| SB128 | Pass | This Act expands the collection procedures available to the Division of Unemployment Insurance to more closely match the collection procedures currently available to the Division of Revenue providing the Division of Unemployment Insurance with stream...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB133 | Pass | This Act revises the membership of the Fund Committee for special animal welfare license plates by including the Executive Directors of organizations instead of the presidents of the organizations board of directors and adds the Executive Director of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB93 | Pass | This Act permits a horse racetrack to make and sell beer on the horse racetrack premises for consumption on or off the licensed premises. This Act also makes technical corrections to existing law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB102 | Pass | This Bill establishes the pilotage rates for the Pilots Association for the Bay and River Delaware for 2020, 2021 and 2022.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB101 | Pass | The opioid epidemic spreading through Delaware has reached critical levels, with 210 fentanyl-related deaths in 2017. This legislation will update the schedule for Fentanyl analogues, consistent with language used by the Drug Enforcement Administrati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB86 | Pass | This Act amends the Charter of Rehoboth Beach to give the Commissioners the authority to impose and collect a lodging tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB127 | Pass | This Act changes the penalty for an employers failure to file a report required by the Division of Unemployment Insurance from $17.25 to 15% of the total contributions paid or payable by the employer, unless 15% of the total contributions is less tha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB111 | Pass | The Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee approved a project to work with the Governor's Office throughout 2018 and 2019 to identify antiquated boards, commissions, and councils that need statutory updates or outright repeals. The Advi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB115 | Pass | This Act makes updates to the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Act (JLOSC Act) to meet modern-day needs and practices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB114 | Pass | This Act corrects a technical error in House Bill No. 311 of the 149th General Assembly. HB 311 was intended to allow the grandfathering of licenses under Chapter 39, Title 24 to occur up to 2 years after HB 311 was enacted. In fact, however, HB 311&...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB132 | Pass | This Act updates the Delaware Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act (Delaware Act) to conform Delaware law to revisions made to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Mod...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB140 | Pass | This Act will expand New Castle Countys limited authority to lease park land or land held in public trust to include leases for erecting, maintaining and operating wireless communications facilities. State law currently limits public land leases to t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB146 | Pass | This Act authorizes the Department of Health and Social Services to transfer to the Town of Smyrna excess land around the Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill, which borders on Lake Como, for $1.00. The land shall be used to expand the size of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB178 | Pass | The Act allows the Kent County Levy Court to impose a lodging tax not greater than 3% in Kent County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB75 | Pass | This Act makes the following changes to provisions required in life insurance policies issued in this State:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-17
Signed by Governor |
| SB56 | Pass | This Act modernizes the process and requirements for issuance of liquor licenses for off premises consumption. The current process and requirements do not consider population growth. Minimum distance requirements are enhanced while increases in popul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-10
Signed by Governor |
| SB57 | Pass | This Act makes clear that a retail licensee may only purchase authorized product from an importer, also known as wholesaler, except that a retail licensee may purchase up to 20 gallons a day from a premises licensed to sell for off-premises consumpti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-10
Signed by Governor |
| SB67 | Pass | This Act reinstates the requirement that the Clerks of the Peace in each county maintain a registry of clergypersons or ministers who perform marriages in Delaware. Clergypersons or ministers of any religion desiring to perform wedding ceremonies mus...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-04
Signed by Governor |
| SB80 | Pass | This Act changes the composition of the Council on Recreational Fishing Funding.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-04
Signed by Governor |
| SB76 | Pass | The Board of Pension Trustees has established policies and practices for the administration of the Delaware Public Employees Retirement System. House Bill 199 of the 149th General Assembly provided the initial changes to Delaware Code based on the re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-04
Signed by Governor |
| SB98 | Pass | This Act amends the Municipal Charter of the City of Delaware City by allowing the Mayor and Council to impose a lodging tax of no more than 3%.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-04
Signed by Governor |
| SB97 | Pass | This Act ratifies the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact, 34 U.S.C. §40316 (formerly cited as 42 U.S.C. § 14616), a requirement that allows Delaware to join the Compact as a Party State. The Compact serves as the infrastructure by which ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-04
Signed by Governor |
| SB38 | Pass | The Victim-Offender Mediation Committee was established by the 138th General Assembly in 1996. There have been no significant changes to the statute since then. The composition of the Committee and the nature of the services provided by vendors selec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-04
Signed by Governor |
| SB54 | Pass | This Bill codifies Delawares compatibility with certain sections of the Federal Code of Regulations related to weight of vehicles and loads and commercial vehicle safety. Delaware enforces violations contained in the Code of Federal Regulations Parts...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-04
Signed by Governor |
| SB180 | Pass | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2020 Bond and Capital Improvements Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-01
Signed by Governor |
| SCR62 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution establishes a task force (Task Force) to study and make recommendations regarding the policies, rules, structure, and regulations of the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services ("Division"). The Division p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SCR63 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution confirms Mark J. Cutrona as the new Director of Research of Legislative Council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SB129 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act exempts a number of nonprofit corporations from property taxation or assessment by a county or other political subdivision of the State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Stricken in Senate |
