| HB433 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill would mandate an increase in the rates paid according to the Instrument for Client and Agency Planning assessment so that by the year 2020 the state achieves funding providers at 100% of the market rate. The state is currently funding provi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT) in House with 8 On Its Merits |
| SB283 | Intro
Sine Die | Certain protocols are already in place after instances of security breaches of State data are discovered. This Act is meant to help prevent those breaches from occurring by discovering and patching software vulnerabilities before data is compromised.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
Reported Out of Committee (ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/ELECTIONS) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits |
| SB187 | Pass | An Act To Amend The Charter Of The Town Of Millville
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
Signed by Governor |
| SB73 | Pass | This legislation updates the Self-Service Storage Facility Act to permit notice being sent by electronic mail. As regards notices of default, this legislation includes specific protections for occupants of said facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
Signed by Governor |
| HB99 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill adds Department of Correction, Probation and Parole vehicles to the list of “authorized emergency vehicles” as used in Chapter 41 concerning the Rules of the Road.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
Reported Out of Committee (PUBLIC SAFETY) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| HB325 | Pass | This bill closes a loophole to our gun background check laws. The current loophole allows for guns to be given to a potential purchaser if the background check is delayed for 3 days or more. In some cases a gun is given to a person who should not be ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-22
Signed by Governor |
| SCR84 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution congratulates the class of 2015-2016 Eagle Scouts for having attained the highest rank one can earn in the Boy Scouts of America. AUTHOR: Sen. Lawson
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-21
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HR36 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizing June 20-26, 2016 As Amateur Radio Week In Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-21
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HR35 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes June 25, 2016 as Marine Corps League Day in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-21
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HB436 | Intro
Sine Die | In a decision by the Superior Court on October 7, 2015, as affirmed by the Delaware Supreme Court, the 2014 Sediment and Stormwater Regulations adopted in 2014 have been invalidated due to the DNREC’s failure to fully comply with the Administra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-21
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| HB438 | Intro
Sine Die | Since 1999, residential developers in New Castle County have been required to seek either a certificate from the Department of Education declaring that the local school district has the capacity to absorb additional students from the new development,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-21
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee |
| SB277 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill establishes a permanent steering committee for the Pathways to Prosperity initiative, in order to ensure the long term sustainability and adaptability of the program. The committee is comprised of a broad spectrum of representation across d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-21
Amendment SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate |
| SB163 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act makes changes to the existing habitual criminal statute by focusing penalties on Title 11 felonies, eliminating a mandatory minimum sentence of life imprisonment, and providing a mechanism for those convicted under existing law to petition t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-21
SS 1 for SB 163 - Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 29 YES 11 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR88 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution recognizes June 15, 2016, as “Delaware Elder Abuse Awareness Day” and encourages all of Delaware’s citizens to learn about how to protect and nurture our elderly citizens.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-16
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR86 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill proclaims the month of October to be “Disability History and Awareness Month” in Delaware and encourages all Delaware center and family based pre-schools and childcare programs, annually during the month of October, to provide i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-16
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB253 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill changes the earned income tax credit from nonrefundable to refundable and capable of exceeding the tax amount otherwise due. The credit is reduced from 20% of the corresponding federal earned income credit to 6% for 2017. That percentage in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-16
Reported Out of Committee (APPROPRIATIONS) in House with 4 On Its Merits |
| SB273 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that limits the ability of the State to appropriate moneys in a special fund with a dedicated revenue source and with a limitation on the amount or percentage of the revenue source that may be u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-16
Reported Out of Committee (EXECUTIVE) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| HB371 | Pass | This bill’s changes to the corporations law are recommended by the Delaware State Bar Association. Section 1. Section 104 is amended in connection with the amendments to Sections 311, 312 and 313. Section 2. The amendment to Section 111(a)(2) ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-16
Signed by Governor |
| SB161 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act requires public schools to begin their school year after Labor Day. There have been many economic impact reports done that show a positive impact from starting public schools after Labor Day. A report by the Virginia Hospitality and Travel A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-16
To House Education Committee |
| HB361 | Intro
Sine Die | According to the National Institute of Justice, it is estimated that between 60-75% of ex-offenders are jobless up to a year after release. Studies have shown that immediate access to employment is an effective tool to reduce recidivism. This Act est...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-16
Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB329 | Pass | This bill will ban the sale of dextromethorphan (DXM) to those under 18 years of age without a prescription to help combat the small number of teens who abuse DXM. Every year, millions of Americans use over-the-counter (OTC) medicines containi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-16
Signed by Governor |
| HCR85 | Intro
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution establishes the Firearm Suicide Prevention Task Force.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-16
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HCR90 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution recognizes the young men participating in the 2016 session of Delaware's Boys State and commends its sponsor, the American Legion Department of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-16
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR89 | Intro
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution calls on the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) to deny any requests for easements on state property related to the Artificial Island transmission project.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-16
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| SB267 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act changes the location of the chapter of the Delaware Code relating to Constables from Title 10 to Title 24 where all other Delaware State Police licensing boards are located, clarifies the powers of the board, clarifies the duties of commissi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-16
Reported Out of Committee (PUBLIC SAFETY) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| SB249 | Engross
Sine Die | The Act includes the Milford Housing Development Corporation (MHDC), and EJB, Inc. and Martha and Mary’s Place, Inc. to the list of those non-profit corporations which are exempt from property taxes imposed by Counties and other political subdi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
