| DE | SB31 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act is the second leg of a constitutional amendment to add race, color, and national origin to § 21 of Article I of the Delaware Constitution to explicitly declare that protection against discrimination based on race, color, and national origin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-28 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES |
| DE | HCR3 | Intro
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution establishes the Delaware Corrections Investigation Task Force to investigate and make findings and recommendations regarding the treatment of inmates and the quality of healthcare provided to inmates in this State's cor... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-26 To House Administration Committee |
| DE | HB62 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act is based on a Model Act to Prevent Excessive and Unconscionable Prices for Prescription Drugs developed by the National Academy for State Health Policy. It prohibits manufacturers from raising the price of prescription drugs outside of certa... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-07 To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee |
| DE | HB15 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act is the final leg of a constitutional amendment that would eliminate from the Delaware Constitution the limitations as to when an individual may vote by absentee ballot. This amendment to the Delaware Constitution provides that the General As... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-04 To House Administration Committee |
| DE | HB335 | Pass | This Act amends Delawares probate code by adding a new section to provide restricted access to a decedents safe deposit box located in a financial institution and held in the decedents sole name, for the limited purpose of retrieving the decedents la... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-08-25 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB350 | Pass | This Act creates the crime of Aggravated Strangulation. A person is guilty of Aggravated Strangulation if the person is a law-enforcement officer, and while acting within the persons official capacity as a law-enforcement officer, knowingly or intent... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-08-13 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB334 | Pass | Section 1 of the Act addresses statutes under Chapter 33 of Title 12 and (i) amends section 3330 by adding subsections (c) and (d)to make explicit in subsection (a) of section 3330 the applicability dates that were intended to be carried over from th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-08-06 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB318 | Pass | This Act requires the Department of Education to establish and implement a curriculum on the Holocaust and genocide for students in grades 6 through 12. Teaching the lessons learned from the Holocaust and other genocides helps cultivate the spirit of... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-23 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB244 | Pass | This bill continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (the Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments of the Act. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-23 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB263 | Pass | This Act requires that individual, group, and State employee insurance plans cap the amount an individual must pay for insulin prescriptions at $100 a month and must include at least 1 formulation of insulin on the lowest tier of the drug formulary d... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-16 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB343 | Pass | This bill continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendme... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-16 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB344 | Pass | This bill continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments of the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-16 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB341 | Pass | Section 1. Section 1 of this Act amends Section 102(a) to provide that the name of a corporation must be such as to distinguish it from the name of any registered series of a limited partnership. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-16 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB342 | Pass | This bill continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act (the Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments of t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-16 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB346 | Pass | This Act provides for voting by mail for the 2020 primary and general elections and special elections held under the provisions of Chapter 73 of Title 15 due to the emergency caused by COVID-19, a highly contagious virus. Voting by mail is an alterna... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-01 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB245 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act amends the Real Estate Code to modernize the definition of purchase money mortgage under Delaware law to include lenders other than the seller of the mortgaged property who provide financing to purchase the property. Additionally, this Act e... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-25 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES |
| DE | HB337 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act mandates that the Department of Health and Human Services, in conjunction with the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to establish Maximum Contaminant Levels for specific contaminants found in drinking water in this st... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-16 Amendment HA 1 to HB 337 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| DE | HB332 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act removes obsolete language. Sheriffs are not equipped to safely transport prisoners and no sheriff has done so in nearly 10 years. This Act also makes a technical correction to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-22 To House Judiciary Committee |
| DE | HB333 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act removes the broad exemption in the Freedom of Information Act for the University of Delaware and Delaware State University and creates the following specific exemptions for some records of public institutions: [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-22 To House Administration Committee |
| DE | HB329 | Intro
Sine Die | Individuals who are at very high risk of getting HIV can take pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication to reduce the risk of HIV transmission. PrEP medication reduces the risk of HIV transmission by up to 99% if taken daily. This Act prohibits disc... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-04-17 To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee |
| DE | HB302 | Intro
Sine Die | In 2009, New Hampshire was the first state to develop a statewide Gun Shop Project, reaching out to gun shops regarding the role they can play in suicide prevention. In the years since, at least 21 other states have implemented similar campaigns. Thi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-12 To House Health & Human Development Committee |
| DE | HB314 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires that any general salary increase or one-time adjustments payable to public school employees likewise be payable to charter school employees. The bill also makes section 504A, Title 14 of the Delaware Code consistent with the Legisl... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-12 To House Education Committee |
| DE | HB305 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-12 To House Judiciary Committee |
| DE | HB307 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill amends Chapter 33, Title 18 of the Delaware Code by adding a new § 3370D to require coverage of an annual behavioral health well check. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-12 To House Administration Committee |
