| HB179 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act permits State employees who are employed by the Delaware State Police or Delaware Capitol Police and work in a variety of job titles, all of which are more commonly referred to as "9-1-1 operators," to retire at 25 years without an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| HB396 | Pass | This Bill amends the Charter of the Town of Smyrna in the following ways:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB252 | Enroll
Sine Die | This amendment would allow for landing areas located in agricultural preservation districts to be used for agriculturally related aerial spraying and applications such as seeding, as well as spraying and applications under government programs such as...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES |
| HR24 | Intro
Sine Die | Since its adoption in 2003, the Manufactured Home Owners and Community Owners Act ("MHOCOA"), Chapter 70 of Title 25, has proven to be an effective tool to protect the rights of tenants in manufactured home communities. During the years sin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| HB163 | Enroll
Sine Die | Currently there are 17 "check-boxes" on the Delaware personal income tax return where taxpayers may designate a portion of their refund or send additional money with their payment due to be credited as a charitable donation to various organ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO |
| HB113 | Enroll
Sine Die | This bill changes the earned income tax credit from nonrefundable to refundable. This bill creates a table for the percentage of earned income credit for tax years 2018 and after. Currently, if spouses file a joint federal return but separate State r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01
Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 1 NO 3 ABSENT |
| HB379 | Pass | Section 1 clarifies the Towns nuisance and dangerous building abatement powers and requires property owners to pay for the abatement costs. This section further clarifies the Towns ability to grant franchises, licenses, and permits, and impose fees f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB392 | Pass | Section 1 of this Act provides that the Director of Revenue shall make tax returns available via the Internet on or before January 15 of each tax year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB267 | Intro
Sine Die | Section 5301(3) of Title 7 provides that it is the Department of States (Department) duty to protect and encourage the preservation of archaeological resources located on privately owned lands in this State. This Act enables the Department to better ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01
Stricken in Senate |
| HB475 | Pass | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2019 Bond and Capital Improvements Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB384 | Pass | This bill removes an out-of-date provision in the Code that authorizes Kent County Government to employ a janitor or janitors for the care of the County Courthouse. The State purchased the Kent County Courthouse from Kent County in 2003.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB248 | Intro
Sine Die | Section 5301(3) of Title 7 provides that it is the Department of States (Department) duty to protect and encourage the preservation of archaeological resources located on privately owned lands in this State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01
Stricken in Senate |
| HB435 | Pass | This bill permits the Council of the City of Newark to impose and collect a lodging tax of no more than 3 percent on hotel and motel rooms located in the City of Newark so long as it is approved by a majority of the council pursuant to the provisions...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| HB352 | Pass | This Act permits licensed child care providers, who successfully complete a State-approved medication training, to administer medication to children in their care, including by non-intravenous injection, if a child has a medical need during child car...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB254 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill raises the civil penalty for a violation of section 3503 of the Workplace Fraud Act ("Act") from a range of $1,000 to $5,000 to $5,000 to $20,000. The bill also raises the civil penalty for wrongful discharge or discrimination und...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Amendment SA 3 to SB 254 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB165 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act permits wine producers holding a valid license within 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. This Act requires that w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Defeated By House. Votes: 19 YES 21 NO 1 ABSENT |
| SB139 | Pass | This Act requires that health insurance offered in this State provide coverage for fertility care services, including in vitro fertilization ("IVF") procedures, for individuals who suffer from a disease or condition that results in the inab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| SB146 | Enroll
Sine Die | The continued existence and dissemination of a juvenile criminal record hampers an individuals ability to become a successful and productive member of society. These criminal records are a hindrance to employment, education, housing, credit, and mili...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES |
| SR26 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution urges the Governor and the Secretary of the Department of Labor to study and report their findings on the efficiency and effectiveness of the Department of Labor as to its capacity to monitor and enforce the Workplace Fraud Act, Chapt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| SR27 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution honors Secretary of the Senate Bernard J. Brady by declaring June 30 to be Bernard J. Brady Day in the Delaware State Senate. It further thanks him for his 39 years of unequalled service to the Delaware State Senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| SR28 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes June 30, 2018 as "Staff Appreciation Day" in the Delaware State Senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| SB232 | Pass | This Act expands the total number of vice-chancellors on the Court of Chancery to 6 and makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB268 | Enroll
Sine Die | This bill converts the senior property tax credit from a credit against the school taxes imposed and collected at the county level to a means-tested refundable income tax credit to be administered by the Department of Finance, Division of Revenue. Fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 21 YES 14 NO 6 ABSENT |
| HB3 | Pass | This legislation requires that all full-time employees of the State, including employees of school districts, continuously in the employ of the state for at least one year, shall be eligible for 12 weeks of paid leave upon the birth or adoption of a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| SB165 | Pass | This Act permits private sector labor organizations and employers to enter into union security agreements to the full extent allowed under federal law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| SB207 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Substitute Act does all of the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 3 NO 3 ABSENT |
