New Legislation Introduced| Bill | Current Status | Sponsor | Synopsis | Title |
| HB 380 | House Judiciary Committee | J. Johnson | Many employers require criminal history background checks as a condition of employment. This bill would limit conviction data provided to prospective employers to Class B misdemeanor convictions or greater, meaning criminal acts classified as unclassified misdemeanors or violations shall not be dis...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY REPORTING. |
| URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/9E077AFBB6114A4085257CD8006E3536?open |
| HB 381 | House Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee | Brady | This bill is the result of recommendations made by the Joint Sunset Committee and adds appointed members of the Cash Management Policy Board to the definition of “public officers”. This designation would subject the appointed members of the Board to annual financial disclosure requirements. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE BY PUBLIC OFFICERS. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/A30BF6FDC891EB3685257CDF00476ECB?open | | HB 382 | House Judiciary Committee | Barbieri | This bill removes the 6-month limitation on the extension of Family Court Protective Orders in circumstances where there has been additional domestic violence since the entry of the original order, a violation of the order has occurred or where the respondent consents or good cause is shown. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FAMILY COURT PROTECTIVE ORDERS. |
| URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/5EAAEB6D32CC1D1185257CD200633654?open |
| HB 383 | House Health & Human Development Committee | Barbieri | This legislation amends the Medical Practice Act to address home health care services ordered for Delaware residents by physicians from another state. This legislation allows a Delaware licensed home health agency to deliver home health care to a patient who resides in Delaware upon an order of a p...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/BFA2A65EE851875E85257CEC006820D1?open | | HB 384 | House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee | Bennett | This Act updates the trainee and reciprocity provisions of Delaware’s home inspector licensing act which took effect last year. First, the act protects home inspector trainees from having to pay, or execute a covenant not to compete with, a supervising licensed home inspector in order to become l...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LICENSURE OF HOME INSPECTORS. |
| URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/C670E60A3310CA3C85257CEC0053D4BC?open |
| HB 385 | House Agriculture Committee | Wilson | Section 7606 of the federal Farm Bill exempts the growth and cultivation of industrial hemp for research purposes from the provisions of the federal Controlled Substances Act, the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act, Chapter 81 of Title 41 of the United States Code, and any other Federal ...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL HEMP. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/C616BFD3A12535CC85257CE80066B103?open | | HB 386 | House Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee | Kowalko | This bill updates Title 26, Chapter 8 by adding the Public Service Commission as an authority to lawfully regulate and enforce potential public safety concerns related to underground excavations and demolitions and to establish and enforce underground damage penalties. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. |
| URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/4C09051DA06962D885257CD0007458CE?open |
| HB 387 | House Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee | Kowalko | This bill updates Title 26, Chapter 1, Subchapter II by recognizing the potential for independent transmission companies to construct transmission facilities within the State and by providing for a new transmission line CPCN requirement. Current Delaware law arguably does not provide for such compan...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/31BA2573EF9CDF6685257CD00074AC54?open | | SB 238 | Senate Community/County Affairs Committee | Ennis | This legislation will require manufactured home community owners to provide prospective tenants with a copy of the proposed rental agreement, a copy of the rules, standards and fee schedule of the manufactured home community, a copy of the Manufactured Home Owners and Community Owners Act, and a sum...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MANUFACTURED HOMES AND MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES. |
| URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/08F13C32ACCDCC0D85257CEB004579B9?open |
| SB 239 | Senate Public Safety Committee | Ennis | This legislation establishes that the determination of fire company boundaries by the Fire Prevention Commission shall prevail over any other provision of the Code, state law, any county or municipal ordinance or any rules or regulations to the contrary. | AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 6607 OF TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FIRE PREVENTION. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/C2507A9872186C1485257CEC0053C030?open | | SB 240 | Senate Finance Committee | Ennis | This bill clarifies that a participating volunteer fire company or ladies auxiliary in the Delaware Volunteer Firemen’s Pension Plan has the ability to withdraw from the plan. As part of that withdrawal process the company or auxiliary would pay a withdrawal liability payment that would be used to p...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN’S PENSION PLAN. |
| URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/F1FD25A5728115B185257CEC00549E21?open |
| SB 241 | Senate Health & Social Services Committee | Marshall | | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10, 11, 13, 16, 21, 23, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER AND THE DIVISION OF FORENSIC SCIENCE. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/7713152DB1C62D2785257CED006FF23E?open | | SB 242 | Senate Executive Committee | Townsend | This bill establishes 2-year post-employment restrictions on State employees whose State work relates to the State of Delaware's unclaimed property program.
| AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 11, TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN STATE EMPLOYEES. |
| URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/CF1FF1F1EF9CD87585257CEC0063523E?open |
| SB 243 | Senate Judiciary Committee | Poore | This bill specifies that probation and parole officers are included in the definition of “law-enforcement officer” for the purposes of the Delaware Criminal Code in Title 11 of the Delaware Code.
| AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/994048E358BA770685257CED0058217F?open | | SB 244 | Senate Education Committee | Townsend | This bill expands the purview of the DPAS II Advisory Committee which serves to provide advice to the Secretary of Education and the State Board in the promulgation of regulations relating to DPAS II. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEM II ADVISORY COMMITTEE. |
| URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/EA9CE0378DC7001F85257CED00683CA4?open |
| SCR 57 | House Passed | Lawson | This Resolution honors the class of 2013-2014 Eagle Scouts for having attained the highest rank one can earn in the Boy Scouts of America.
AUTHOR: Sen. Lawson | COMMENDING THE CLASS OF 2013-2014 EAGLE SCOUTS FOR HAVING ATTAINED THE HIGHEST RANK ONE CAN EARN IN THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/C89DC4F94E0AEE2385257CE500650962?open |
Legislation Passed by Senate| Bill | Current Status | Sponsor | Synopsis | Title |
| HB 106 w/HA 1 + SA 1 | Senate Passed | Baumbach | This bill amends section 7026 of title 25 regarding a manufactured housing home owners association’s (“HOA”) right of first offer to purchase their manufactured home community. The bill provides that a HOA’s alternative purchase offer will not expire after 12 months and will remain valid unless it...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MANUFACTURED HOMES AND MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/9F0AFE43B6DE2D2085257B3A0052D18C?open |
| HB 253 w/HA 1 | Senate Passed
(Ready for Governor's action) | M. Smith | This bill creates a “Stop Child Abuse” license plate, with proceeds going to the Protecting Delaware’s Children Fund. The initial fee is $50, including a $15 administrative fee. Annual renewal will cost $40 in addition to the regular registration fee.
| AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/B3771CD74559C98985257C6F006B75F2?open | | HB 254 w/HA 2 | Senate Passed
(Ready for Governor's action) | Walker | This legislation is party neutral and does not provide an advantage to either side in a lawsuit. It assists judicial economy, reduces the time and cost of litigation, and shortens the time that jurors have to serve on a given case because they would no longer have to hear unnecessary long and compl...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/0CED84787DC0D63B85257C99005D144E?open |
| HB 322 | Senate Passed
(Ready for Governor's action) | Q. Johnson | This Act clarifies that FOIA requests submitted via U.S. mail are valid, provided that the public records requested do not fall within the scope of the enumerated exceptions in the law. This Act is in response to a small number of complaints that FOIA requests submitted through the U. S. mail have b...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/58AE56FE6426C59185257CC500550468?open | | HCR 57 | Senate Passed | Longhurst | This concurrent resolution establishes the Family Caregiving Task Force to study and make findings and recommendations regarding the support necessary for family caregivers assisting the aging and adults with disabilities. | ESTABLISHING THE FAMILY CAREGIVING TASK FORCE TO STUDY AND MAKE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE SUPPORT NECESSARY FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS ASSISTING THE AGING AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/69EA5F28E721480485257CA100645BC8?open |
| SB 200 w/SA 1 | Senate Passed | Bushweller | This bill increases the penalty for committing terroristic threatening that causes evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transportation from a class G felony to a class E felony.
| AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TERRORISTIC THREATENING. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/B00E17AAFACA9C0185257C9A004A5878?open | | SB 221 | Senate Passed | Lavelle | This Act allows political committees to give campaign contributions back to their donors. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/E34EE2A3DAE4232E85257CD0006F0D70?open |
| SB 230 | Senate Passed | Blevins | This bill expands the Child Protection Accountability Commission from 20 to 24 members. In so doing, it expands representation to include the Superintendent of the Delaware State Police; the Chair of the Child Death, Near Death and Stillbirth Commission; an Investigation Coordinator responsible for ...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CHILD PROTECTION ACCOUNTABILITY COMMISSION. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/D674848D94DDEC2485257CD00062CB21?open | | SB 234 w/SA 1 | Senate Passed | Sokola | This bill aligns language within Title 14, Chapter 5 with changes to education and charter policy made throughout the chapter as well as elsewhere in the title. These changes remedy inconsistencies in language between different sections of Delaware Code as a result of recent changes to licensure, c...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/661B8E87BA1BB86485257CE80055BD92?open |
| SS 1 for SB 210 w/SA 1 | Senate Passed | Sokola | This Bill changes the manner in which the Professional Standards Board is populated. The Bill requires a nominating agency to submit names to the Governor in a timely fashion or the Governor will make a choice without those names. The Bill also requires that a Professional Standards Board member wh...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS BOARD. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/B3EFD18A9EB2A7A085257CD700710967?open |
Legislation Passed by House of Representatives| Bill | Current Status | Sponsor | Synopsis | Title |
| HB 213 w/HA 1 | House Passed | Mitchell | This bill increases the premium tax on surplus lines from 2% to 3%. The proceeds from the increase will be used to fund medical coverage for retired State, County, and Municipal police officers and firefighters. The retirees must be retired from the State Police Pension plan or the County/Municipal ...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE FEES AND TAXES TO ESTABLISH MEDICAL INSURANCE FOR RETIRED STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS.
