| SB169 | Pass | This Act adopts the Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act. This Act addresses an increasingly common form of abuse that can cause severe and often irreversible harm: the disclosure of private, sexually explicit ima...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-23
Signed by Governor |
| SB210 | Pass | This Act amends the Charter of Lewes to give the City Council the authority to impose and collect a lodging tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-08-06
Signed by Governor |
| SB246 | Pass | Presently, a legal process does not exist for a Delaware hospital to seek the appointment of a guardian for a non-acute patient who has been a patient at the hospital for an extended period, after having been abandoned by family. This bill authorizes...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-08-06
Signed by Governor |
| SB120 | Pass | This Act authorizes the Division of Motor Vehicles to issue migratory shorebird special registration plates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-08-06
Signed by Governor |
| SB236 | Pass | This Act amends the Charter of Dewey Beach to give the Town Commissioners the authority to impose and collect a lodging tax. The new lodging tax is distinct from the existing accommodations tax. A rental property may be subject to either the accommod...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-08-06
Signed by Governor |
| SB249 | Pass | This Act extends the Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permit Program annual fees for facilities in Delaware, which have historically expired and been reauthorized by the General Assembly every three years. Existing statutory authorization to collect f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-08-06
Signed by Governor |
| 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 |
| SB248 | Pass | The purpose of the Bill is to allow for the modifications to the Disability Insurance Program for state employees that were included in the Governors Twelfth Modification to the COVID-19 State of Emergency to continue until December 30, 2020 in the e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-23
Signed by Governor |
| SB253 | Pass | This Act ensures that the price protections for Delawareans related to price gouging put in place during the COVID-19 state of emergency do not cease immediately upon the lifting of the COVID-19 state of emergency, but instead continue for a short pe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-23
Signed by Governor |
| SB243 | Pass | Since 2009, when video-conferencing was first permitted under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by Senate Bill No. 104 (145th General Assembly), technology has continued to evolve and the need to provide more mechanisms for participation by membe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-23
Signed by Governor |
| SB122 | Veto | This Act creates the Delaware Perinatal Quality Collaborative to improve pregnancy outcomes for women and newborns and such issues as obstetrical blood loss management, pregnant women with substance use disorder, infants impacted by neonatal abstinen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-21
Vetoed by Governor |
| SB201 | Pass | This Act makes additional technical changes to Senate Bill No. 122 and Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 122. The Senate Substitute unanimously passed both chambers during the 1st Session of the 150th General Assembly.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB251 | Pass | This Act ensures that the protections put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic related to marriage licenses do not cease immediately upon the lifting of the COVID-19 State of Emergency, but instead continue until June 30, 2021.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-16
Signed by Governor |
| SB247 | Pass | This Act ensures that the protections put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic related to notarizations do not cease immediately upon the lifting of the COVID-19 State of Emergency, but instead continue until June 30, 2021.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-16
Signed by Governor |
| SB227 | Pass | This Act brings the Division of Motor Vehicles into compliance with federal law by allowing a commercial learner permit to be issued for a period of up to 1 year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-16
Signed by Governor |
| SB223 | Pass | This Act brings Delaware into compliance with the federal No Human Trafficking on Our Roads Act by creating a lifetime disqualification for a commercial diver license if the individual engages in human trafficking while using a motor vehicle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-16
Signed by Governor |
| SB229 | Pass | Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 229 differs from Senate Bill No. 229 by changing the word competent to incompetent as grounds for disqualification for the office of Commissioner.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-16
Signed by Governor |
| SB170 | Pass | This Act creates a CBD-Rich card medical marijuana card to treat anxiety in adults. This Act also requires that a registry identification card state the type of card that is issued to clearly identify qualifying adult patients, qualifying pediatric p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-07
Signed by Governor |
| SR44 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Resolution pays tribute to Delaware's senior senator, Harris B. McDowell, III, upon his retirement from the Senate after some 44 years of exemplary service.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-01
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| SB260 | Pass | This Act provides supplementary appropriations to certain Grants-in-Aid for Fiscal Year 2021.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| SR32 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Resolution pays tribute and extends a fond farewell to Secretary of the Senate Joy C. Bower upon her retirement after 32 years of distinguished service to the Senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| SB242 | Pass | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2021 Bond and Capital Improvements Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| SB250 | Intro
Sine Die | This bill is intended to advance sustainable energy goals and initiatives in Delaware and to restore Delaware as a leader in renewable, sustainable energy. First, this Act builds on the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards Act, which was first enacte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-30
Amendment SA 1 to SB 250 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| SJR3 | Pass | This Resolution provides the official revenue, refund, and unencumbered funds estimates for Fiscal Year 2021.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| SJR2 | Pass | This Resolution provides the official revenue, refund, and unencumbered funds estimates for Fiscal Year 2020.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| SB240 | Pass | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| SB194 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act removes the requirement that applicants for a marriage license state their race as part of the application process. Delaware is one of a small number of states that currently requires this information. In October 2019, the United States Dist...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-29
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES |
| SB191 | Enroll
Sine Die | Since the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, with Delaware ratifying it in 1901, at least 15 states have added a provision to their state constitution that prohibits the denial or abridgement of equal rights...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-25
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES |
| SB239 | Enroll
