| SB151 | Intro
25% | This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 151. Like Senate Bill No. 151, this Act requires included facilities to disclose information related dementia care services in the form determined by the Department of Health and Social Services, and it es...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-17
was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 151 |
| SB307 | Intro
25% | This Act clarifies the meaning of custom fabrication as first defined in Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill No. 102 in the 152nd General Assembly. That substitute bill modified the relationship between custom fabrication and the prevailing wage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
[Hearing: May 22 @ 12:00 pm]
To Senate Labor Committee |
| SB281 | Engross
50% | This Act is a result of the work of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) Task Force (Task Force). The 152nd Delaware General Assembly passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 19 establishing the Task Force to study and make findings an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
[Hearing: May 22 @ 3:00 pm]
To House Education Committee |
| HB378 | Engross
50% | This Act requires health spas selling subscription services online to provide a prospective buyer of such a subscription the right to cancel the automatic renewal online. The option to cancel is also to be presented on the website in a clear and cons...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
To Senate Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee |
| HB338 | Enroll
75% | This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (the Statutory Trust Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of proposed amendments to th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HB379 | Engross
50% | This Bill would reinstate language formerly in the Delaware Code which would permit insurance agents to issue checks to policyholders in time sensitive situations without having to qualify as claims adjusters. This practice would be subject to regula...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
[Hearing: May 22 @ 2:00 pm]
To Senate Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee |
| HB422 | Intro
25% | This Act defines certain facilities which will require an applicant seeking a permit for a new facility, or expansion of an existing facility, or renewal of an existing permit, located in an overburdened community, as defined in the Act, to provide a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
To House Natural Resources & Energy Committee |
| SB2 | Pass | This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 2. Like Senate Bill No. 2 this Act does all of the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Signed by Governor |
| HB337 | Enroll
75% | This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the LP Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amend...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HB403 | Intro
25% | This Act transfers the sections pertaining to assessment functions and the New Castle County Board of Assessment Review from the subchapter governing the functions of the Department of Land Use to the subchapter governing the functions of the Departm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
[Hearing: May 22 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Housing Committee |
| HB292 | Intro
25% | This Act requires the Department of Elections to review every political committees contribution and expense report and to note the report, on the Departments website, as either Submitted but Not Reviewed or Reviewed and Final. If the Department disco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
To House Appropriations Committee |
| SCR166 | Engross
50% | This resolution marks May 17, 2024, as the 70th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Courts landmark decision in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case and honors the courage and fortitude of all who sparked the action leading to the Bulah v. Gebh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SB306 | Intro
25% | This Act makes technical changes and updates to the Delaware workplace safety program. Under current law, qualifying employers who pay $3,161 or more in annual workers' compensation premiums may be eligible for lower insurance premiums under the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
[Hearing: May 22 @ 12:00 pm]
To Senate Labor Committee |
| HB402 | Intro
25% | This Act requires new schools and state buildings over 50,000 square feet to meet certain requirements to ensure that the building's roof is able to support solar energy infrastructure.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
[Hearing: May 22 @ 10:00 am]
To House Health & Human Development Committee |
| HB5 | Engross
50% | The States Medicaid Plan still limits the reimbursement of Medicaid-covered, school-based behavioral health services to those provided under an Individualized Educational Program (IEP) or Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP), despite federal pol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
To Senate Education Committee |
| SCR165 | Engross
50% | This Senate Concurrent Resolution proclaims the month of May 2024 as "Community Action Month" in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SB200 | Enroll
75% | This bill provides important consumer protections for property insurance contracts by improving the reliability of mailed notifications of policy cancellation or renewal. Section 1 of this bill requires insurers to deliver any homeowners notices of c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT |
| HB204 | Engross
50% | This bill grants authority to the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) to adopt regulations related to the operation of temporary staffing agencies that staff temporary nurses and other staff positions in long-term care facilities in the S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee |
| SCR158 | Engross
50% | This Concurrent Resolution proclaims May 16, 2024, as "Home Care Advocacy Day" in Delaware to recognize the dedication and hard work of caregivers, to emphasize the critical importance of access to quality home care services for Delawares a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SCR161 | Engross
50% | This Senate Concurrent Resolution designates the week of May 13-17, 2024, as "Charter Schools Week" in the State of Delaware and commends Delaware's public charter schools for their efforts in educating Delaware students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| HB272 | Engross
50% | 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] | 2024-05-16
To Senate Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee |
| SB308 | Intro
25% | This Act adopts the Uniform Special Deposits Act (the Act) authored by the Uniform Law Commission. The Uniform Law Commission provides states with non-partisan, well-conceived and well-drafted legislation that brings clarity and stability to critical...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
[Hearing: May 22 @ 2:00 pm]
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB309 | Intro
25% | This Act adopts the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act of 2023 (UHCDA 2023) to supersede the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act of 1993, which Delaware enacted in 1996. The UHCDA 2023 was authored by the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) and was developed i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee |
| HB401 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2024-05-16
[Hearing: May 22 @ 10:00 am]
To House Health & Human Development Committee |
| SB269 | Intro
25% | This Act simplifies and in some cases increases the civil penalties for violations of laws related to dogs that run at large, dogs that bite a human being or domestic animal while running at large, and dogs that are designated as dangerous or potenti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 269 |