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URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/D7B34CE4ECF1E83685257B950070AC1D?open |
| HB 299 w/HA 1 | House Passed | Q. Johnson | This legislation would allow for the sale and consumption of beer, wine and liquor at movie theaters, including consumption within the theater during a movie showing, something that is allowed in at least 30 states including Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Virginia. The bill defines a movie theat...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS AND MOVIE THEATERS. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/7269FE657945FF5985257CAD0075011E?open | | HB 309 w/HA 1 | House Passed | Heffernan | This bill adds e-cigarettes to the Clean Indoor Air Act and would prohibit the operation of e-cigarettes in all public places where smoking is prohibited under current law. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CLEAN INDOOR AIR ACT. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/B7F163F83DAC90F085257CA800699E21?open |
| HB 312 w/HA 2 | House Passed | Bolden | This bill restores judicial discretion to permit the imposition of either concurrent or consecutive sentences, bringing Delaware in line with the other 49 states and the federal government. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SENTENCING. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/892258AD930B58AC85257CB6005B703C?open | | HB 337 w/HA 1 | House Passed | K. Williams | This bill promotes uniformity in the timing of the application process for school districts, charter schools, magnet schools, and career and technical education schools. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT CHOICE PROGRAM. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/DF177579D29EE99485257CAF004BBD57?open |
| HB 376 | House Passed | M. Smith | This bill clarifies the duties of the Investigation Coordinator in the child protection system to have the authority to track each reported case of abuse or neglect, and to be responsible for tracking and monitoring each reported case of death, serious physical injury, and sexual abuse of a child wi...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ABUSE OF CHILDREN. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/801AB4C6CB49C12B85257CE60038A4DA?open | | HS 1 FOR HB 234 w/HA 1, HA 3, HA 6 | House Passed | Baumbach | This bill: 1.) Provides clarification for how market rate is based and must be documented.
2.) Allows the Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Authority to request a list of affected homeowners.
3.) Provides that community owners proposing increases above the CPI-U should suggest to the Delaw...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE AND CHAPTER 63, VOLUME 79 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO MANUFACTURED HOMES AND MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/21657302F0A698AB85257CAE00514D0E?open |
| HS 1 for HB 310 w/HA 1, HA 2 | House Passed | Longhurst | The Fort DuPont Complex, located along the Delaware River adjacent to Delaware City, is currently underutilized but has enormous potential as a sustainable, mixed-use community that preserves the historical and environmental interests of the Complex and surrounding areas. This Act authorizes the cre...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE TO ESTABLISH A FORT DUPONT REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/96D7950824EB870D85257CEC0054419F?open | | SB 197 w/SA 2 | House Passed
(Ready for Governor's action) | Blevins | Human trafficking is a global concern that affects the United States on federal, state, and local levels, and victimizes more than 27 million people worldwide. By 2012, human trafficking had become the second fastest growing criminal activity in the United States, following drug trafficking. The Un...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRAFFICKING OF INDIVIDUALS, FORCED LABOR AND SEXUAL SERVITUDE. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/4B72DC64ED6155CE85257CAF005170B6?open |
| SB 222 | House Passed
(Ready for Governor's action) | Blevins | This bill names the Wilmington campus of the Delaware Technical and Community College in honor of Orlando J. George, Jr. | AMENDING TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/E6D209A068A640DA85257CCA005BFC39?open | | SCR 57 | House Passed | Lawson | This Resolution honors the class of 2013-2014 Eagle Scouts for having attained the highest rank one can earn in the Boy Scouts of America.