Sine Die | This bill extends the effective date of the Delaware Contractor Registration Act to July 1, 2021, or upon promulgation of final regulations. The unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 pandemic facing Delaware and the nation necessitates moving the impl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-25
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES |
| 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 |
| SB237 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act delays to October 1, 2020, the expansion of dental care to all eligible adult Medicaid recipients provided for under Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 92 (150th General Assembly), Chapter 187 of Volume 82 of the Laws of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-24
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES |
| SB241 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act provides supplementary appropriations to certain Grants-in-Aid for Fiscal Year 2021.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-23
Defeated By Senate. Votes: 12 YES 9 NOT VOTING |
| SB255 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act ensures that the consumer protections for Delawareans related to summary possession and tenants holding over in rental units put in place during the COVID-19 state of emergency do not cease immediately on the lifting of the COVID-19 state of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-23
Laid on Table in Senate |
| SB252 | Intro
Sine Die | Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 48 enacted a requirement that contractors bidding for large public works contracts provide craft training of apprentices and journeymen. This Act expands how contractors can satisfy this craft training requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-23
Laid On Table in Senate |
| SB254 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act ensures that the consumer protections for Delawareans related to residential mortgage foreclosure put in place during the COVID-19 state of emergency do not cease immediately upon the lifting of the COVID-19 state of emergency, but instead c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-20
Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate |
| SB257 | Intro
Sine Die | Juneteenth National Freedom Day commemorates June 19, 1865, the date news finally reached African Americans in Galveston, Texas that Abraham Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves living in Confederate states.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-20
Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate |
| SB234 | Intro
Sine Die | Title 3 and Title 7 do not currently define the term farm and Title 3 does not currently define the term farm operations. This Act defines farm and farming operations for the purposes of Title 3 and Title 7. This Act amends the definition of farm ope...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-10
Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate |
| SB217 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act limits the use of certain Class B firefighting foams (Class B foams) in Delaware. Class B foams are used to put out fires caused by flammable liquids like gasoline, oil, and jet fuel, and can be divided into 2 categories: those with PFAS che...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-10
Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate |
| SB232 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act clarifies that yard waste is included in the types of trash and litter that it is illegal to discard on a highway. This Act also defines yard waste.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-10
Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate |
| SB219 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act amends the Delaware Viatical Settlements Act by permanently removing the bond requirements for viatical settlement brokers and updating a reference to life settlement brokers by replacing it with viatical settlement brokers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-10
Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate |
| SB221 | Intro
Sine Die | Under current law, only a premises that qualifies as a restaurant or is operated by a not-for-profit group may allow customers to bring alcoholic beverages onto the premises.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-10
Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate |
| SB230 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act amends the Delaware Energy Act to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles in the State by creating more accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Specifically, this Act permits State Agencies to charge a reasonable fee for use...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-10
Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate |
| SB222 | Intro
Sine Die | In 2018, the General Assembly enacted House Bill No. 204 of the 149th General Assembly, Chapter 200, Volume 81 of the Laws of Delaware, ("HB 204"), with "the goal of modernizing the pretrial process, reducing reliance on monetary condi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-10
Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate |
| SB216 | Intro
Sine Die | In almost every mass murder that has occurred in the United States over the past 2 decades, subsequent investigations have revealed that the perpetrator had displayed what have become known as red flag indicators which, if known, identified, and repo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-10
Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate |
| SB231 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act creates a special license plate for those citizens who wish to support pollinator habitat creation and conservation. This Act requires a greater-than-majority vote for passage because Article VIII, § 11 of the Delaware Constitution requires...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-10
Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate |
| SB235 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that repeals the provisions regarding legislative districts that were found unconstitutional in the 1960s by the Supreme Court of the United States and the United States District Court for the D...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-10
Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate |
| SB212 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act clarifies that an employer is liable to an employee for liquidated damages if the employer does not make wages available during the next payday after an employee quits, resigns, is discharged, suspended, or laid off. The only difference betw...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-10
To Senate Labor Committee |
| SB233 | Intro
Sine Die | This Bill institutes a State nontidal wetlands program and leaves intact the current State tidal wetlands program under Chapter 66 of Title 7. Prior to these amendments, the only regulatory protection of the State's nontidal wetlands was through ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-10
Amendment SA 1 to SB 233 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| SB96 | Pass | In January of 2015, the Office of Civil Rights & Public Trust was created by the Attorney General to establish a centralized office within the Department of Justice for the investigation of matters concerning civil rights enforcement and the pros...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-04-08
Signed by Governor |
| SB184 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act clarifies Delawares driving under the influence (DUI) law related to intensive inpatient or outpatient drug and alcohol treatment for felony DUI offenders. The current law has resulted in differing interpretations regarding treatment; specif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-03-27
Amendment HA 1 to SB 184 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
