| DE | HB2 | Intro
25% | Section 1 of this Act increases the burial benefit under the State Employees' Pension Plan from $7,000 to $8,000. The amount of this benefit has not been increased since 2001 (See 73 Del. Laws, c. 146, § 5).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
To House Appropriations Committee |
| DE | HB9 | Intro
25% | Section 4 of this Act requires a paid elected official or paid appointed official of this State or any political subdivision of this State (official) who is also employed by a state agency or a political subdivision of this State to disclose the dual...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
Amendment HA 1 to HB 9 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| DE | HB19 | Intro
25% | This Act requires that Department of Finance employees submit to criminal background checks and are subject to continuous criminal history monitoring. It also authorizes the Department to submit contractors or third parties, that require or may requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
To House Administration Committee |
| DE | HB15 | Intro
25% | This Act permits early childhood educators in the public schools to use and encourage play-based learning in preschool, kindergarten, and grades 1 through 3 in their classrooms and in their curriculum. Play-based learning is defined as any learning a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
To House Education Committee |
| DE | HCR11 | Engross
50% | This House Concurrent Resolution designates February 2025 as Energy Poverty Awareness Month in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 VACANT |
| DE | HB140 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2025-01-29
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 5 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable |
| DE | HB21 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2025-01-29
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB11 | Intro
25% | This Act aligns state special education law with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and its implementing regulations, and also clarifies that a parents representative may obtain copies of a students special education records.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 1 Favorable, 14 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB12 | Intro
25% | This Act creates a scholarship for students who have completed a Delaware Teacher Academy and are enrolled in a Delaware Educator Preparation Program. This scholarship supplements the Educator Support Scholarship and is intended to fill a $2500 fundi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 11 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB23 | Intro
25% | This Act makes the following changes to human trafficking law:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 3 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits |
| DE | HCR7 | Engross
50% | This Resolution recognizes February 5, 2025, as National Girls & Women in Sports Day in the State of Delaware, to celebrate the achievements of girls and women in sports and raise awareness and support for upholding Title IX protections for futur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 VACANT |
| DE | HCR8 | Engross
50% | This concurrent resolution designates the month of February 2025 as "Senior Independence Month".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 VACANT |
| DE | HB22 | Engross
50% | 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] | 2025-01-28
To Senate Education Committee |
| DE | HB1 | Intro
25% | This Act establishes a new state-level Department of Veterans Affairs led by a cabinet-level Secretary to advocate for and administer programs relating to veterans in the State of Delaware. It is the intent of this legislation that current staff of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
To House Appropriations Committee |
| DE | HB3 | Intro
25% | This Act creates a breastfeeding and lactation program within the DOC to provide lactation support to women in DOC custody. Among other things, it permits women to collect breast milk for later retrieval and delivery to an infant or toddler by an app...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
Reported Out of Committee (Corrections) in House with 7 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB13 | Intro
25% | This Act adjusts the existing tax brackets and the tax rate for each bracket, combining some existing brackets and creating 2 new brackets. The 2 new brackets are taxed at the highest rates, but by combining some existing brackets, this Act also slig...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To House Revenue & Finance Committee |
| DE | HB14 | Intro
25% | This Act is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to make clear that the right of individual privacy is essential to the well-being of a free society and may not be infringed without a showing of a compelling state interest.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To House Administration Committee |
| DE | HCR5 | Engross
50% | This House Concurrent Resolution designates January 23, 2025, as "Maternal Health Awareness Day" in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 1 ABSENT 2 VACANT |
| DE | HB31 | Intro
25% | This act regulates persons who receive compensation for advising or assisting with veterans' benefits earned by serving our nation in the military. This bill would not prohibit persons or business entities from receiving compensation for advice t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-12-19
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee |
| DE | HB35 | Intro
25% | This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty. The Act also removes reference to capital offenses in Section 12 of Article I because that language is inconsistent with a constitutional prohibi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-12-19
To House Administration Committee |
