emergency medical and rescue ser... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-27 Stricken
HB392	Intro Sine Die	This Delaware Health Security Act will provide all current and future Delaware citizens, our state's budget and future economy and job development a non-government run program and cost effective single payer health care system. This system eliminates... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-27 Stricken
HB399	Intro Sine Die	Section 344(d) of Title 31 of the Delaware Code currently exempts entities under state ownership or control, such as a public school, from the regulatory authority of the Office of Child Care Licensing (“OCCL”). This Act removes that exem... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-26 Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT) in House with 7 On Its Merits
SB256	Intro Sine Die	This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that will modernize the bail provisions within the Delaware Constitution and ensure that the right to bail under the Delaware Constitution is coterminous with the bail right guaranteed by the Ei... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-21 Defeated by Senate. Votes: Defeated 9 YES 11 NO 1 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
SB259	Intro Sine Die	This bill modifies and clarifies the appeal process for final decisions from the Delaware Alcoholic Beverage Control Commissioner to the Appeals Commission, and the appeal process for final decisions of the Appeals Commission to the Superior Court. T... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-21 Stricken
HB308	Intro Sine Die	Under current law there is no recognized right to privacy in an employee or applicant’s social networking site passwords and account information. This Bill makes it unlawful for employers to mandate that an employee or applicant disclose passwo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-21 Amendment HA 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
HB344	Intro Sine Die	This bill provides that any income and/or capital gain received from easements preserving agricultural land shall not be taxed for purposes of Delaware personal income taxes. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-21 Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
HB394	Intro Sine Die	This Bill will modernize the process and requirements for issuance of liquor licenses for off premises consumption. The current process and requirements do not consider population growth. Minimum distance requirements are enhanced while increases in ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/BANKING/INSURANCE/COMMERCE) in House with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
SB252	Intro Sine Die	This Bill imposes dollar limits on the prescription drug insurance practice of cost-sharing known as specialty tiers in order to protect patients from unaffordable co-insurance fees. Patient’s co-payment or co-insurance fees for specialty tier ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
SCR46	Intro Sine Die	This resolution establishs the Workplace Bullying Task Force to examine the issues of workplace bullying. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-20 To Senate Executive Committee
HB347	Intro Sine Die	This bill provides that causes of actions regarding the performance or furnishing of land surveys and the creation or furnishing of survey products must be brought within 6 years or 3 years after the discovery of an error or omission, whichever occur... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-20 Laid On Table in House
SB268	Intro Sine Die	An Act To Amend Title 11 Relating To Crimes And Criminal Procedure. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-20 To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB262	Intro Sine Die	This Bill expands Delaware’s Public Assistance Code to provide preventative and urgent dental care to all eligible Medicaid recipients. Payments for preventative or urgent dental care treatments shall be subject to a $10.00 recipient copay and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-20 To Senate Health & Social Services Committee
HB386	Intro Sine Die	This Act will allow expanded early stage investment of capital into targeted Delaware businesses, thereby assisting in the creation of jobs. The Act provides tax credits for investments into targeted small businesses that have been certified by the F... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-20 To House Appropriations Committee
HB353	Intro Sine Die	This Act clarifies the usage of the term “without the victim’s consent” as found in the Criminal Code's rape statutory scheme. In contrast to current legislative intent, the term “without the victim’s consent” is b... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-20 HS 1 for HB 353 - Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 7 On Its Merits
HB331	Intro Sine Die	Under current Delaware law, only certain voters are eligible to vote by absentee ballot. Similarly, only certain voters qualify for permanent absentee voting status. This bill extends absentee voting, including permanent absentee voting status, to al... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (HOUSE ADMINISTRATION) in House with 3 On Its Merits
SB263	Intro Sine Die	This Act will Allow all Delawarean’s, regardless of income levels, to participate in the benefits of the Delaware Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS); Maintain and grow the jobs created by the home-grown solar industry; Correct a flaw in the cu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-19 Amendment SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate
SB264	Intro Sine Die	The Bill will reduce the average customer energy bill and will create local construction jobs by driving investments in energy efficiency that displace more expensive energy supply purchases. Energy efficiency investments create in-state jobs, lower ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-19 To Senate Energy & Transit Committee
HB397	Intro Sine Die	This bill clarifies that individuals entering into a cable television franchise agreement with the Public Service Commission are not thereby employees for purposes of the Wage Payment and Collection Act. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-19 To House Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee
HB395	Intro Sine Die	This Bill prohibits the warrantless search of electronic devices, particularly mobile telephones. This Bill also prohibits the interception of geolocation information by physical placement of a mobile tracking device or otherwise tracking positioning... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-19 To House Judiciary Committee
HB373	Intro Sine Die	This bill authorizes the Commissioners to borrow up to $2,500,000 for proper municipal purposes by issuing bonds or other obligations without the duty of a referendum. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-19 Stricken
