| HB269 | Pass | This bill authorizes and requires that DSCYF run a credit report for each child in its care within 30 days of the child’s 16th and 17th birthdays. DSCYF will then review the credit report for any possible identity theft.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-25
Signed by Governor |
| HJR17 | Pass | This resolution establishes a study group to assess Delaware's civil mental health laws.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-24
Signed by Governor |
| SB269 | Pass | This bill makes the total indebtedness for the City of Rehoboth Beach 50,000,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-23
Signed by Governor |
| HB335 | Pass | Currently, Delaware law does not provide a licensing structure for licensing entities engaged in the sale of portable electronics insurance or the adjustment of claims filed under contracts for portable electronics insurance. This type of insurance i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-23
Signed by Governor |
| SB178 | Pass | Currently, when a public hearing on a proposed Agency regulation is announced for not only a specific date and starting time but a specific ending time as well [example: on 4/22/12 from 7 pm until 9 pm], the public assumes that they can show up at 8:...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-20
Signed by Governor |
| HB403 | Pass | This bill broadens the purpose of the Hospital Acquired Infections Advisory Committee to include prevention and control of hospital acquired infections in addition to disclosing such infections to the Department of Health and Social Services. It also...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-20
Signed by Governor |
| HB185 | Pass | This Act raises the penalties for the three property crimes that have enhancements for property losses in excess of $50,000 and $100,000. When the loss is in excess of $50,000, the crime would be a class D felony (0 to 8 years imprisonment) instead o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-20
Signed by Governor |
| HB309 | Pass | Under current law there is no recognized right to privacy in a student’s or applicant’s social networking site passwords and account information. This Bill makes it unlawful for a public or nonpublic academic institution to mandate that a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-20
Signed by Governor |
| SB206 | Pass | This Bill requires school districts and charter schools to establish a policy on responding to Teen Dating Violence and Sexual Assault, including guidelines on mandatory reporting and confidentiality, a protocol for responding to incidents of Teen Da...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-20
Signed by Governor |
| HB398 | Pass | This bill authorizes the Commissioners of the Town of Bridgeville to borrow up to $1,500,000 for proper municipal purposes by issuing bonds or other obligations without the duty of a referendum. A public hearing is required before the funding is appr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-20
Signed by Governor |
| HB345 | Pass | This Bill eliminates requirement that a named insured (consumer) pay a $10 filing fee in order to appeal an insurance company’s cancellation or nonrenewal of an automobile insurance policy. The Bill also eliminates the requirement for the Depar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-20
Signed by Governor |
| HB318 | Pass | Section 1 creates a simpler mechanism to update the Town’s municipal boundaries. Section 2 updates and revises annexation procedures in the Town. Under these procedures, an annexation vote is not required where 1) all persons of record either p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-18
Signed by Governor |
| HB261 | Pass | This bill amends the current utility medical certification program that protects customers with a medical certification from termination of utility services. The current medical certification law is so broad that it is being used as a method of bill ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-18
Signed by Governor |
| SB257 | Pass | This Act expands the ability of persons to assist in the administration of medications to students by including coaches or persons hired or contracted by schools serving students in kindergarten through grade 12. The Act also provides for the assista...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-18
Signed by Governor |
| HB252 | Pass | This bill serves to remove the two-year sunset provision from the amendment of Title 10, Section 1007 of the Delaware Code, signed into law on July 12, 2010. The 2010 amendment of Title 10, Section 1007 of the Delaware Code expanded the list of possi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-18
Signed by Governor |
| HB103 | Pass | This bill allows the New Castle County Council to promulgate rules and regulations affecting or relating to home improvement contracts for homes in New Castle County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-18
Signed by Governor |
| HB378 | Pass | Under Delaware law, all cases are initiated in the Justice of the Peace Court for the purposes of setting bail, etc. In those matters over which the Justice of the Peace and the Court of Common Pleas have concurrent jurisdiction, only the criminal de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-18
Signed by Governor |
| HB323 | Pass | This bill amends the Charter for the City of Lewes to delete a reference to the senatorial district, and therefore not conflict with the new senatorial district created in response to the 2010 census, and further to amend the process through which th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-18
Signed by Governor |
| HB377 | Pass | This Act seeks to amend the current Charter of the Town of Dewey Beach in order to correct and/or delete antiquated language and typographical errors, render the Charter internally consistent, increase transparency of government, clarify legally prob...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-18
Signed by Governor |
| SB223 | Veto | The Town of Georgetown appointed a seven (7) member charter review committee to address mainly house-keeping revisions to its charter. The Committee met twice a month over several months to review and revise its charter. The result is their re-incorp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-18
Vetoed by Governor |
| HB372 | Pass | This bill provides for the removal of the Town Manager by a majority vote of the members elected to the Town Commissioners.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-18
Signed by Governor |
| HB281 | Pass | This bill makes the Delaware law consistent in Sussex and Kent Counties by giving Sussex County government the same discretion as Kent County government to set its own capitation tax amount. As the law currently governs, Sussex County is required to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-18
Signed by Governor |
| HB374 | Pass | This bill authorizes the Commissioners to borrow money without the duty of a referendum by issuing bonds or other obligations to either the State or Federal governments where the obligation shall bear no interest and the obligation shall be forgiven ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-18
Signed by Governor |
| SB197 | Pass | This Bill defines regulatory responsibilities of federal and state government with respect to radioactive material licensing and enforcement, revises text for brevity and makes other technical corrections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-18
Signed by Governor |
| HB389 | Pass | Existing programs and services underserve runaway and homeless youth. This bill creates a specific assessment and reporting requirement for the Delaware Interagency Council on Homelessness, in conjunction with the Department of Services for Children,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-18