| DE | SB139 | Pass | In an effort to ensure the safety and wellbeing of dogs, this legislation improves shelter and tether standards in hazardous weather conditions, including clarifying restrictions on outdoor housing and tethering for dogs during hazardous weather cond... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-11 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB275 | Pass | This bill permits the owner of a beer garden or food establishment to permit leashed dogs on licensed outdoor patios of food establishments and in beer gardens. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-03 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB285 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill requires all public and charter schools which have students in grades 6-12 to provide free feminine hygiene products in 50% of the bathrooms used by students who can have a menstrual cycle. This bill also requires schools to publish on its ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-28 To Senate Health & Social Services Committee |
| DE | HB87 | Pass | This Act enables Kent County to establish regulations regarding property maintenance and penalties for violations of said regulations. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-10 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB178 | Pass | This Act reconciles discrepancies between § 8705 of Title 9 of the Delaware Code and § 2903 of Title 25 of the Delaware Code, clarifying that all taxes assessed against real estate by Kent or Sussex Counties are governed by § 8705 of Title 9 and t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-02-10 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB80 | Intro
Sine Die | Section 1 of this Act modifies Delawares Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to allow recipients to choose the most beneficial credit to be applied against their Delaware Personal Income Taxes. Under this Act, recipients can choose between a non-refundab... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-30 To House Appropriations Committee |
| DE | HB277 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill establishes the crimes of possession of an unfinished firearm frame or receiver with no serial number, possession of and manufacturing a covert or undetectable firearm, possession of and manufacturing an untraceable firearm, and manufacturi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-30 Amendment HA 1 to HB 277 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| DE | HB258 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill allows the Department of Correction to implement prison nurseries, which would allow women inmates that give birth during their time incarcerated the option of raising their infant up to the age of 18 months. Studies have shown that prison ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29 To House Appropriations Committee |
| DE | HB284 | Intro
Sine Die | This legislation allows the Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs to employ the spouses of veterans and retains the stipulation that the Executive Director of the Commission must be a veteran. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-29 Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in House with 13 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB281 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill increases the minimum amount of property damage that triggers the mandatory reporting of a vehicular collision to police from $500 to $2,000. This bill also increases the minimum amount of property damage requiring police agencies to invest... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-28 To Senate Transportation Committee |
| DE | SB192 | Intro
Sine Die | A 2019 study found the following: [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-23 To Senate Judicial Committee |
| DE | HB200 | Intro
Sine Die | Many of the States waters do not meet water quality standards to support their designated uses, such as for drinking, swimming or supporting aquatic life. The Clean Water for Delaware Act establishes a framework for assessing needs and planning and i... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-22 To House Appropriations Committee |
| DE | HB268 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act requires that individual, group, State employee, and public assistance insurance plans provide coverage for epinephrine autoinjectors for individuals who are 18 years of age or under and must include at least 1 formulation of epinephrine aut... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-22 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB279 | Intro
Sine Die | Delaware is one of a handful of states that has no cap other than unconscionability on interest rates for short-term consumer loans. Under Delaware case law, the unconscionability of an interest rate is decided by a court on a case by case basis. Thi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-21 To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee |
| DE | HB41 | Engross
Sine Die | Section 1 of this bill moves the date of primary elections for statewide office, county office, and municipal office to the fourth Tuesday in April, which is the date of the presidential primary (in presidential election years). The dates for submitt... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-15 Amendment SA 1 to HB 41 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| DE | SB205 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act requires that a former foster parent of a child be considered a preferential placement option for a child when the child is placed for adoption less than 13 months after the end of the foster placement. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-15 To Senate Health & Social Services Committee |
| DE | HB272 | Intro
Sine Die | Recently, the Department of Justice has dismissed misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence in the Court of Common Pleas in Sussex County and refiled the same misdemeanor charges in the Superior Court in Sussex County. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-09 To House Judiciary Committee |
| DE | SB199 | Intro
Sine Die | Section 7052 of Title 25 provides that the completion and cost of any capital improvements or rehabilitation work, as distinguished from ordinary repair, replacement, and maintenance, may justify an increase in rent in a manufactured home community b... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-12-19 To Senate Elections, Government & Community Affairs Committee |
| DE | SB47 | Pass | This Act simplifies Delawares drug code with a goal of providing more fairness in its application. This Act removes geographic-based enhancements that disproportionately impact those living in urban areas as opposed to suburban and rural areas. This ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-16 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB56 | Pass | This act names the Delaware portion of U.S. Route 301 between Route 1 and the Delaware Maryland State line as First Responders Memorial Highway. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-09-13 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB15 | Pass | 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] | 2019-08-21 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB65 | Pass | This Bill enables the use of roof or ground mounted solar systems on privately owned residential dwellings by making covenants or other restrictions that effectively prohibit or unreasonably restrict the installation of solar photovoltaic systems in ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-08-20 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB63 | Pass | The Delaware Equal Accommodations Law, Chapter 45 of Title 6 of the Delaware Code, prevents discrimination against people because of their race, age, marital status, creed, color, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national orig... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-08-20 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB73 | Pass | Daylight saving time has existed in one form or another for over 100 years. In that time, Delawareans have become accustomed to the 8 months of daylight saving time each year. This Act provides for Delaware to permanently remain on daylight saving ti... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-08-12 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB124 | Pass | This Bill modifies the impact of criminal history on an applicants eligibility for licensure. It gives the Board discretion to grant waivers for felony convictions for crimes committed against a person where more than 3 years have elapsed, and more t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-08-12 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB43 | Pass | This Act modifies the impact of criminal history for applicants for licensure to the Board of Electrical Examiners (Board). Specifically, this Act: [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-08-12 Signed by Governor |