| SB71 | Enroll
Sine Die | This Act protects consumers from paying high prices for prescription drugs by ensuring competition in the marketplace by doing the following:
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NO |
| SB173 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act establishes the Universal Pre-K Consortium to recommend a comprehensive plan for the implementation of a mixed-delivery, non-compulsory public pre-kindergarten program for all 4 year olds in this State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 1 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits |
| SB37 | Pass | In our modern society, a criminal record can limit a persons opportunities and the quality of life they can achieve for themselves and their families for years, and even decades, after that person has completed the terms of the criminal sentence impo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-30
Signed by Governor |
| SCR65 | Engross
Sine Die | The Department of Health and Human Services (DHSS) was established in 1970 by legislative enactment with a broad and crucial mandate: to supervise the health, well being, and life of Delaware citizens. In the decades since, the population of Delaware...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SCR61 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Concurrent Resolution marks the 400th Anniversary of the arrival of the first known Africans in English North America at Point Comfort, Virginia in 1619. It addresses the history of American slavery which grew out of that event, ultimatel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SR11 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution encourages the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance and the Department of Correction to facilitate continuous health coverage for individuals with opioid use disorder, other substance use disorders, or high health needs upon re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| SR12 | Engross
Sine Die | This Senate Resolution reaffirms the sister-state relationship between the State of Delaware and Taiwan, supports the strengthening of bilateral trade relations with Taiwan, and supports Taiwan's meaningful participation in and contribution to in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| SR10 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution directs the Department of Corrections to provide all forms of FDA-approved medication for Medication Assisted Treatment for opioid use disorder.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| SCR57 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution recognizes the importance of the Decennial Census and the work of the Governor's Complete Count Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| SB104 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill clarifies that Probation Before Judgment (PBJ) may be entered for multiple charges arising from a single arrest. Changes to the legislation also allow for a defendant to be permitted Probation Before Judgment more than once in a five year p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 On Its Merits |
| SB106 | Engross
Sine Die | This bill allows the Court to suspend an amount of the fine for uninsured driving if the defendant provides evidence that they have now secured insurance, demonstrating compliance with the law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 On Its Merits |
| SB154 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act establishes the Quality Improvement Advisory Council (Advisory Council) to promote collaboration and problem-solving with stakeholders in the system of care administered by the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services (the Division). ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 3 On Its Merits |
| SCR58 | Engross
Sine Die | This Resolution honors the contributions of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion of the Women's Army Corps.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SCR59 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes September 2019 as "Prostate Cancer Awareness Month" in the State of Delaware
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SCR60 | Engross
Sine Die | This Concurrent Resolution recreates the Administrative Law Improvement Task Force (Task Force) to continue the Task Forces work begun during the 149th General Assembly and issue its report by March 2, 2020.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SB145 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act enhances 2 existing agricultural horse racing programs, the Delaware Standardbred Breeder's Program and the Delaware Certified Thoroughbred program, by providing additional funding. Under this Act, horsemen provide half of the additional...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB150 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act requires the Department of Education (Department) to establish a uniform kindergarten registration process. The Department must establish a uniform kindergarten registration process by the 2021 through 2022 school year and the school distric...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 10 On Its Merits |
| SB171 | Intro
Sine Die | This Act establishes a new subchapter of Title 16 regulating urgent care facilities. It requires such facilities, existing and new, to obtain a license from DHSS, which requires the urgent care facility to either be accredited by an approved accredit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-27
Amendment SA 1 to SB 171 - Introduced and Placed With Bill |
| SB118 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act revises the circumstances under which an applicant can be denied a license by the Real Estate Commission because of a criminal conviction. Similar to the recent changes made other professional license requirements, this Act does all of the f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-25
Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 3 On Its Merits |
| SB103 | Engross
Sine Die | This Act amends Section 3001(d)(1) of Title 14 to require that the Department of Education ensure that the standards of the Delaware Stars for Early Success system are consistent with the regulations of the Office of Child Care Licensing. It also rem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-25
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 12 On Its Merits |
| SCR54 | Engross
Sine Die | This resolution celebrates the 50th anniversary of the moon landing and recognizes the lasting impact of space exploration and the audacious innovators who made it possible.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-25
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| SCR55 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution recognizes the 100th anniversary of the American Legion Auxiliary in the State of Delaware.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-06-25
Passed In House by Voice Vote |
