| DE | HB140 | Intro
Prefile | This Act permits a terminally ill individual who is an adult resident of Delaware to request and self-administer medication to end the individual's life in a humane and dignified manner if both the individual's attending physician or attendin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-12-19 To House Health & Human Development Committee |
| DE | HB30 | Intro
Prefile | This Act amends the Public Laws of Delaware relating to the Affordable Housing Production Task Force by extending the deadline for the provision of the final report of the Task Force from March 1, 2025 to April 7, 2025. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-12-19 To House Housing Committee |
| DE | HB22 | Intro
Prefile | This Act provides that commissioned constables have the authority to direct traffic, if they are doing so while in the performance of the lawful duties of employment. In addition to explicitly granting constables this power under § 5609 of Title 24,... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-12-19 To House Education Committee |
| DE | HB21 | Intro
Prefile | This Act bans the sale of Tianeptine in the State by identifying it as a Schedule I controlled substance. Tianeptine, also known as gas station heroin, is an antidepressant drug that is not approved by the FDA and is being sold as a dietary supplemen... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-12-19 To House Health & Human Development Committee |
| DE | HB275 | Pass | This Act updates the definition of "sexual orientation" throughout the Delaware Code by adding asexuality and pansexuality. Asexuality refers to individuals with little to no sexual attraction to other individuals, although asexual individu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-11-02 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB308 | Pass | This Act mandates that employees of institutions of higher education and students receive training in sexual assault prevention. Although the current law makes training available, it has not been required. This Act further changes the reporting perio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-11-01 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB340 | Pass | This Act authorizes the creation of Family Justice Centers within Delaware to provide victims of crime with a single source to obtain resources and support services. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-10-25 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB268 | Pass | House Bill No. 303, with House Amendment No. 2, from the 151st General Assembly created an annual behavioral health well check and required carriers to provide coverage for this service. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-10-23 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB16 | Pass | This Act requires that Medicaid and State employee health plans cover: (1) ovarian cancer monitoring tests for women treated for ovarian cancer; and (2) annual screening tests for women at risk for ovarian cancer. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-10-09 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB316 | Pass | This Act creates a new elections crime: use of deep fake technology to influence an election. Under this statute it would be a crime to distribute within 90 days of an election a deep fake that is an audio or visual depiction that has been manipulat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-10-09 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB419 | Pass | This Act requires the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families (DSCYF) to provide new luggage to children in foster care to use for the transportation of their personal belongings when entering custody, moving from one placement... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-10-09 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB13 | Pass | Healthcare facility assessments are currently the second largest source of funding for states shares of Medicaid costs, behind general funds. Today, 49 states have at least one facility assessment in place, including Delaware, while 34 states and Was... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-10-01 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB295 | Pass | This Act strengthens the current practice of obtaining service letters for employment in child care facilities to protect children from workers who have engaged in prior acts that are prohibited by the Office of Child Care Licensing. The Act does all... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-09-30 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB70 | Pass | This Act eliminates the death penalty in Delaware. As such, the penalty for a person who is convicted of first-degree murder for an offense that was committed after the persons 18th birthday is imprisonment for the remainder of the persons natural li... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-09-26 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB300 | Pass | This Act requires crisis pregnancy centers in this state to provide notice if the center is not licensed by this state as a medical facility and does not have a licensed medical provider who provides or directly supervises, in person, the provision o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-09-26 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB301 | Pass | Like Senate Bill No. 301, this Act, Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 301 requires public universities in this state to provide access to medication for the termination of pregnancy and emergency contraception. The medication and contracept... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-09-26 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB106 | Pass | This Act modernizes and expands the concept of maternal mental health by replacing the definition of maternal depression with the more encompassing definition of perinatal mood and anxiety disorder. This Act contemplates treatment for any caregiver w... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-09-24 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB362 | Pass | In 2023, the General Assembly passed House Bill 80, which required the coverage of doula services under the States Medicaid plan beginning in 2024. This Act would require similar coverage under private health insurance plans. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-09-24 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB374 | Pass | This Act updates House Bill 455 from the 151st General Assembly by providing the same legal protections afforded providers of contraceptive and abortion services to providers of fertility treatment. In summary, this Act does the following: [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-09-24 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB426 | Pass | This Act ensures that pregnant women in DOC custody, at Level IV or V, are able to meet with a doula or midwife to create a birth plan surrounding the birth of their child. Among other things, the birth plan must include a statement identifying a pre... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-09-24 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB140 | Fail | This Act permits a terminally ill individual who is an adult resident of Delaware to request and self-administer medication to end the individual's life in a humane and dignified manner if both the individual's attending physician or attendin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-09-20 Vetoed by Governor |
