| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HB477 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act provides a post-2011 employee who relied on misinformation that the employee would have a vested right to a reduced pension if the employee can prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the employee:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-28
Tabled in Committee |
| SB124 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill appoints the Secretary of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security as Chair of the DPAC and removes the President Pro Tem and the Speaker of the House from the Commission. This bill also makes technical corrections in conformance with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-27
Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| HB110 | Intro
Sine Die | The Delaware Marijuana Control Act regulates and taxes marijuana in the same manner as alcohol. It allows adults over the age of 21 to legally possess and consume under 1 ounce of marijuana for personal use. It does not permit people to grow their ow...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-27
Defeated By House. Votes: 21 YES 15 NO 5 NOT VOTING |
| SB221 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that modernizes the Delaware Constitutions bail provision and clarifies the power of the General Assembly and the Courts to define certain felony offenses for which, or circumstances under which...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-27
Laid On Table in Senate |
| SB257 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act changes the program for distributing payments to county seats with tax-exempt properties owned by the State. Section 8318 of Title 29 directs compensatory payments for exempt properties owned by the State to the county seats, Wilmington, Dov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-26
Amendment SA 2 to SB 257 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| SB260 | Intro
Sine Die | Senate Bill No. 209, enacted by the 145th General Assembly, extended the Historic Preservation Tax Credit Act through June 2020. This Act extends the Historic Preservation Tax Credit Act through June 2030 and puts the provision regarding the effectiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-26
Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| HB481 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act removes a derogatory term for Italian-, Spanish-, and Portuguese-American immigrants from the Delaware Code.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-26
To House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee |
| HB446 | Intro
Sine Die | This constitutional amendment removes outdated constitutional language related to voter qualifications. The voting age has been 18 since the 1970's under federal law which superseded state law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-26
Defeated By House. Votes: 26 YES 14 NO 1 ABSENT |
| HB480 | Intro
Sine Die | This legislation increases access to Delaware's existing community solar program by expanding geographic eligibility requirements of the program. The legislation also ensures 15% of all community solar facilities provide savings to low-to-moderat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-22
To House Energy Committee |
| SB261 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act directs the Board of Directors of the Riverfront Development Corporation to amend the membership and member terms of the Board of Directors contained in Article I, Section 1 of the Corporation's by-laws.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-21
Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits |
| SB253 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act creates and funds, in Fiscal Year 2019, a Community Assault Weapon Recovery Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-21
To Senate Labor Committee |
| SB265 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act amends the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards Act (REPSA) to provide for a workable cost cap to protect Delmarva Power customers from sharp annual increases in their bills due to the cost of procuring renewable energy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-21
To Senate Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Committee |
| SB140 | 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 created, after January 1, 2018, to fund capital projects with a dedicated revenue source and with a limitation on the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-21
Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| HB459 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act requires insurers to check if an individual owes child support arrears before making a payment to the individual and permits the Division of Child Support Services to attach a lien to an insurance payment awarded pursuant to a settlement or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-21
Amendment HA 1 to HB 459 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB67 | Intro
Sine Die | As a public school safety measure, this bill requires that any door to a classroom will be equipped with a lock that can be locked from either side of the door. Many doors are currently not capable of locking from the inside. Locking the door(s) to a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-21
Stricken in House |
| HB336 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act requires each public school district to equip the schools within their respective jurisdictions with an adequate number of panic buttons that may be used to immediately alert local law enforcement authorities of a security threat at a school...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-21
Stricken in House |
| HB479 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act prohibits the manufacture, sale, or distribution of upholstered residential furniture and children's products that contain harmful flame retardant chemicals. People who are not in the business of selling these products and nonprofits are...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-21
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| HB478 | Intro
Sine Die | This act restores the $500 senior real property tax credit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-21
To House Administration Committee |
| SB258 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act revises the data collection procedures and authority of the Workers Compensation Oversight Panel (Panel) to ensure that the Panel is able to obtain the data necessary to perform its statutory duties, without infringing upon the authority of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits |
| SB201 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill changes the program for distributing payments to cities with tax-exempt properties owned by the State. Instead of directing payments only to county seats (Wilmington, Dover, and Georgetown), the bill will authorize payments as well to any c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
Amendment SA 2 to SB 201 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB444 | Intro
Sine Die | Section 1 of this Act allows those licensed as importers to pay tax upon the sale of alcoholic beverages to customers, instead of the tax being due when the alcoholic beverages come to rest in the State of Delaware. Section 2 of this Act provides tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