| HB375 | Intro
25% | This Act implements a recommendation from the December 31, 2023, Report of the Retiree Healthcare Benefits Advisory Subcommittee. Under this Act, the amount of the premium for a health-care insurance plan that this State will pay on behalf of eligibl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
To House Administration Committee |
| HB408 | Intro
25% | This Act creates a temporary conversion license for existing medical marijuana compassion centers to operate for recreational marijuana purposes, and sets forth requirements to obtain a conversion license and to operate under such a license. This Act...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
[Hearing: May 21 @ 12:00 pm]
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee |
| HB330 | Intro
25% | This Act increases the amount of the annual appropriation to prefund future State employee retiree health insurance as recommended by the Retiree Healthcare Benefits Advisory Subcommittee of the State Employee Benefits Committee. Like other required ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Amendment HA 1 to HB 330 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB376 | Intro
25% | This Act implements a recommendation from the December 31, 2023, Report of the Retiree Healthcare Benefits Advisory Subcommittee. Under this Act, the state group health insurance program must include a pensioner coordination of benefits policy for el...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
To House Administration Committee |
| HCR135 | Engross
50% | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes May 16, 2024, as Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated Day, or Z Phi B Day at the Capitol in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HB404 | Intro
25% | To address the significant spread and impact of Lyme Disease in Delaware, this bill creates a Lyme Disease intervention fund. The fund shall be overseen by the Department of Agriculture and shall have the goal of reducing the prevalence of Lyme disea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
[Hearing: May 21 @ 10:00 am]
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HB369 | Engross
50% | This Act amends Chapter 28 of Title 24 of the Delaware Code to define "successor professional engineer" as a professional engineer who assumes responsible charge of a project, or component of a project, and uses or relies upon the work of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
To Senate Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee |
| HB162 | Pass | House Bill 162 authorizes the process of natural organic reduction to be used in this State. Natural organic reduction is the gentle, respectful process that accelerates the decomposition of human remains to soil. This process uses large vessels to h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Signed by Governor |
| HB339 | Enroll
75% | This Act continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act (the GP Act) to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| HB377 | Intro
25% | This Act implements a recommendation from the December 31, 2023, Report of the Retiree Healthcare Benefits Advisory Subcommittee (RHBAS). Under this Act, the State must continue to offer eligible pensioners first employed by the State as a regular of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
To House Administration Committee |
| HB400 | Intro
25% | This Act 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 submitting and withdr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
To House Administration Committee |
| HB356 | Engross
50% | On military installations subject to exclusive federal jurisdiction, the investigation and prosecution of juveniles for alleged violation of federal crimes is conducted in the federal court system. The federal court system often tries juveniles as ad...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB399 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2024-05-16
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB407 | Intro
25% | This Act establishes an application process, policies, procedures, operational instructions, and requirements for licensed transporters to obtain and use transporter license plates when transporting vehicles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
[Hearing: May 21 @ 11:00 am]
To House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee |
| HB350 | Enroll
75% | This Act creates the Diamond State Hospital Cost Review Board, which will be responsible for an annual review of hospital budgets and related financial information. The Board will have 7 members: 6 appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO |
| HB406 | Intro
25% | This bill grants the Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement the ability to enter into offers in compromise with importers to resolve alleged violations of Title 4 and Office of the Delaware Alcoholic Beverage Control Commissioner Rules. Currentl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
[Hearing: May 21 @ 12:00 pm]
To House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee |
| HCR134 | Engross
50% | This House Concurrent Resolution designates May as National Critical Care Awareness and Recognition Month in the state of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT |
| SCR156 | Engross
50% | This resolution requests the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance to study and issue a report assessing the home care industry in Delaware. The DMMA is requested to use specified home care codes for their report and conduct various analyses. T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| SB174 | Engross
50% | This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 174. Like Senate Bill No. 174, this Act adds Justices of the Peace, Commissioners in Superior Court, Family Court, and Court of Common Pleas, and Magistrates in Chancery to the State Judicial Pension Plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
To House Administration Committee |
| SB305 | Intro
25% | This Act streamlines and modernizes the State Early Childhood Education Program in § 3001 of Title 14, also referred to as State-funded early care and education, as follows:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
[Hearing: May 22 @ 12:00 pm]
To Senate Education Committee |
| HB371 | Engross
50% | This Act changes how the Insurance Commissioner and the State Treasurer provide for distributions from taxes collected by the Insurance Commissioner to be made to fire companies or departments in Delaware. The current method for reporting, calculatin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
To Senate Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee |
| SB258 | Intro
25% | This Act prohibits any autonomous vehicle with a gross weight of 10,001 pounds or more from being operated on a Delaware highway for testing purposes, transporting goods, or transporting passengers without a human safety operator being physically pre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 258 |
| SB206 | Engross
50% | Senate Bill 89 from the first half of the 152nd General Assembly allowed for state owned-and-operated vehicles used for snow removal to operate with green revolving or flashing lights during winter weather operations. This Bill extends the same use o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| SB159 | Pass | This Act removes membership with the Blood Bank of Delaware as a recognized benefit by the State due to changes in policies in how hospitals and insurance companies bill for blood replacement and blood replacement procedures.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Signed by Governor |
| SB245 | Engross
50% | The Office of Foreclosure Prevention and Financial Education and the Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program were created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to assist homeowners at risk of foreclosure or already navigating the forecl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