| DE | HB383 | Pass | This substitute for House Bill 383 does the following: [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-09-19 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB110 | Pass | Section 1 amends Title 31 to require all health benefit plans delivered or issued for Medicaid to cover services related to the termination of pregnancy. Coverage provided under this section is not subject to any deductible, coinsurance, copayment, o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-09-09 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB232 | Pass | In light of the Federal Drug Administrations recent approval of over-the-counter non-emergency contraceptive pills, this bill expands the contraceptive coverage laws to include over-the-counter non-emergency contraceptive pills. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-29 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB254 | Pass | This Act creates the Delaware Grocery Initiative. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-29 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB298 | Pass | This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Newport in the following ways: [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-29 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB284 | Pass | This Act discharges balances owed by individuals ordered to pay a probation supervision fee under § 6504(14) of Title 11 of the Delaware Code or a Public Defender fee under § 4607 of Title 29 of the Delaware Code. The probation supervision fee and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-12 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB283 | Pass | This Act repeals the DELJIS Fund fee imposed on criminal defendants. The elimination of this fee was recommended by the Criminal Legal System Imposed Debt Study Group created by House Bill 244, as amended by House Amendment No 2, of the 151st General... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-12 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB282 | Pass | This Act repeals the Senior Trust Fund Fee, the Interstate Compact Fee, and the Substance Abuse, Rehabilitation, Treatment, Education and Prevention Fund Fee imposed on criminal defendants. The elimination of these fees was recommended by the Crimina... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-12 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB200 | Pass | This Act establishes a mental health services unit for Delaware high schools. The unit is phased in over 3 years, beginning in FY2024, to arrive at a final ratio of 250 full-time equivalent students grades 9-12 for a full-time school counselor, schoo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-07 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB313 | Pass | This Act ensures that all female inmates in DDOC custody, at level IV or V, receive annual or biennial screening mammograms as recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-02 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB238 | Pass | This Act adds "victim of kidnapping" to the definition section of the Address Confidentiality Act, allowing for kidnapping victims to become eligible for the protections offered by the Address Confidentiality Program. This amendment is reco... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-08-02 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB19 | Pass | This Act creates a background special license plate for the United Way of Delaware Pride Council. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-17 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB401 | Pass | This Act amends Section 2603 of Title 16 to require the Division of Public Health to provide the results of lead screenings or tests to school nurses and require contracts or computer upgrades to include lead results. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-07-17 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB301 | Fail | This Act is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-30 Defeated By House. Votes: 24 YES 15 NO 2 NOT VOTING |
| DE | HB345 | Pass | This Act requires Medicaid coverage for additional postpartum visits with a doula upon recommendation of a licensed practitioner or clinician. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-30 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB248 | Pass | This Act clarifies that for purposes of the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program, where an employee is leased by an employee leasing company or a professional employment organization, "employer" refers to the employer client of the em... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-30 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HCR121 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution dedicates the month of April 2024 as "Financial Literacy Month" in the State of Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | HR35 | Intro
Sine Die | This House Resolution designates June, 2024 as Black Music Appreciation Month in Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-30 Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | HB282 | Veto | This Act adds procedural requirements to meetings of the State Employee Benefits Committee (SEBC), revises the membership of the SEBC, and requires that the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources inform State employees and retired State emplo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-27 Enacted into Law |
| DE | SJR7 | Intro
Sine Die | This Senate Joint Resolution directs the Office of Child Care Licensing to adopt an electronic record and filing system that will modernize the States child care system. The OCCL must provide a report regarding the adoption of an electronic record an... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-27 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB147 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act is a substitute for House Bill No. 147. Like House Bill No. 147, this Act provides a mechanism for the nonprobate transfer of real estate. This is done by permitting an owner of an interest in real estate to execute and record a transfer on ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-27 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits |
| DE | HCR146 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution supports the Redding Commission for Educational Equitys recommendations to move immediately to support Christina School Districts City of Wilmington students and to plan for the eventual withdrawal of the Christina School D... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | SCR204 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution designates July 26, 2024, as Americans with Disabilities Act Day in the State of Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-27 Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| DE | HB281 | Pass | This Act repeals the option of providing health care insurance to state pensioners under Medicare part C, known as a Medicare Advantage Plan. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-26 Enact w/o Sign by Governor |
| DE | SB20 | Pass | The primary purpose of this Act is to remove the requirement that a public school district employee who donates leave to another employee must donate 2 days of leave for the other employee to receive 1 day of leave. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-25 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB438 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act makes changes to the Paid Family and Medical Leave Program. It removes the employer as the party responsible for making eligibility determinations and claims decisions and instead reallocates this responsibility to the Department of Labor an... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-25 To House Appropriations Committee |
| DE | HCR154 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution recognizes September 2024 as Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month in the State of Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-25 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| DE | HB399 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act creates a new state-level Department of Veterans Affairs, headed by a cabinet-level Secretary appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Department will take over most of the duties currently handled by the Comm... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-20 Amendment HA 1 to HB 399 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| DE | SCR130 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution proclaims June 19, 2024, as "Juneteenth National Independence Day" in Delaware and encourages the people of Delaware to reflect upon the significant roles and many contributions of African Americans, and to celebrate this da... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-06-18 Passed In House by Voice Vote |