Signed by Governor |
| HB329 | Pass | This bill is the result of recommendations made by the Joint Sunset Committee and makes changes to the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board in terms of its composition, compensation and conduct which may warrant removal from the Board. The bill requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-18
Signed by Governor |
| HB198 | Pass | This bill changes the term of each elected member of the Indian River school board from 3 years to 5 years. The 5-year terms will be added gradually upon the passage of this bill, as each elected member will start a 5-year term on July 1 following hi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-18
Signed by Governor |
| HB285 | Pass | This bill corrects technical errors to House Bill 177, passed in 2011 and dealing with juvenile expungement. Section 1 addresses confusion which has arisen regarding whether a Family Court judge may order expungement of charges arising in other count...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-18
Signed by Governor |
| SB177 | Pass | This is a housekeeping initiative to amend Title 4 of the Delaware to repeal 402 which states that the Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement’s (DATE) main office is in New Castle County, Delaware. As a state agency, DATE provides service...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-18
Signed by Governor |
| HB319 | Pass | All persons with disabilities, including veterans with service-connected disabilities, have a right to the opportunity for competitive employment. To promote the realization of this right, this bill creates the Employment First Act. The Act requires ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-16
Signed by Governor |
| HB315 | Pass | This bill establishes the Emergency Medical Services for Children program within the Office of Emergency Medical Services, and places the committee chair on the Delaware Emergency Medical Services Oversight Council. This program addresses the pediatr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| SB261 | Pass | This Bill provides for the transfer of approximately 1.65 acres to the Town of Smyrna for use as a fire substation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| SB236 | Pass | This bill adds the requirement that veterinarians certify the manufacturer’s specifications of the duration of immunity of the rabies vaccine in addition to the date that revaccination is due according to the Compendium or as mandated by State ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| SB201 | Pass | This bill clarifies that municipal elections in the Town of South Bethany must be conducted in accordance with state laws governing municipal elections. This bill allows the Town Manager to execute legal documents on behalf of the Town in the event t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| HB385 | Pass | This bill amends Chapter 85, Title 11 of the Delaware Code to clearly establish what shall be the primary jurisdiction where a missing person’s complaint must be filed for purposes of determining which law enforcement agency shall be primarily ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| HB87 | Pass | This Bill protects public transit operators by including that position in the list of other positions, such as volunteer firefighters and paramedics, that result in heightened levels for crimes in which the operator was a victim. A person who intenti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| SB222 | Pass | This bill combines the functions of the Delaware Heritage Commission and the Council on Archives into a single entity, the Delaware Heritage Commission. It reduces the combined total membership of the two entities from 27 to 15 members appointed by t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| SJR10 | Pass | This Senate Joint Resolution proclaims the week of October 14-20, 2012 as “Mediation Week” in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| SB203 | Pass | This Bill is pursuant to the NAIC Insurance Holding Company Systems Regulatory Act and the NAIC Model Risk Retention Act. This Bill results in Delaware domiciled risk retention groups (RRGs) complying with uniform standards established for all RRGs a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| SB190 | Pass | This Bill recognizes the adverse impact of restraining prisoners who are pregnant and its danger to a woman’s well-being during this time. The Bill ensures that a correctional institution does not use restraints on a pregnant prisoner except un...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| HB222 | Pass | This Bill requires that the Department of Labor publish the names of employers who have violated the Workplace Fraud Act, by misclassifying an employee as an independent contractor or otherwise. Publication will be via the internet.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| SB230 | Pass | This bill will add a trend test for property and casualty insurance companies at 3.0 and will add provisions related to confidentiality. The change to the trend test will enhance the solvency monitoring efforts of the Commissioner and is necessary fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-12
Signed by Governor |
| SB258 | Pass | This bill creates an additional incentive for holders of abandoned property to report such property to the state and promptly resolve such claims. Holders not currently reporting any or all amounts or types of abandoned property or already engaged in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-11
Signed by Governor |
| HB164 | Pass | This bill permits employees who are employed in positions that are classified as Hazardous Duty Level A-1 to retire at 25 years without any reduction. Those employees will pay a higher employee contribution rate. The bill is subject to a Private Lett...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-11
Signed by Governor |
| SB255 | Pass | Invasive finfish species such as snakehead fish pose current and future risks to Delaware’s native aquatic species and their habitats. This legislation authorizes the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to designate and ma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-11
Signed by Governor |
| SB246 | Pass | This bill amends the membership of the State Emergency Response Commission to allow its members to appoint designees to conduct the regular operations of the Commission. By doing so, the Commission will be able to act more quickly and with full parti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| SB245 | Pass | This Bill updates and modernizes the Delaware Code so that it is consistent with the operation and structure of the Department of Correction. The Board of Correction was eliminated in 1964 and its responsibilities were shifted to the Department of Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| HB322 | Pass | This bill makes the Delaware law consistent by giving Sussex County government the ability to properly administer the Board of Assessment appeals process. As the law currently governs, Sussex County is required to have the Board meet for 15 days in M...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| SB273 | Pass | The current definition of income used in the calculation of child support payments is limited to periodic payments and does not include occasional lump sum payments received by support obligors. These amendments broaden the definition of “incom...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
| SB216 | Pass | The new statute, 29 Del.C. 7971A-F, establishes an electronic system for integrating data which will permit a prospective employer to determine the suitability of a job applicant. The statute applies to those seeking work in a long term care setting...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-05
Signed by Governor |