HR35	Intro Sine Die	This Resolution recognizes Thursday, June 14, 2012, as “Staff Appreciation Day” in the House of Representatives. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-14 Passed in House by Voice Vote
HB297	Intro Sine Die	This Act removes the mandatory minimum sentence for a 4th time felony criminal offender when the 4th felony is a violent felony, permitting the court instead to sentence according to its own discretion and within existing sentencing guidelines. The c... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 7 On Its Merits
SB224	Intro Sine Die	Currently retail liquor stores are permitted to open at 9:00 a.m. Some stores, however, choose to open later than 9:00 a.m. This Bill continues the process of updating the Liquor Control Act to make it more modern and consumer-friendly. The Bill allo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (SUNSET) in Senate with 3 Unfavorable
HB379	Intro Sine Die	Existing programs and services underserve runaway and homeless youth. This bill creates a specific assessment and reporting requirement for the Delaware Interagency Council on Homelessness, in conjunction with the Department of Services for Children,... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-13 Stricken
HB166	Intro Sine Die	This bill exempts the half of the State realty transfer tax for first-time home buyers. This bill also allows the Department of Finance to adopt rules and regulations for an affidavit to state the names and professional license number of the real est... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (APPROPRIATIONS) in House with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
HB292	Intro Sine Die	This bill requires that a background check be completed on a new public school hire before that person begins employment. In an emergency, a person may be hired conditionally prior to the completion of a background check with permission from the scho... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (EDUCATION) in House with 8 On Its Merits
HB358	Intro Sine Die	This bill is the result of recommendations made by the Joint Sunset Committee. The purpose of this bill is to enable candidates for licensure as dentists and dental hygienists to sit for the practical examination required by the Board prior to gradua... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-13 Stricken
SB253	Intro Sine Die	This bill amends the Charter for the Town of Henlopen Acres to clarify that all candidates for Town Commissioner and all serving Town Commissioners must be eligible to vote in the annual municipal election, and to modify the qualifications for voter ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-13 To Senate Community/County Affairs Committee
SB251	Intro Sine Die	Public projects are being undertaken in a number of States under legislation allowing for public-private initiatives. This legislation allows Vocation – Technical High School Districts and Centers to utilize such contractual approach for educat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-13 To Senate Finance Committee
SB250	Intro Sine Die	This Bill creates an exemption from the motor vehicle document fee for fuel-efficient vehicles. This exemption is scheduled to sunset in three years. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-13 To Senate Highways & Transportation Committee
HB400	Intro Sine Die	This Bill will prohibit use of tanning devices at a tanning facility by someone under the age of 18 unless that person has a medical prescription. That prohibition is presently the law in Delaware for people under the age of 14. Someone between 14 an... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-13 To House Health & Human Development Committee
HB391	Intro Sine Die	Delaware’s seat belt law allows law enforcement to pull over a driver if the driver or anyone in the vehicle is not wearing a seat belt. It is a civil penalty with a fine of $25 plus court costs. However, 4802(g)(2)a. and b. of Title 21 of the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY) in House with 7 On Its Merits
HB388	Intro Sine Die	This bill makes technical changes and amends the location of various provisions in the Dentistry and Dental Hygiene subchapter. The bill also makes substantive changes to the Dentistry and Dental Hygiene subchapter by enabling candidates for licensur... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-13 To House Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)
SR21	Intro Sine Die	This Resolution requests the Delaware Department of Transportation to either commission or engage in a study, in conjunction with the University of Delaware, to determine the feasibility of constructing a Delaware Bay Bridge and Tunnel system across ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
HB360	Intro Sine Die	This bill will save the State of Delaware money by having school board elections on the date of the general election and it will increase the voter turnout for school board elections. Currently, school board elections are held on the second Tuesday o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-12 Reported Out of Committee (HOUSE ADMINISTRATION) in House with 4 On Its Merits
HB390	Intro Sine Die	The amendment extends the time for presenting claims against an estate when letters of testamentary or administration are granted. The letters are the first official publication of notice of death issued by the Register of Wills. Where there is an ou... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-12 Introduced in House and assigned to Health & Human Development Committee
HB262	Intro Sine Die	This Bill provides that employees serving in security-related or high-risk positions may be eligible for hazardous duty pay. Those positions would be designated by the Chief Justice in accord with the needs of each court. Funding for this additional ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-12 Stricken
SB239	Intro Sine Die	This bill removes expense payments and allocations from pension contribution compensation for elected officials. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-07 To Senate Finance Committee
HB380	Intro Sine Die	This bill revises the Delaware Charter School law to require that all charter school applications be submitted to local school boards for review and consideration. The bill requires local school boards to conduct a face-to-face meeting with the chart... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-07 Introduced in House and assigned to Education Committee
SB220	Intro Sine Die	This bill codifies the common law and protects the secondary market for life insurance in Delaware. Courts in this state have consistently held that when an insurer rescinds a life insurance policy, the insurer must return the premiums that it has co... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-07 Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
HB316	Intro Sine Die	This bill creates a tax credit for furnishing broadband services to underserved and rural areas as defined by the Federal Internal Revenue Code. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-06-06 Stricken