| HB465 | Intro
Sine Die | The Delaware Entertainment Job Act is intended to encourage jobs creation, artistic endeavors and investment in the film, television, esports and videogame industry in the State of Delaware, and the attendant benefits for the economy and job growth. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-21
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB433 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act clarifies what constitutes a sawmill in the State of Delaware and adds definitions related to agriculture and silviculture. This Act recognizes forest products as unadulterated materials and makes clear their importance to support a thriving...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-21
Reported Out of Committee (Agriculture) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits |
| HB366 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act requires a candidates political committees contribution and expense report, provided to the Department of Elections, to include the primary employer and job title of each person contributing to the committee. The Act requires the Department ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-16
Tabled in Committee |
| HB333 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act amends Title 16 by prohibiting all persons from declawing a cat; a procedure defined as a onychectomy, dactylectomy, phalangectomy, tendonectomy, or any other procedure that removes a portion of the paw or digit of a cat in order to remove a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-16
To Senate Health & Social Services Committee |
| HB349 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act allows a landlord to offer the tenant an option to pay a recurring fee in lieu of a security deposit. This option enables tenants who cannot afford a security deposit to find a rental. This Act requires landlords choosing to provide the opti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-16
Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Community Affairs) in House with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits |
| HB483 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill increases the amount of realty transfer tax receipts transferred to the Delaware Farmland Preservation Fund to adjust for inflation. This funding amount has not been increased since 2005.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-16
To House Revenue & Finance Committee |
| HR25 | Intro
Sine Die | This Resolution recognizes Thursday, June 16, 2022, as Staff Appreciation Day in the House of Representatives.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-16
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| HCR100 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution proclaims June 19, 2022 as Juneteenth Independence Day in Delaware and encourages the people of Delaware to reflect upon the significant roles and many contributions of African Americans and to celebrate this day with appropriate acti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| HR24 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes the public health and societal benefits of service dogs and therapy dogs and the people and organizations who train and support them.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-16
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| HCR96 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution commends the 2022 Delaware Behavioral Health Professional of the Year, Rosa DiPiazza, and all of the District/Charter Network Behavioral Health Professionals of the Year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| HCR95 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes the young men participating in the 2022 session of Delawares Boys State and commends its sponsor, the American Legion Department of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| HCR99 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution acknowledges June 2022 as LGBTQ+ Pride Month in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-16
Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 1 NO 5 ABSENT |
| HB220 | Intro
Sine Die | This is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to conserve, protect and maintain Delawares natural resources, including its water, air, soil, flora, fauna, ecosystems and climate. This Amendment would create an inherent and inalie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-16
Tabled in Committee |
| SB264 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act requires the Delaware Department of Agriculture to promulgate rules and regulations, that will not become effective until July 1, 2024, classifying neonicotinoid pesticides designed or intended for use in outdoor applications as state restri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-15
Tabled in Committee |
| HB253 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act narrows the meaning of firearm for purposes of the Delaware Criminal Code by aligning the definition of firearm with the definition in the federal criminal background check law. The reference to a BB gun is no longer necessary because a BB g...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-15
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits, 2 Unfavorable |
| HB393 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act creates a $280 tax credit for resident individuals with $35,000 or less of taxable income in 2022. The purpose of this Act is to encourage persons to join the labor force and to treat employed, lower income individuals similarly to how House...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-15
Amendment HA 1 to HB 393 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB385 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act allows any municipality with a population of 50,000 or more to establish by ordinance rules for the location of liquor stores that are more restrictive than state law, and requires the Alcohol Commissioner to refuse a license for any new est...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-15
Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits |
| HB252 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act requires each county to reassess the value of real property in the county on a regular basis that occurs at least once every 5 years. The first 5-year period starts when the reassessments being conducted under the settlement agreements in th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-15
Amendment HA 1 to HB 252 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| HB420 | Engross
Sine Die | The states pre-application process for land use process, known as PLUS, was created 20 years ago and has served to increase coordination among state and local agencies. In doing so, it has fulfilled its intent of providing predictability and consiste...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-15
Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits |
| HB458 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act authorizes the City of Wilmington to acquire vacant or abandoned property through the exercise of eminent domain when an ordinance declares the acquisition part of a community development plan necessary to prevent the decline or decay of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-15
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits |
| HCR93 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution recognizes June 2022 as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Month and June 27, 2022, as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Day, and encourages State agencies to continue their work educating victims of assault or abuse, combat, serious accidents, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-15
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT |
| HCR94 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes June 15, 2022, as "Delaware Elder Abuse Awareness Day" and encourages all of Delaware's citizens to learn about how to protect and nurture our elderly citizens.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-15
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT |
| HB467 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill requires a school district, charter school, or the Department of Education to update a former students records to include the students updated legal name or gender if the former student's government-issued documentation is received demo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-15
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 3 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits |
| HB482 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act requires an individual who kills a childs parent while driving under the influence to pay restitution to the child for the reasonable and necessary support of the child.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB329 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act intends to ensure that political subdivisions of this State follow the state and federal laws governing
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-15
To Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee |
| HB379 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act Amends Title 10 of the Delaware Code by allowing automatic Expungement for Juveniles who choose to participate in the Juvenile Offender Civil Citation Program after one year of successful completion of the program. This Program was offered a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-15
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 9 Favorable |
| HB397 | Pass | This Act is the Department of Finance's Annual "housekeeping" legislation. Specifically:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-15
Signed by Governor |
| SCR115 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution congratulates the class 2021 Eagle Scouts for having attained the highest rank one can earn in the Boy Scouts of America.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-14
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SCR116 | Engross
Sine Die | Dysautonomia is a group of medical conditions that result in a malfunction of the autonomic nervous system, which is responsible for automatic bodily functions such as respiration, heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, temperature control, and more....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-14
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| SB189 | Pass | This bill increases the amount of the tax credit for active members of volunteer fire, ambulance and rescue service companies and their auxiliaries from $500 to $1,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| HB363 | Pass | This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's ("JLOSC") review of Adult Protective Services ("APS"). In the process of the review, and with APS's agreement, JLOSC recommended eliminating th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| SB187 | Pass | Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming more and more popular. Between 2012 and 2016, EV sales grew at an annual rate 32%. In 2017, growth in sales reached 45%. Batteries for EVs have become much cheaper in the last 10 years, enabling EVs to compete wit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| SB325 | Intro
Sine Die | The Public Service Commission (PSC) has the exclusive supervision and regulation of all public utilities and over their rates. Public utilities under the Act include natural gas, electric, water, wastewater, and telecommunications. Propane is not inc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-14
To Senate Environment & Energy Committee |
| SB324 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act recognizes the statutory authority of the Governor to act in the event of an emergency or disaster. During protracted emergencies and disasters, particularly those lasting more than 60 days, good governance requires participation by the Gene...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-14
To Senate Executive Committee |
| HB411 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that would prohibit the regular session of the General Assembly from extending beyond 5:00 p.m. on the last day of June, unless the session is recalled by the Governor or the presiding officers ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-14
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| SB305 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act, known as the Delaware Climate Change Solutions Act, follows the issuance of Delawares Climate Action Plan in 2021, and establishes a statutory requirement of greenhouse gas emissions reductions over the medium and long term to mitigate the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-14
Amendment HA 1 to SB 305 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| SB222 | Pass | This Substitute differs from Senate Bill No. 222 as follows:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| HB259 | Pass | This Act requires Delaware to use the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system to notify the public of emergency alerts and requires that the emergency alert system be used when a catastrophic release occurs. A catastrophic release is a major uncontroll...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| HB435 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill is the Community Workforce Agreement Act. It requires that all large public works construction projects, utilizing state funds, are to be governed by a Community Workforce Agreement with labor organizations engaged in the construction indus...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-14
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB168 | Pass | This bill would allow insurance companies to invest in mortgages on long-term leaseholds in the jurisdictions approved by the Department of Insurance. It is the intent of the Department of Insurance that the first approved jurisdiction be the United ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| HB284 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act increases the aggregate amount of Neighborhood Assistance Tax Credits that can be approved in any 1 fiscal year from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-14
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB355 | Pass | This Act is to fortify the Declaration of Purpose for the Fort DuPont Complex. This Act does the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| HB270 | Pass | Since 1996, students across Delaware have participated in school choice. Currently, reorganized school districts do not follow the same processes thus causing confusion and barriers for families seeking to access choice for their children. The Act ai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| HB323 | Pass | This bill requires that the Commissioners retention of any outside attorneys, actuaries, accountants, and other experts in the review of any application for merger or consolidation of a domestic insurer be at the expense of the party applying for suc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| SB246 | Pass | Delawares Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was intended to create a State-wide and generally applicable standard for citizens access to public records and to further the accountability of government to the citizens of this State. To ensure consisten...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| HB307 | Pass | This Act amends the Town of South Bethany Charter to provide the correct citation to charter provisions relating to residency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| SB236 | Pass | This Act does the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| HB316 | Pass | This bill does all of the following relating to the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council. First, it adds the Chief Magistrate of the Justice of the Peace Court to the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council. Second, it removes the limitations on the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| SB207 | Pass | This Act extends until 2026 the requirement that agriculture and intrastate construction vehicles be registered in accordance with the manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-14
Signed by Governor |
| SB205 | Pass | The Bill expands the availability of free feminine hygiene products at all public and charter schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-06-14
Signed by Governor |