| SB144 | Pass | This Substitute Act implements certain recommendations adopted by the Lottery & Gaming Study Commission in 2015 and the Video Lottery Advisory Council in 2017, in recognition of significant changes in the regional gaming marketplace and the State...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| HB457 | Pass | This bill provides for a residential electrician license. A residential electrician license allows for a person to conduct residential electrical work without having to be under the direct onsite supervision of a licensed master electrician, master e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| SB269 | Enroll
Sine Die | The Riverfront Development Corporation was created by epilogue language in the Fiscal Year 1997 Bond Bill. The Board of Directors of the Riverfront Development Corporation is established by at least three separate provisions of Bond Bill epilogue lan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT |
| HB454 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act promotes diversity of housing in Delaware by acknowledging that not all residential units warrant the same Voluntary School Assessment. Currently, single family residential subdivision projects are subject to the same per unit Voluntary Scho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Stricken in House |
| SCR78 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution establishes a Veterans Sub-Committee of the Correction & Law Enforcement Committee of the States Behavioral Health Consortium.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| HCR99 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution recognizes the importance of the 2020 census and calls on state and local government to commit to a complete count. Federal dollars are often based on the population count of each state and it is vitally important to ensure that the S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT |
| HCR97 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution acknowledges the need for the State of Delaware to actively work to increase the number of minority teachers in the classrooms and recognizes the benefits of diversity in Delawares educators.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT |
| HB253 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act extends the enrollment reduction requirements and clarifies that enrollment shall not exceed 1,250 students as of the 2017-2018 school year and each school year thereafter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Stricken in House |
| HCR93 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution designates June 27, 2018 Delaware Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day and June is Delaware Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Month.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT |
| HCR94 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution recommends that the Government Efficiency and Accountability Review Board (GEAR) act upon recommendations made by the School District Consolidation Task Force regarding formal committees tasked with finding savings in the c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT |
| SB171 | Enroll
Sine Die | Individuals who are released from prison face many hurdles as they re-enter the community, including difficulty obtaining identification documents. Lacking identification imposes additional hurdles as these individuals attempt to find housing and emp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT |
| SB159 | Pass | The Act made changes to motor vehicle franchising practices, by doing the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| SCR79 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution directs the Department of Education, with the assistance of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association, to promulgate regulations that permit coaches to coach student athletes out of season, with restrictions ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SJR4 | Engross
Sine Die | This Joint Resolution recognizes the university of Delaware's center for environmental monitoring and analysis as the official repository of historical and real-time weather and climatological observations for the state of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28
Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits |
| SCR77 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution requests the appointment of a committee to explore the feasibility of Delaware pursuing a grant from the NFL's social justice initiative fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| HB445 | Pass | This bill makes a technical correction to House Bill 53 enacted earlier this session. It would make the original intent clear that these firework devices can be sold and used on July 4, December 31, and January 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| HB442 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act expands the Juvenile Civil Citation Program to provide law enforcement officers with the discretion to refer any first-time juvenile offender engaged in any misdemeanor-level behavior to the civil citation program, where the juvenile can be ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| SB216 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act strengthens the shelter requirements for dogs that are kept outside by requiring the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SB217 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act strengthens restrictions on the tethering of dogs by doing the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB416 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill creates a tax exemption for non-profit owned swimming pools in New Castle County and Kent County. Sussex County has no similar exemption statute.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28
Amendment HA 2 to HB 416 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| SJR5 | Pass | This Resolution provides the official revenue, refund, and unencumbered funds estimates for Fiscal Year 2018.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| SCR71 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution supports the Ad Hoc Committee for Child Support Formula Review's proposed revision to Family Court Rule of Civil Procedure 506.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SCR73 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Resolution creates a Shift Worker Protection Study Group to identify best practices to reduce the unpredictability of shift worker schedules.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28
Passed By Senate. Votes: 12 YES 7 NO 2 NOT VOTING |
| SCR69 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution creates a Delaware Youth Drug Prevention Curriculum Task Force to examine available drug prevention programs and to recommend a course of action to educate our youth about the dangers of drug, alcohol, and tobacco us...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
