| DE | HB263 | Engross 50% | This Act prohibits local education agencies and charter schools from prohibiting a student from participating in a school sponsored extracurricular activity on the basis the student has an outstanding debt for unpaid school meals. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB334 | Engross 50% | This Act makes several technical and logistical corrections to the Delaware Marijuana Control Act. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To Senate Health & Social Services Committee |
| DE | SB203 | Engross 50% | Senate Bill 67, from the first session of the 152nd General Assembly, updated the crime of official misconduct. Senate Bill 67 intended to change the penalty for official misconduct from a class A misdemeanor to a graded system, where the penalty is ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 [Hearing: May 8 @ 11:00 am] To House Judiciary Committee |
| DE | SCR123 | Engross 50% | This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States of America and Ireland. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | HB189 | Intro 25% | This Act makes clear that corporations and other artificial entities may not be given a vote in municipal elections. Section 1 of this Act prohibits a municipality from giving corporations and other artificial entities the right to vote within the mu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB20 | Engross 50% | The primary purpose of this Act is to remove the requirement that a public school district employee who donates leave to another employee must donate 2 days of leave for the other employee to receive 1 day of leave. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 5 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB327 | Intro 25% | The purpose of this Act is to protect victims of sexual assault, discrimination, or harassment from retaliatory lawsuits that arise when a victim of sexual assault discloses information regarding an act of sexual assault, discrimination, or harassmen... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13 Tabled in Committee |
| DE | SB147 | Engross 50% | This Act creates a narrow exception to the computer crimes under §§ 932, 933, and 935 of Title 11 because these crimes contain elements broad enough to include actions employees may take to document or report an employers violation of state or fede... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12 To House Judiciary Committee |
| DE | SCR122 | Engross 50% | This resolution designates the week of March 11 through March 15, 2024, as Civic Learning Week in the State of Delaware to encourage schools and civic organizations to hold educational programs regarding civic duty and urge Delawareans to reflect upo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12 Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SB122 | Pass | This Act authorizes the Office of the Child Advocate and Office of the Investigation Coordinator to provide child victim data and information to the Office of Investigative Services during presentence investigations of defendants convicted of felony ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB121 | Pass | This Act codifies that the Child Protection Accountability Commission, in conjunction with the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and their Families, is responsible for developing, maintaining, and conducting child abuse mandatory reporting,... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB335 | Intro 25% | This Act requires that any general salary increase, salary supplement, or one-time adjustment payable to public school employees likewise be payable to charter school employees. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07 To House Education Committee |
| DE | HCR86 | Engross 50% | This resolution recognizes the Easterseals/CAI Volleyball Challenge occurring March 9 at William Penn High School and April 20 at Delaware State University, an event that raises funds for an organization providing services and support to Delawareans ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| DE | SB188 | Engross 50% | This Act enacts the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact (ITMC). The Council of State Governments partnered with the Department of Defense and the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) to support the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-06 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 1 Favorable, 13 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB264 | Intro 25% | This Act makes the crime of patronizing a prostitute a class E felony rather than a misdemeanor where the person from whom prostitution is sought is a minor. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-06 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits |
| DE | HB306 | Intro 25% | This Act permits the Division of Motor Vehicles to refuse to renew the registration of a vehicle that is operated in violation of the law requiring stopping for school buses as evidenced by School Bus Safety Cameras. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-06 Motion to Release Failed |
| DE | SB199 | Engross 50% | This Act further clarifies the application of the provisions of this chapter. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 7 Favorable |
| DE | SCR117 | Fail | This concurrent resolution establishes the Classroom Behavior and School Discipline Task Force. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05 Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 14 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT |
| DE | HB307 | Intro 25% | This Act provides a tuition waiver for victims of human trafficking who are enrolled in the University of Delaware, Delaware State University, or Delaware Technical Community College. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29 To House Education Committee |
| DE | SB222 | Intro 25% | This legislation closes a loophole in the current law which allows 100% of the work being completed on a jobsite to be done by workers only possessing an apprentice license. Currently, under Delaware law, an apprentice license can be acquired with li... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29 To Senate Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee |
| DE | HB116 | Pass | This Act requires public institutions of higher learning to grant credit for advanced placement examination scores of 3 or higher. An instution may require a score higher than 3 if the credit is to be used for meeting a course requirement for a parti... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB91 | Pass | This Act creates a new offense of Aggravated Criminal Mischief with enhanced penalties (class D felony) applicable when an individual knowingly damages or tampers with critical utility infrastructure intending to disrupt utility services. In recent y... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB225 | Intro 25% | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations Act. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25 To Senate Finance Committee |
| DE | SB226 | Intro 25% | This Act appropriates $91,776,567 to provide one-time funded projects through the Office of Management and Budget. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25 To Senate Finance Committee |
| DE | HCR85 | Engross 50% | This Concurrent Resolution designates the week of February 24-March 2, 2024 PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK and commends the hard work of educators and staff. It also calls upon Delawareans to support public schools. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES |
| DE | SCR113 | Engross 50% | This Concurrent Resolution honors and recognizes the leadership and achievements of African Americans and urges the celebration of Black History Month. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25 Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | SB187 | Engross 50% | This Act ensures that educators hired after the effective date of this Act, who earned graduate degrees prior to becoming educators, receive credit on the salary schedule for those degrees regardless of the specific subject area of those degrees. Onc... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 3 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits |
| DE | SB172 | Engross 50% | Section 1 of this Act makes a pattern or practice of violations by a landlord of a Manufactured Home Community of subchapters I through V of Chapter 70 of Title 25 of the Delaware Code, or a provision of a rental agreement, an unlawful practice under... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 To House Appropriations Committee |
| DE | HB265 | Intro 25% | This act requires a commercial entity that knowingly or intentionally provides pornography and other materials defined as harmful to minors to verify the age of individuals accessing the material. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits, 2 Unfavorable |
| DE | HCR79 | Engross 50% | This concurrent resolution hereby designates January 23, 2024 as Maternal Health Awareness Day in the State of Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NOT VOTING |
| DE | HCR81 | Engross 50% | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes the 10th Anniversary of the Office of Animal Welfare and its commitment to fostering a culture of responsible pet ownership and ensuring the welfare of our beloved animal companions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING |
| DE | HCR76 | Engross 50% | This resolution directs the Delaware Department of Human Resources to publish a report detailing hiring and promotional practices, specifying jobs requiring degrees, outlining findings from the 18-month review of state positions, and providing insigh... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| DE | SCR107 | Engross 50% | This Senate Concurrent Resolution honors and recognizes the leadership, achievements, and sacrifices of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and urges all citizens of the First State to participate fittingly in the observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Da... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11 Passed In House by Voice Vote |
| DE | HCR77 | Engross 50% | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes January 2024 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month in Delaware. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT |
| DE | HCR80 | Enroll 75% | This concurrent resolution expresses the State of Delaware General Assemblys concern for the loss of life in the Israel-Hamas war and calls on the legislature and the citizens of Delaware to recognize our common humanity and the shared strength of ou... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-09 Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 3 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT |
| DE | HB278 | Intro 25% | This Act requires that a train or light engine used to move freight by railroad have a crew of at least 2 individuals. Violation of this statute subjects the railroad to a $500 fine for a first offense, and a $1,000 fine for a second or subsequent of... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-09 To House Transportation Committee |
| DE | HB168 | Intro 25% | Substitute 1 to HB 168 applies the lodging tax to short-term rentals and requires an accommodations intermediary to obtain an occupational license and pay an annual licensing fee of $25.00. This bill defines an accommodations intermediary as a person... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-04 was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 168 |
| DE | SB123 | Pass | This Act provides that any adult day care facility required to be licensed under Chapter 1 of Title 16 is subject to the existing reporting obligations for facilities under Subchapter III of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Delaware Code. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-09-21 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB142 | Pass | This bill precludes the so-called LGBTQ+ "panic" defense that seeks to partially or completely excuse or justify a defendant from full accountability for the commission of a crime on the grounds that the actual or perceived sexual orientati... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-09-21 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB151 | Pass | This Act expressly adds the intentional restriction of another adults access to economic resources resulting in a loss of financial autonomy to the definition of abuse for protection from abuse proceedings. This Act also specifies that tangible prope... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-09-21 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB67 | Pass | This Act updates the crime of official misconduct to ensure appropriate accountability of public servants who abuse their positions of power and public trust. The statute establishes a grade in the penalty for the official misconduct to be commensura... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-09-21 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB36 | Pass | This Act provides a definition for 911 Dispatchers. While referenced in other sections of the Code, including being identified as a first responder in § 4319 of Title 11 for purposes of confidentiality of communications by first responders for criti... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-09-21 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB43 | Pass | This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 43. Both this Act and SB 43 add additional State facilities and categories of establishments to § 787 of Title 11 which would be required to display public awareness signs about human trafficking. The add... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-09-14 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB73 | Pass | This House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 73 provides a 5-year statute of limitations for the Department of Labor to bring civil actions to recover nonfraud overpayment debts and no period of limitations to recover fraud overpayment debts. This port... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-09-14 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB145 | Pass | This Act increases the limits on the dollar amount of awards of compensatory or punitive damages, or both, in cases of employment discrimination, establishing specific caps based on the number of the respondent's employees. This Act also clarifie... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-09-11 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB188 | Pass | This Act codifies the Equity Ombudsman program, the purpose of which is to provide students and families encountering inequity in the school system with non-lawyer advocates to assist them. The Educational Equity Council, as a stakeholder council, pr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-09-11 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB78 | Pass | This Act updates the definition of a catalytic converter and limits the purchase or sale of a catalytic converter to a licensed automotive recycler or licensed scrap metal processor, and their respective employees and agents. The Act prohibits minors... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-09-11 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB8 | Pass | This Act is the second substitute for Senate Bill No. 8. Like Senate Bill No. 8 and its first substitute, this Act protects patients from unfair debt collection practices for medical debt, including prohibiting large health care facilities from charg... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-09-11 Signed by Governor |
| DE | SB146 | Pass | Under current law, an individual can file a charge of employment discrimination by sending the verified charge to the Delaware Department of Labor (Department). This Act clarifies that a verified charge of discrimination is deemed to be filed on the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-09-11 Signed by Governor |
| DE | HB181 | Pass | This Act allows the State Bureau of Identification to release subsequent arrest notifications to the Department of Education for its employees and contractors. This Act also corrects existing typos in § 309 of Title 31 and makes clarifying changes t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-09-11 Signed by Governor |