| SB80 | Pass | This Act replicates and extends to electric and natural gas utilities the same authority that has previously been granted to water utilities. This authority allows for the implementation of an interim rate mechanism already in existence for water uti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| HB377 | Pass | This bill permits a County government to impose and collect a lodging tax of no more than 3 percent on hotel, motel, and tourist home rooms located in the unincorporated areas of the County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| HB421 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill changes when the interception of certain communications is lawful. Currently, if one party to the communication gives consent to the interception, such interception is lawful. This bill requires that both parties to the communication give p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-13
Amendment HA 1 to HB 421 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB319 | Pass | This legislation creates a benchmark for determining when a treatment or service is no longer experimental or investigational. When Medicare determines that a treatment is safe for its population, commercial insurers in Delaware may no longer deny co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-13
Signed by Governor |
| SB222 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act amends Delawares laws regarding release of persons accused of crimes (Chapter 21 of Title 11 of the Delaware Code) as required in conjunction with the adoption of Senate Bill No. 221, which proposes a constitutional amendment to permit preve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-13
Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable |
| HB460 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act is the first leg of a Constitutional Amendment reflecting the recommendations of the Advisory Panel to the Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council (DEFAC) on Potential Fiscal Controls and Budget Smoothing Mechanisms established as p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-13
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits |
| HB458 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act removes language from the states Prescription Drug Monitoring Program statute that unreasonably prevents law enforcement officials from accessing the PMP database when officials can show that the information on the database is relevant to an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-13
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 9 On Its Merits |
| HB447 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill moves all police officers and firefighters employed by the State and its political subdivisions under the jurisdiction of the Police Officers and Firefighters Employment Relations Act. This bill allows all State merit employees to have full...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-13
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 10 On Its Merits |
| SB249 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act, modeled on similar laws in Virginia and Maryland, requires a health care provider to provide notice to a patient at the time blood is drawn to perform a laboratory test for Lyme disease that explains the limitations of the test and instruct...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-13
To Senate Health, Children & Social Services Committee |
| SB19 | Intro
Sine Die | Some students from disadvantaged backgrounds arrive at school lacking the same vocabulary and word recognition skills of their peers, putting them at a disadvantage when developing literacy skills in primary grades. In analyzing this disparity, studi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-12
Amendment SA 1 to SB 19 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB461 | Intro
Sine Die | Delaware law criminalizes therapeutic deception, a representation by the health professional that sexual contact by the health professional is consistent with or part of the patients treatment. This Act creates a felony level offense for a person tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SCR68 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution congratulates the class of 2017-2018 Eagle Scouts for having attained the highest rank one can earn in the Boy Scouts of America.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-12
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| HB328 | Pass | This Act makes it a crime to fly an unmanned aircraft system to do any of the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-12
Signed by Governor |
| HB299 | Intro
Sine Die | This is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to provide equal rights on the basis of sex. There is no Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. While Congress passed the Amendment in 1972, it was not ratified by ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-12
Stricken in House |
| SB147 | Pass | Immunity from liability for individuals rendering emergency care is addressed in many sections of the Delaware Code. There are several separate statutes providing immunity for specific professions and even for lay individuals providing specific types...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-12
Signed by Governor |
| HB311 | Pass | The Board of Clinical Social Work Examiners (Board) has worked several years to amend Chapter 39, Title 24 of the Delaware Code to update the statute governing social work licensure and practice in this State. The Boards work has included collaborati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-11
Signed by Governor |
| SB240 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act requires a physician to offer a patient ultrasound imaging and auscultation of fetal heart tone services before terminating a pregnancy and provides civil and criminal penalties for the failure of a physician to comply with this requirement....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-09
To Senate Sunset Committee |
| HB373 | Pass | The Bill amends Title 4 to permit licensed Delaware craft distilleries, breweries, and wineries the ability to sell products produced by other Delaware craft distilleries, breweries, and wineries for on-site consumption, only. The products sold must ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07
Signed by Governor |
| SB153 | Pass | This Act creates the Delaware Native Species Commission ("Commission"), which is one of the recommendations of the Statewide Ecological Extinction Task Force, created by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 20 of the 149th General Assembly. The...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07
Signed by Governor |
| SB23 | Intro
Sine Die | Section 7042 of Title 25 of the Delaware Code lists the completion and cost of any capital improvements or rehabilitation work in a manufactured home community, as distinguished from ordinary repair, replacement, and maintenance, as a factor that may...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07
To Senate Judicial & Community Affairs Committee |
| HB140 | Pass | This non-punitive, public-health oriented bill seeks to codify certain sections of the federal law known as the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), as amended by the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), that requires states ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07
Signed by Governor |
| HB399 | Enroll
Sine Die | This is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to provide equal rights on the basis of sex. There is no Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. While Congress passed the Amendment in 1972, it was not ratified by ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07
Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 NO |
| SB167 | Pass | This Act amends the Charter of Fenwick Island to provide examples of documents that can be used to prove residency in the Town of Fenwick Island for purposes of voting in the annual municipal elections and change the limit on borrowing from $500,000 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07
Signed by Governor |