Amendment HA 1 to HB 444 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB464 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill ensures that necessary information is provided to the exclusive bargaining representative. This bill further aligns statutory language within Title 19.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 10 On Its Merits |
| HB473 | Intro
Sine Die | This act makes various edits to the existing Medical Marijuana Act, including, but not limited to:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
To House Health & Human Development Committee |
| HB472 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill removes two out-of-date sections of the Division of Motor Vehicles' code.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
To House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee |
| SB176 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act creates a Prescription Opioid Impact Fund (Fund) through a prescription opioid impact fee (Fee) that is assessed on manufacturers of prescription opioids as follows:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
Laid On Table in Senate |
| SB251 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act creates a Delaware Manufactured Home Owner Attorney Fund by collecting a $0.50 monthly assessment per lot from manufactured home owners who rent a lot in a community governed by Manufactured Home Owners and Community Owners Act. The fund wil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
Amendment SA 1 to SB 251 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB323 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act reaffirms the Constitutional requirement that the General Assembly appropriate money belonging to the General Fund by making clear that funds received by the State or a State agency from settlements or other final orders or judgments, other ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
Tabled in Committee |
| HB452 | Intro
Sine Die | In light of the Delaware Supreme Courts decisions in Schadt v. Latchford and Lemos v. Willis, this Act amends the City of Wilmingtons Home Rule Charter to authorize Wilmington City Council to determine the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits |
| HB453 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act amends Section 3-304 of the City of Wilmingtons Home Rule Charter to allow the City of Wilmington to determine whether and to what extent its employees are required to be City residents. This Act does not affect residency requirements that e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits |
| HB450 | Intro
Sine Die | There is a growing body of research regarding the detrimental effects to an individual and to society relating to the collateral consequences of arrests and criminal convictions. To name just a few, a criminal history is a significant barrier to obta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits, 2 Unfavorable |
| HB95 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act prohibits a person from purchasing, selling, offering for sale, possessing with intent to sell, or importing with intent to sell ivory or rhinoceros horn, except as specified. A violation of this Act or any rule, regulation, or order adopted...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
Tabled in Committee |
| HB467 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act updates the membership of the Telecommunications Relay Service Advisory Committee to include the groups currently engaged in ensuring telecommunications relay services are provided to Delawareans who need relay services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-20
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits |
| SB262 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act, named the Share the Care Act, permits a responsible caregiver to give permission to an individual employed by a home care agency selected by the responsible caregiver to administer medications to an adult individual who lacks decision-makin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-19
To Senate Sunset Committee |
| SB163 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act prohibits the manufacture, sale, offer to sell, transfer, purchase, receipt, possession, or transport of assault weapons in Delaware, subject to certain exceptions. One exception relevant to individuals is that the Act does not prohibit the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-19
Amendment SA 3 to SB 163 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB469 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act authorizes the Department of Transportation to use automated speed enforcement (ASE) systems to enforce speed restrictions within work zones on highways. The purpose of this Act is to increase safety for construction and maintenance workers ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-19
To House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee |
| HB471 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill amends the Administrative Procedures Act extending and shortening certain time periods for parties to act and limits emergency regulations to situations affecting public health or safety. If an agency is found to have unlawfully adopted reg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-19
To House Administration Committee |
| HB468 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act creates the crime of wrongful use of voter registration information.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-19
To House Administration Committee |
| HB417 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act prohibits a tax rate greater than 50 cents per cigar upon the sale and use of premium cigars.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-15
Amendment HA 2 to HB 417 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB463 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act authorizes a pharmacist or pharmacy to decline to dispense a prescription drug or provide a pharmacy service to an insured if the amount reimbursed by an entity subject to the Act is less than the pharmacy acquisition cost.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-14
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee |
| SB133 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act acknowledges that the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has been collecting natural resource data for years without the consent of the respective property owners. This Act further prohibits the dissemination of natura...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-14
Stricken in Senate |
| SB250 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act encourages and provides funding for the installation of detection equipment for deadly weapons, dangerous instruments, and other dangerous things at public, charter, and private schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-14
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB256 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill adds "youth sports organizations" to the enumerated list of "child servicing entity" that requires background checks to be completed for those that are involved within the organizations. The bill seeks to further protect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-06-14
To Senate Judicial & Community Affairs Committee |
| 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 |
| 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 |