AUTHOR: Sen. Lawson | COMMENDING THE CLASS OF 2013-2014 EAGLE SCOUTS FOR HAVING ATTAINED THE HIGHEST RANK ONE CAN EARN IN THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/C89DC4F94E0AEE2385257CE500650962?open |
Senate Committee Assignments| Bill | Current Status | Sponsor | Synopsis | Title |
| Executive |
| HB 320 w/HA 1 | Senate Executive Committee | K. Williams | This bill increases the opportunity for citizens to observe the performance of public officials and to monitor the decisions that are made by such officials by making minutes of infrequently meeting public bodies in the executive branch available in draft form within 10 days after the conclusion of ...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. |
| URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/4800923A718C26D785257CBC003BD231?open |
| Community/County Affairs |
| SB 238 | Senate Community/County Affairs Committee | Ennis | This legislation will require manufactured home community owners to provide prospective tenants with a copy of the proposed rental agreement, a copy of the rules, standards and fee schedule of the manufactured home community, a copy of the Manufactured Home Owners and Community Owners Act, and a sum...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MANUFACTURED HOMES AND MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/08F13C32ACCDCC0D85257CEB004579B9?open | | Public Safety |
| SB 239 | Senate Public Safety Committee | Ennis | This legislation establishes that the determination of fire company boundaries by the Fire Prevention Commission shall prevail over any other provision of the Code, state law, any county or municipal ordinance or any rules or regulations to the contrary. | AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 6607 OF TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FIRE PREVENTION. |
| URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/C2507A9872186C1485257CEC0053C030?open |
| Finance |
| SB 240 | Senate Finance Committee | Ennis | This bill clarifies that a participating volunteer fire company or ladies auxiliary in the Delaware Volunteer Firemen’s Pension Plan has the ability to withdraw from the plan. As part of that withdrawal process the company or auxiliary would pay a withdrawal liability payment that would be used to p...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN’S PENSION PLAN. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/F1FD25A5728115B185257CEC00549E21?open | | Health & Social Services |
| SB 241 | Senate Health & Social Services Committee | Marshall | | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10, 11, 13, 16, 21, 23, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER AND THE DIVISION OF FORENSIC SCIENCE. |
| URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/7713152DB1C62D2785257CED006FF23E?open |
| Executive |
| SB 242 | Senate Executive Committee | Townsend | This bill establishes 2-year post-employment restrictions on State employees whose State work relates to the State of Delaware's unclaimed property program.
| AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 11, TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN STATE EMPLOYEES. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/CF1FF1F1EF9CD87585257CEC0063523E?open | | Judiciary |
| SB 243 | Senate Judiciary Committee | Poore | This bill specifies that probation and parole officers are included in the definition of “law-enforcement officer” for the purposes of the Delaware Criminal Code in Title 11 of the Delaware Code.
| AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. |
| URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/994048E358BA770685257CED0058217F?open |
| Education |
| SB 244 | Senate Education Committee | Townsend | This bill expands the purview of the DPAS II Advisory Committee which serves to provide advice to the Secretary of Education and the State Board in the promulgation of regulations relating to DPAS II. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEM II ADVISORY COMMITTEE. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/EA9CE0378DC7001F85257CED00683CA4?open |
House Committee Assignments| Bill | Current Status | Sponsor | Synopsis | Title |
| Health & Human Development |
| HB 358 | House Health & Human Development Committee | Barbieri | This bill explicitly recognizes the Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS) and the American Psychological Association (APA) as qualifying accreditors of a psychology program for purposes of holding a professional license as a psychologist or registering as a psychological assist...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROFESSION OF PSYCHOLOGY. |
| URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/680D4D0962580D1B85257CD8006398B7?open |
| Judiciary |
| HB 380 | House Judiciary Committee | J. Johnson | Many employers require criminal history background checks as a condition of employment. This bill would limit conviction data provided to prospective employers to Class B misdemeanor convictions or greater, meaning criminal acts classified as unclassified misdemeanors or violations shall not be dis...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY REPORTING. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/9E077AFBB6114A4085257CD8006E3536?open | | Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) |
| HB 381 | House Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee | Brady | This bill is the result of recommendations made by the Joint Sunset Committee and adds appointed members of the Cash Management Policy Board to the definition of “public officers”. This designation would subject the appointed members of the Board to annual financial disclosure requirements. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE BY PUBLIC OFFICERS. |
| URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/A30BF6FDC891EB3685257CDF00476ECB?open |
| Judiciary |
| HB 382 | House Judiciary Committee | Barbieri | This bill removes the 6-month limitation on the extension of Family Court Protective Orders in circumstances where there has been additional domestic violence since the entry of the original order, a violation of the order has occurred or where the respondent consents or good cause is shown. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FAMILY COURT PROTECTIVE ORDERS. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/5EAAEB6D32CC1D1185257CD200633654?open | | Health & Human Development |
