| SB254 | Pass | This Bill will create a State Civil Penalty Trust Fund. Currently, all sanctions which are imposed as a result of the surveys and complaint investigations of this Division are placed in the Long Term Care Residents Trust Fund which is governed by ver...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| HB221 | Pass | This Act gives the Attorney General more options for enforcing the statute that regulates credit repair companies. The current provision provides only for injunctive relief in civil enforcement actions by the Attorney General.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-28
Signed by Governor |
| SB308 | Intro
Sine Die | Section 1 removes geographical restrictions on board appointments consistent with numerous other Title 24 boards and commissions. Section 2 removes an outdated provision that is no longer applicable.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-24
Laid On Table in Senate |
| SB317 | Engross
Sine Die | This Bill creates a new crime of theft of property from a cemetery. The Bill categorizes that crime as a Class G felony.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-24
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB460 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires counties and municipalities within the State to adopt the Standards for Accessible Design in Appendix A to 28 CFR Part 36 and to enforce the requirements set forth in the Standards for Accessible Design.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-24
Introduced in House and assigned to Health & Human Development Committee |
| HB471 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act remedies confusion that exists as a result of the current statutory construction of 1203(a) and 1203(b). As currently drafted, 1203, as a whole, is ambiguous. In certain cases, a legal argument can be made that 1203(a) and 1203(b) apply...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-24
Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 39 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB492 | Intro
Sine Die | Many Delaware domiciliaries own homes in other states that have no estate tax. The Delaware estate tax law could have the unintended effect of causing these Delaware domiciliaries, who currently pay Delaware income tax, to change their state of domic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-24
To House Revenue & Finance Committee |
| HCR58 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes and honors the young women of Delaware participating in the 2010 session of Delaware’s Girls’ State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-24
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR48 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution welcomes home the members of the Delaware Army National Guard’s 262nd Component Repair Company and expresses the General Assembly’s sincere appreciation for their heroic service in Iraq.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-24
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR52 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution designates October 2010 as “Blindness Awareness Month”.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-24
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB357 | Enroll
Sine Die | This new chapter is intended to address the banning of possession of firearms by certain governmental agencies and entities of the State. Currently, several housing agencies in this state have adopted policies of evicting or threatening to evict law ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-24
HS 1 for HB 357 - Amendment SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate |
| SB247 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act would repeal 29 Delaware Code 5202(d), which requires the State of Delaware to assume additional health care insurance costs in cases involving two State employees who are married to one another.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-24
SS 1 for SB 247 - Defeated by Senate. Votes: Defeated 8 YES 0 NO 11 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SB252 | Intro
Sine Die | Currently, Title 9 requires Kent County to notify property owners subject to a proposed zoning change by U.S. mail, publication in newspapers and physically posting changes at each property affected. This Act deletes the requirement of physical posti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-24
Stricken |
| HCR31 | Engross
Sine Die | This House concurrent resolution urges Congress to require the United States Department of Defense to designate “Prisoner of War” and “Missing in Action” into the casualty status and category classification for military servic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-24
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR55 | Engross
Sine Die | By way of this Resolution the General Assembly hereby recognizes the importance of pro bono legal services to the many citizens of Delaware and does, hereby, recognize the week of October 24 - 30, 2010 as “Delaware’s Pro Bono Celebration ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-24
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR56 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill creates a task force to review Delaware’s agricultural outlook.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-24
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SB321 | Intro
Sine Die | Under this Act the Delaware Economic Development Office will maintain documentation of transfer of development rights and their holders are. Holders may report their current transfer of development rights and any future transactions to the Delaware E...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-24
Reported Out of Committee (SMALL BUSINESS) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| HB390 | Engross
Sine Die | Small businesses are the backbone of the economy in Delaware. In fact, 80% of the companies in Delaware employ less than 20 employees, according to recent statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau. The goal of regulatory flexibility is to foster a clima...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-23
To Senate Executive Committee |
| SB313 | Intro
Sine Die | This legislation is intended to address circumstances in which an employer is found to have erroneously withheld city wage taxes from an employee. Currently, when applying for a refund of excess taxes paid, the City of Wilmington limits refund reques...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-23
Reported Out of Committee (COMMUNITY/COUNTY AFFAIRS) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits |
| HCR51 | Intro
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution urges the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) to work with Delaware’s Congressional Delegation, as well as the U.S. National Parks Service and state officials in New Jersey and P...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-23
To Senate Executive Committee |
| SB227 | Pass | This Bill renames the Georgetown State Service Center as the Thurman Adams, Jr. State Service Center.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-23
Signed by Governor |
| SB261 | Engross
Sine Die | Section 1 of this bill would require schools to seek the signature from each parent of a parent/school compact at the beginning of each school year, reflecting an updated Parents’ Declaration of Responsibilities to be prepared by the State and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-23
Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB466 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act amends the existing law regarding specifications for the humane handling, care and treatment of dogs to include restrictions on tethering dogs for extended periods of time between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. and when there is incle...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-23
Laid On Table in House |
| HB490 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill creates the Delaware Film Incentive Program that will provide a loan guarantee to film projects which meet certain specified criteria. A seven-member Film Board is created to review applications for guaranteed loans for film projects, and t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-23
Introduced in House and assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee |
| SB230 | Intro
Sine Die | As of July 1, 2011, this Act requires the State and its political subdivisions to verify employment authorization status for all new hires; requires public employers to only contract for physical performance of services within this State with contrac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-23
