| HB259 | Pass | This bill removes the sunset provision from the public education unit count law adopted in the first session of the 146th General Assembly. The provision, previously set to expire April 1, 2012, was extended two years by legislation in the second ses...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-27
Signed by Governor |
| SB184 | Intro
Sine Die | SYNOPSIS
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB163 | Intro
Sine Die | Currently a person can commit the crime of endangering the welfare of a child by committing certain types of other crimes (often referred to as crimes of domestic violence) knowing that a child of the person’s or victim’s family has witne...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-27
Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| HCR41 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes the valuable contribution that the Lions Clubs International make to our local communities, as well as the world at-large, by recognizing that March 26, 2014 is Delaware State Lions Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-26
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR42 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution recognizes April 9, 2014, as the Delaware Culture Change Coalition’s 2nd Annual Conference.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-26
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR38 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution recognizes the month of March 2014 as National Nutrition Month and encourages all of this State’s citizens to learn and raise awareness about nutrition.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-26
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB284 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill requires political committees to report a contributor’s occupation and employment information. This is already a requirement in federal campaign finance law. If only a contributor’s name and address are disclosed (without occupa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-26
To House Administration Committee |
| SCR41 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution acknowledges the accomplishments of United Cerebral Palsy of Delaware, Inc. upon their 50th anniversary.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-25
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HB282 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill clarifies Delaware’s Whistleblowers’ Protection Act to protect employees who report campaign finance violations by their employers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-25
To House Administration Committee |
| HB281 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill clarifies how joint contributions to a political committee are to be attributed. This provision parallels federal law relating to joint contributions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-25
To House Administration Committee |
| SCR42 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes March 25, 2014 as “Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day” in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-25
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SB153 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill authorizes the Town of Kenton to transfer a parcel of land, previously transferred to the Town by the State, to the Veterans Watchmaker Initiative which aids veterans. If the Veterans Watchmaker Initiative does not use the property for its ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-21
To Senate Community/County Affairs Committee |
| SB68 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill removes the ban against roadway signs posted by family members and pet owners seeking information about lost children or family pets.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-20
Stricken |
| HB60 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill would permit wine producers holding a valid license in 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”. The bill...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-20
Amendment HA 3 Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| SCR40 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes March 13 as “World Kidney Day” and the month of March as “National Kidney Month”.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-20
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HCR40 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes the CAI/Easter Seals Volleyball Challenge on March 21-23, 2014, an event that raises funds for an organization providing services and support to people with disabilities or special needs and their families in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-20
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 17 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 4 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SB161 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill provides the option for Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to develop alternative educator evaluation systems for all educators, including novice teachers and specialists, pursuant to the requirement in this section. The bill only addresses 12...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-20
Stricken |
| SB141 | Enroll
Sine Die | This bill allows law enforcement officers to purchase firearms as undercover officers using CFRP funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-19
Reported Out of Committee (PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY) in House with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits |
| HR25 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution celebrates the week of March 16th through March 22nd, 2014 as Sunshine Week in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-19
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HCR39 | Intro
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution requests the establishment of an independent bipartisan committee of Delaware attorneys to review and recommend revisions to Delaware’s campaign finance laws with a report and recommendations due by January 1, 2015.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-19
To House Administration Committee |
| SR14 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes the Honorable Myron T. Steele as he retires from the Delaware Supreme Court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-19
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 18 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB236 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill allows a member of the Delaware National Guard to annually receive a surf fishing vehicle permit without charge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-18
Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB261 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires an operator of an Internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application who has actual knowledge that a child is using its Internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application to permit ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-18
To House Telecommunication Internet & Technology Committee |
| HB248 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill amends the Delaware Code concerning commerce and trade by during a declared state of emergency and shortly thereafter prohibiting the unjustified overpricing of gasoline which is essential to the promotion of the general health, safety and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-13