| HB 383 | House Health & Human Development Committee | Barbieri | This legislation amends the Medical Practice Act to address home health care services ordered for Delaware residents by physicians from another state. This legislation allows a Delaware licensed home health agency to deliver home health care to a patient who resides in Delaware upon an order of a p...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT. |
| URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/BFA2A65EE851875E85257CEC006820D1?open |
| Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce |
| HB 384 | House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee | Bennett | This Act updates the trainee and reciprocity provisions of Delaware’s home inspector licensing act which took effect last year. First, the act protects home inspector trainees from having to pay, or execute a covenant not to compete with, a supervising licensed home inspector in order to become l...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LICENSURE OF HOME INSPECTORS. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/C670E60A3310CA3C85257CEC0053D4BC?open | | Agriculture |
| HB 385 | House Agriculture Committee | Wilson | Section 7606 of the federal Farm Bill exempts the growth and cultivation of industrial hemp for research purposes from the provisions of the federal Controlled Substances Act, the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act, Chapter 81 of Title 41 of the United States Code, and any other Federal ...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL HEMP. |
| URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/C616BFD3A12535CC85257CE80066B103?open |
| Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure |
| HB 386 | House Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee | Kowalko | This bill updates Title 26, Chapter 8 by adding the Public Service Commission as an authority to lawfully regulate and enforce potential public safety concerns related to underground excavations and demolitions and to establish and enforce underground damage penalties. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/4C09051DA06962D885257CD0007458CE?open | | HB 387 | House Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee | Kowalko | This bill updates Title 26, Chapter 1, Subchapter II by recognizing the potential for independent transmission companies to construct transmission facilities within the State and by providing for a new transmission line CPCN requirement. Current Delaware law arguably does not provide for such compan...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. |
| URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/31BA2573EF9CDF6685257CD00074AC54?open |
| Public Safety & Homeland Security |
| SB 207 w/SA 1 | House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee | Ennis | In 1999, House Bill 332 established new response time goals and certification standards for the delivery of basic life support and emergency medical services. In order to meet the new standards, volunteer ambulance companies needed to hire paid EMTs and ambulance attendants to ensure the availabili...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REQUIRED COVERAGE FOR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE COMPANY SERVICES. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/19EBD9F0C2C6FA4485257CB0006ABBCE?open | | Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) |
| SB 214 | House Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee | McBride | This bill clarifies that an applicant must have a baccalaureate degree to be eligible to have a doctorate pursuant to §2818(c) of Title 24 requirements of licensure. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS. |
| URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/C33B8DB4F459113685257CCB0064FC94?open |
Released from House Committees| Bill | Current Status | Sponsor | Synopsis | Title |
| Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce |
| HB 257 | Out of Committee | B. Short | This bill amends Title 18, Chapter 50, Insurance Holding Company System Registration. The language is substantially similar to the recently amended language within the NAIC Model Law – Insurance Holding Company System Regulatory Act. The primary changes in the bill are (1) that an annual enterpris...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE HOLDING COMPANY SYSTEM REGISTRATION.
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| URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/01007388236DA54285257B570071EC6C?open |
| House Administration |
| HB 321 | Out of Committee | Atkins | This bill requires the Attorney General to engage in educational efforts aimed at FOIA coordinators for all public bodies in this State. FOIA coordinators serve an important role as the first point of contact between government and citizens seeking public records to observe the performance and moni...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/5ABC1F44F1F5DD1885257CBC003EAA71?open | | HB 333 | Out of Committee | Schwartzkopf | § 11(a), Article VIII, of the Delaware Constitution provides that “No tax … may be imposed or levied except pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly adopted with the concurrence of three-fifths of all members of each House.” A recent Chancery Court opinion has limited this section of the Delaware...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 22 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MUNICIPALITIES. |
| URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/A6423176E9CF60E885257CB5005D960F?open |
| Public Safety & Homeland Security |
| HB 372 | Out of Committee | D. Short | This Bill expands line of duty death benefits to include individuals who die from a heart attack, stroke, or vascular rupture within 24 hours of on duty strenuous physical activity. This Bill further removes the statute of limitations on submitting a claim for benefits. The Act shall be applied re...more | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LINE-OF-DUTY DEATH BENEFITS. |
URL: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/LIS147.nsf/vwLegislation/18155B7BAC0A34FC85257CD10051717E?open |