To Senate Labor & Industrial Relations Committee |
| SB223 | Enroll
Sine Die | Title 18 of the Delaware Code requires that an affidavit of merit be filed under seal when a lawsuit alleging medical malpractice is filed. This affidavit by plaintiff's expert witness is an opinion that the defendant has breached the applicable mini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-23
Reported Out of Committee (ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/BANKING/INSURANCE/COMMERCE) in House with 6 On Its Merits |
| SB226 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill would authorize New Castle County to limit the first time home buyer’s realty transfer tax exemption to properties for which the purchase price is less than $400,000, to assist those striving to purchase their first home, while balanc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-23
Amendment SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate |
| HB450 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act creates a Law Enforcement Memorial license plate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-23
To Senate Executive Committee |
| HB394 | Pass | This act amends the municipal charter of the Town of Bethany Beach regarding penalties that may be imposed for violations of ordinances of the Town. First, the maximum amount of any penalty that may be imposed for each offense is increased from the p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-22
Signed by Governor |
| HB296 | Pass | This bill amends section 2306 of Delaware’s probate code as it relates to distribution of the decedent’s personal estate without the grant of letters by the Register of Wills when the decedent’s personal estate is valued at less tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-22
Signed by Governor |
| HB333 | Pass | This legislation enables the Sussex County government to proceed in either Justice of the Peace Court or the Court of Chancery to compel connection of a property to an existing County Sanitary Sewer District.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-22
Signed by Governor |
| HR47 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution requests DelDOT conduct an assessment to discover the conditions under which it would be possible to create a road connection for motor vehicles towing boat trailers such that they can exit southbound SR1 to the right just north of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-22
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HB338 | Pass | This Act authorizes a sentencing court to modify, defer, reduce or suspend a minimum or mandatory sentence of one year of less if it finds the person to be sentenced has serious and ongoing medical treatment needs which make incarceration inappropria...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-22
Signed by Governor |
| HB229 | Enroll
Sine Die | This bill prohibits the use of cell phones while operating a motor vehicle on the highways of the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-22
HS 1 for HB 229 - Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 34 YES 6 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HB484 | Intro
Sine Die | This act requires health facilities to have an independent peer review process to investigate any alleged criminal conduct by a health care provider, employee, or staff person of the facility when the alleged victim is a minor being treated or cared ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-17
To House Health & Human Development Committee |
| HCR54 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution recognizes and honors the young men of Delaware participating in the 2010 session of Delaware's Boys’ State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-17
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| SB305 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act requires county officeholders to file the same yearly financial disclosure form which state officeholders must file.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-17
To Senate Executive Committee |
| HB443 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act substantially revises drug crimes and related offenses. It replaces the current system, where the most serious offense – drug trafficking – is defined solely by the weight of the drugs, where the various felony offenses have litt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-17
To Senate Executive Committee |
| SB318 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill authorizes oversight by the Board of Medical Practice of health care work for hire contracts. Health care work for hire contracts yield desirable effects to Delawareans as individuals and employers, as well as to the State. Health care work...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-17
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee |
| SB319 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill simultaneously dissolves the State of Delaware Board of Parole and divides its statutory function and authority between existing resources within the Department of Correction and the criminal courts. This Bill does not alter or narrow eligi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SCR35 | Intro
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution requests that the U. S. Congress and the President take urgent action to enact comprehensive national immigration reform legislation. For at least 135 years, the courts have found immigration to be a clear federal re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-17
To Senate Labor & Industrial Relations Committee |
| SCR36 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution honors those individuals who achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in the class of 2009-2010 and celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-17
Passed in House by Voice Vote |
| HB328 | Pass | This bill would require courts, administrative tribunals, school districts, and schools to use the definition of “free and appropriate education” with respect to disabled children that has been enumerated for this region of the country by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-17
Signed by Governor |
| HB358 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill adds incoming revenue, if any, as part of a full-cost analysis of fiscal projections, often referred to as fiscal notes or F/N. Consideration would be given to the economic implications caused by action of the General Assembly in creating j...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB258 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act exempts from taxation by local government real property owned by the Hall Boards, Hall Corporations or Holding Companies of the Masonic Lodges in Delaware. All Lodges in Delaware are charitable organizations under federal law and raise funds...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-17
Reported Out of Committee (REVENUE & TAXATION) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits |
| SB299 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this Bill is to protect owners of fully approved residential building lots from losing their right to build or expand a residence on such lots as the result of adoption of wetland maps at some later time. The Department has adopted reg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-17
Stricken |
| HB478 | Intro
Sine Die | To assure sufficient State Trooper presence in Delaware, the State Trooper Fund is created. This bill will establish a separate fund to provide supplemental funding for 30 additional State Troopers in the Department of Safety and Homeland Security. M...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-16
Reported Out of Committee (PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY) in House with 9 On Its Merits |
| HB479 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act updates the Delaware Code relating to Police Chief Due Process by providing that the hearing, which may be private or public, at the police chief’s request, is conducted by a panel of three persons appointed by the Delaware Police Chie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-16
Reported Out of Committee (PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY) in House with 8 On Its Merits |
| HCR53 | Engross
Sine Die | This House Concurrent Resolution recognizes June 15, 2010, as Delaware Elder Abuse Awareness Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-16
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| HCR50 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution recognizes the month of June as Amateur Radio Month in Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2010-06-16
Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