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee |
| SB48 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill will create a process to have an eleven-member Commission appointed every ten years to redistrict the Senate and House of Representatives of the Delaware General Assembly. “The Redistricting Commission for the State of Delaware”...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-13
Amendment HA 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB249 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires Delaware students to learn CPR to be granted a high school diploma from a Delaware high school beginning with the Class of 2017.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-13
To House Education Committee |
| SB155 | Pass | Section 1 of the Act is intended to (i) clarify that a transfer to a trust will not constitute a qualified disposition within the meaning of the Qualified Dispositions in Trust Act if the transferor serves as a trustee of the trust; (ii) revise curre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-25
Signed by Governor |
| SB135 | Pass | This Bill implements recommendations made by the Joint Sunset Committee following its review of the Board of Charitable Gaming. The Bill: 1) Combines into one chapter the three chapters for bingo, charitable gaming, raffles and Texas Hold’em Po...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-25
Signed by Governor |
| SB156 | Pass | Section 1 of the Act is intended to (i) clarify existing law regarding the ability of a trustor to provide by the terms of a governing instrument that an adviser (including a protector) is not a fiduciary; and (ii) clarify that the provisions of Sect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-25
Signed by Governor |
| SB110 | Pass | Currently the Delaware State Police employs individuals who have matriculated from an accredited police training program to engage in the monitoring of sex offenders. This bill allows other police agencies to hire similarly trained persons for simila...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-25
Signed by Governor |
| SB151 | Pass | This Act clarifies the original intent of the powers of the Cash Management Policy Board which are to protect the state’s investments by providing oversight. Furthermore, this Act clarifies that the Cash Management Policy Board is exempt from t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-14
Signed by Governor |
| HB154 | Pass | In recognition of the increasing abusive and illegal uses of controlled substances and the illegal commerce thereof, this bill creates a new offense and imposes penalties for diverting prescription drugs from a patient of a facility. It also requires...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-14
Signed by Governor |
| HB178 | Pass | Section One of this bill removes the requirement that applicants for licensure as medical doctors undergo a personal interview by a Board member as a prerequisite to obtaining licensure. Section Two also applies to new applicants before the Board of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-14
Signed by Governor |
| HJR5 | Pass | This Joint Resolution creates a Child Welfare Data Sharing Task Force to make recommendations for data sharing between Family Court, the Department of Education, and the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-14
Signed by Governor |
| HB114 | Pass | The bill amends the Town’s Charter to provide the Town Manager with a defined, definite term in the position, rather than an indefinite one. It would allow the Town Council and the Town Manager to define that term in the employment contract, wh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-14
Signed by Governor |
| SB21 | Pass | This Bill expands the composition of the State Employees Benefits Committee and provides Delaware public employees with representation on the Committee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-02-14
Signed by Governor |
| HB73 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act will help deter the illegal possession of firearms by dangerous criminals by increasing the penalties imposed upon persons convicted of violating the crime of Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited. Adults convicted of illegally poss...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| HB225 | Pass | This Act will restore 11 Del. C. 1448(e)(2) to its place in Delaware’s Criminal Code. The paragraph was inadvertently repealed in 2013.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
Signed by Governor |
| SB130 | Pass | This Legislation will provide next of kin the option of cremation or to donate a loved ones body to science instead of mandating burial if the person is indigent. DHSS receives on average, 9 requests a month for cremation that cannot be honored. The ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
Signed by Governor |
| SB175 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriation Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB6 | Pass | This Act would increase the minimum wage to not less than $8.00 per hour effective July 1, 2013, and not less than $8.75 per hour effective July 1, 2014. If the federal minimum wage becomes higher than the Delaware minimum wage, the Delaware minimum ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
Signed by Governor |
| SB67 | Pass | This bill would provide an exemption to traffic laws for participants in a foot race or walking event on a highway to run or walk with the flow of traffic during an approved event. Currently, there is the potential for a conflict with Delaware Code r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
Signed by Governor |
| SB55 | Pass | This bill adds members of the Public Service Commission to the definition of 'public officer' which would subject them, like many other individuals in positions of public trust, to certain financial disclosure requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB203 | Pass | This Bill provides technical corrections and clarifies the effective date of changes to meritorious good time credit, earned compliance credit, and conditional release made by Senate Bill 226 of the 146th General Assembly. In addition, it clarifies t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
Signed by Governor |
| SB170 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act establishes February 6 as “Ronald Reagan Day” in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
To Senate Executive Committee |
| HB250 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2015 Bond and Capital Improvements Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
Introduced in House and assigned to Capital Infrastructure Committee |
| SCR37 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution commemorates the year, 2014, as the 60th anniversary of the addition of the phrase “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance, and to highlight its legacy to American citizens.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HR24 | Intro
Sine Die | This Resolution proclaims the week of January 26, 2014 through February 1, 2014 as School Choice Week.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HB242 | Intro
Sine Die | New section 18-305(h) of Title 6 provides that limited liability companies must maintain a current record of the names and addresses of their members and managers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HCR37 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution designates October 2014 as “Dwarfism Awareness Month” in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