| HB388 | Pass | Section 1 authorizes the disinterested members of the Town Council to determine if a council member meets the qualifications to be on council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07
Signed by Governor |
| SB154 | Pass | Section 1 eliminates the need to use an ordinance to appoint a Town Manager and specifies that all departments, including the Police Department, report directly to the Town Manager.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07
Signed by Governor |
| SB150 | Pass | This Act reduces the membership on the Delaware Police Accreditation Commission from 16 members to 12 members. The Act also provides that: i) the Secretary of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security may not vote except to break a tie; and ii) ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07
Signed by Governor |
| HB448 | Intro
Sine Die | This act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that protects parental rights.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-07
To House Administration Committee |
| SB188 | Engross
Sine Die | The current definition of public utility includes providers of electric or natural gas charging service. However, many parties believe it is neither desirable nor necessary to regulate such providers in Delaware. This proposed legislation modifies th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06
Reported Out of Committee (Energy) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| HB434 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act creates the Professional Athlete Funding Act, which authorizes and establishes regulations pertaining to player brand agreements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 10 On Its Merits |
| HB428 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act does all of the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06
Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| HB427 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act does all of the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06
Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| HR30 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizing June 2018 As Amateur Radio Month In Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SB179 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act clarifies that the Public Advocate may appear before any federal or state court or federal or state administrative body in matters involving public utility rates, service, practices, and energy policy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06
Reported Out of Committee (Energy) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| SB211 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act authorizes the creation and regulation of a new type of limited-purpose bank, the "Business Development Bank." Modeled on Delaware's successful credit card bank laws, this Act would allow Business Development Banks, or "BD...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06
Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| HB424 | Intro
Sine Die | At this time, the 24-month testing rates are well below what the Division of Public Health would expect them to be based upon the risk factors that determine when testing is necessary. This bill simplifies the requirements and the process for physici...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-06
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 10 On Its Merits |
| HCR89 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution recognizes June 15, 2018, as Delaware Elder Abuse Awareness Day and encourages all of Delawares citizens to learn about how to protect and nurture our elderly citizens.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| HCR88 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Inc., Delaware Chapter for its dedication to improving the lives of Black women and girls in Delaware through advocacy, civic engagement, and other community-building ini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-05
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| HB349 | Pass | This Act creates a Delaware Commission on Irish Heritage and Culture.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-01
Signed by Governor |
| SB215 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act creates the Omnibus School Safety Fund to provide funding to public and charter schools for certain school safety projects.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-01
To Senate Education Committee |
| HB423 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act will permit engineers to obtain mechanics liens but only if improvements as contemplated by the engineering or architectural services provided are actually constructed or if the surveys or plans are actually approved by the governing authori...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-30
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee |
| HB383 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act requires an owner/landlord to accept rental payments from a manufactured home owner/tenant and makes the failure to accept a rental payment a retaliatory act. This Act adopts a provision of the Delaware Residential Landlord-Tenant Code that ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-30
Amendment HA 2 to HB 383 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB350 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act will create the Biometric Privacy Protection Act and Geolocation Privacy Protection Act in Title 6 of the Delaware Code to give Delawares citizens important protections with respect to the collection, storage, use, and disclosure of their un...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-30
Amendment HA 1 to HB 350 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB284 | Pass | This Bill would allow all on-premises licensees who sell a bottle of alcohol (other than beer) to place a cap on the bottle and allow patrons to take it home with them for consumption later. Delaware was one of the first states to recognize that it w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-29
Signed by Governor |
| SB160 | Pass | This Act revises and improves the New Castle County Board of Assessment Review ("Board") by making revisions that are the result of practical lessons learned over the years of the Board's operation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24
Signed by Governor |
| HB170 | Pass | This legislation, the Angel Investor Job Creation and Innovation Act for Small Technology Companies, creates an incentive for qualified angel investors to invest capital in qualified Delaware small technology companies..
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24
Signed by Governor |
| HJR11 | Pass | This resolution honors Boyd and Liane Sorenson by designating the new Valley Road Pedestrian Pathway between Evanson Road and Lantana Square as "Sorenson's Way".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24
Signed by Governor |
| HB289 | Pass | This bill amends 18 Del. C. § 6907 relating to the filing of annual statements and payment of premium taxes for captive insurance entities. This legislation will require captive insurers to file their annual statements and pay premium taxes on or be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24
Signed by Governor |
| HB307 | Pass | United States Supreme Court case law and scientific research has changed how we think about juvenile delinquency. We know now that an adolescents brain is not fully developed until his/her mid-twenties which makes juveniles especially prone to making...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24
Signed by Governor |
| HB306 | Pass | This bill permits judges to utilize their discretion in determining whether a juvenile charged with possession of a firearm during commission of a felony should be transferred back to Family Court or remain in Superior Court. Prior to 2017, possessio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24
Signed by Governor |
| HB313 | Pass | This amendment to the Ocean View charter confirms the authority of the Town Council to elect to assess and value property pursuant to 22 Del.C. § 1101, et seq., as an alternate to the previously required procedure.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-24
Signed by Governor |