Reported Out of Committee (HOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS) in House with 6 On Its Merits |
| HB429 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill amends the multiplier for calculation of state employee pension benefits for Correction Officers from either 1.85%, 2.0% or 2.45% to a uniform 2.5%, reflecting increased costs, reduced benefits and the need to recruit and retain qualified a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
To House Corrections Committee |
| HB428 | Intro
Sine Die | According to the American Dental Association, approximately 1/3 of Americans face challenges accessing dental care, where access challenges include difficulty getting to a dental office and overcoming financial barriers. In order to increase access t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
To House Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) |
| HB431 | Intro
Sine Die | The General Assembly finds that the publication of the private contact information of certain law enforcement and judicial officers on the Internet unnecessarily endangers such individuals. This Bill is intended to provide law enforcement or judicial...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
To House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee |
| HB386 | Intro
Sine Die | This legislation originated from the St. Thomas More Academy Criminal Justice class relating to Law and Society. Currently Delaware law requires schools to prohibit bullying and otherwise prohibits criminal acts such as harassment, menacing, terrori...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 6 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable |
| HB301 | Intro
Sine Die | Mothers who give birth to monoamniotic twins are often hospitalized as early as 26 weeks into the pregnancy due to the risk of complications of having twins share a single amniotic sack. Mothers who give birth to multiples of 3 or more often have the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
Reported Out of Committee (HOUSE ADMINISTRATION) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| HB220 | Pass | This Act enables the prosecution of animal fighting under Delaware’s Racketeering and Organized Crime statute. Animal fighting is often linked to other forms of criminal activity, such as illegal drug distribution, gun running, prostitution, an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
Signed by Governor |
| HB348 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill expands the list of persons eligible to participate in the Ada Leigh Soles Memorial Professional Librarian and Archivist Incentive Scholarship Program to include employees of non-public libraries in Delaware that join the Delaware Library C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
Reported Out of Committee (EDUCATION) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| HB426 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act is the result of the recommendation made by the Joint Sunset Committee in its review of the Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline (“the Board”) that the Division of Professional Regulation amend applicable statutes that are o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
Reported Out of Committee (SUNSET COMMITTEE (POLICY ANALYSIS & GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY)) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits |
| HB417 | Intro
Sine Die | For a person who intentionally or recklessly causes physical injury to a child when the person has engaged in a previous pattern of abuse, neglect, or both, of that child, this Bill raises the crime from third degree child abuse to second degree chil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 7 On Its Merits, 2 Unfavorable |
| SB279 | Intro
Sine Die | Pursuant to Superior Court Criminal Rule 16, a defendant may request the opportunity to inspect and copy property and material in the possession, custody or control of the state and which is material to the preparation of the defendant’s defens...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable |
| SB263 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act would add an additional criminal penalty if the offense committed was due to the victim being a law-enforcement officer, a volunteer firefighter, a full-time firefighter, emergency medical technician, paramedic, fire police officer, fire mar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
Amendment SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate |
| HB418 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill adjusts the special assessment rate which creates funds for the Delaware Workforce Development Board to provide ongoing training services to Delaware residents through a combination of state and federal grant money. The assessment increases...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
Reported Out of Committee (LABOR) in House with 2 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits |
| HB310 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act provides Family Court with the jurisdiction to continue to review youths who have severe and persistent mental or behavioral health disorders, and who require services or treatment but are not amenable to or compliant with such services. Und...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
HS 1 for HB 310 - Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| SB142 | Engross
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 co-pay and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
To House Health & Human Development Committee |
| HB280 | Pass | This bill creates a special license plate for recipients of the Bronze Star without valor. A surviving spouse may keep the plate after the medal recipient has passed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-15
Signed by Governor |
| HB370 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act removes from the Delaware Code a transitional provision that is no longer applicable to any individual in New Castle County government. In its place, in cases where the County Executive appoints an individual who is employed by the County in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-14
Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB421 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill would mandate an increase in payments made to Direct Support Professionals – persons who are caregivers for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in a home or community setting. These rate increases are necessary in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-14
Stricken |
| HB244 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act prohibits insurance companies from frequently attempting to settle claims with their insureds for less than an amount a reasonable person would believe to be fair based on a common, verifiable compilation of valuation data, such as the NADA ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-14
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee |
| HB423 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act requires insurance companies to pay to the insured the amount of the insurance company’s offer of settlement which was rejected by the insured party. However, the amount remains subject to both parties’ reservation or rights, cla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-14
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee |
| HB422 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act prohibits insurance companies from revoking, or attempting to revoke, an offer of settlement made to an insured.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-14
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee |
| SB190 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to provide for equal protection regardless of race, sex, age, religion, creed, color, familial status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. This Ac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-14
Laid On Table in Senate |
| HB315 | Pass | This bill makes a few changes to the midwifery licensure. Specifically, Section 1 adds a definition for a midwifery student who is under direct supervision. Section 2 then provides an exemption for midwifery students to practice midwifery. Section 3 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-09
Signed by Governor |
| HB200 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act adds provisions to Title 21 defining accessible parking spaces, incorporating federal standards for accessible parking spaces found in the Americans with Disabilities Act and adding additional requirements that enhance these standards and be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-09
HS 1 for HB 200 - Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB323 | Pass | This bill updates the Delaware Code relating to the Delaware Board of Dentistry and Dental Hygiene regarding the exemption from unlicensed practice for owners and operators of non-profit tax exempt organizations that provide dental care. The current ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-06-09
Signed by Governor |
