All Bills - Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB126
Introduced
4/21/23
Introduced
4/21/23
Refer
4/28/23
Refer
4/21/23
Engrossed
5/18/23
Refer
4/28/23
Refer
5/19/23
Engrossed
5/18/23
Enrolled
6/21/23
Refer
5/19/23
Passed
8/3/23
Enrolled
6/21/23
Passed
8/3/23
This Act clarifies to whom the annual report must be sent and the date that the report must be submitted.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB127
Introduced
4/21/23
Introduced
4/21/23
Engrossed
4/16/24
Refer
4/21/23
Engrossed
4/16/24
Enrolled
6/11/24
Refer
4/16/24
Passed
8/2/24
Enrolled
6/11/24
Passed
8/2/24
This Act provides each county with the ability to impose, by duly enacted ordinance, a fire protection fee (fee). A county that enacts this fee must do all of the following:
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB128
Introduced
4/21/23
Introduced
4/21/23
Refer
4/21/23
This Act creates the following new tax brackets for taxable years after December 31, 2023.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB129
Introduced
4/25/23
Introduced
4/25/23
Engrossed
6/8/23
Refer
4/25/23
Engrossed
6/8/23
Enrolled
6/30/23
Refer
6/8/23
Passed
8/9/23
Enrolled
6/30/23
Passed
8/9/23
This Act modifies Section 2803 to add definitions for negligence, misconduct and incompetence. These new definitions will provide greater clarity and guidance for the Council of the Delaware Association of Professional Engineers in determining whether a licensee is subject to discipline. Section 2817(a)(7) has been amended by striking the requirement that an applicant who fails the Principles and Practice of Engineering examination four times must go through additional steps before taking the examination another time. Eliminating this requirement will remove unnecessary barriers to licensure. Further, Section 2823 has been amended to add negligence and pattern of negligence as grounds for discipline. These changes will ensure that discipline is imposed for conduct that poses a risk to the public. This Act adds a definition for successor professional engineer and a new Section 2832 to delineate the acceptable parameters for a successor engineers reuse or adoption of work performed by another engineer. These revisions will both inform licensees of the permissible use of another engineers work and ensure that the recipient of services can identify the responsible engineer.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB13
Introduced
3/14/24
Introduced
3/14/24
Engrossed
4/18/24
Refer
3/14/24
Engrossed
4/18/24
Enrolled
6/27/24
Refer
4/18/24
Passed
9/5/24
Enrolled
6/27/24
Passed
9/5/24
This Act requires the Director of the Sustainable Energy Utility to administer a program to provide financial assistance to Delaware residents for the cost of purchase and installation of electric vehicle supply equipment. For a low-income applicant (meaning up to 300% of the federal poverty level for household income), financial assistance covering up to 90% of the purchase and installation costs may be covered. For all other applicants the program may offer assistance to cover up to 50% of the costs.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB130
Introduced
4/20/23
Introduced
4/20/23
Engrossed
5/11/23
Refer
4/20/23
Engrossed
5/11/23
Enrolled
6/22/23
Refer
5/11/23
Passed
8/9/23
Enrolled
6/22/23
Passed
8/9/23
There are thousands of casual/seasonal employees, who work for the State of Delaware. These hard-working individuals make up a critical part of the state government workforce and play a significant role in keeping our state running and delivering services to the people of Delaware. Since these individuals are not eligible for the state pension plan, many of them are eager to participate in a retirement savings plan so that they can save, invest, and build wealth for a secure and comfortable retirement. Currently, these individuals are not permitted to participate in the states 457(b) plan. This bill allows casual/seasonal employees the opportunity to participate in the 457(b) plan.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB131
Introduced
4/27/23
Introduced
4/27/23
Engrossed
5/4/23
Refer
4/27/23
Engrossed
5/4/23
Enrolled
6/20/23
Refer
5/4/23
Passed
6/29/23
Enrolled
6/20/23
Passed
6/29/23
This Act resolves ambiguities in the current law and confirms the ability of a spouse who owns real property as tenant by the entirety, acting alone, to convey that spouses interest in such real property to both spouses, as tenants by the entirety or otherwise, or to the other spouse.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB132
Introduced
4/27/23
Introduced
4/27/23
Engrossed
6/15/23
Refer
4/27/23
Engrossed
6/15/23
Enrolled
6/28/23
Refer
6/15/23
Passed
8/31/23
Enrolled
6/28/23
Passed
8/31/23
Section 1 of this Act amends § 6504 of Title 10 to correct two erroneous cross-references (the cross-references will now correctly reference Title 12 rather than Title 10 of the Delaware Code).
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB133
Introduced
4/28/23
Introduced
4/28/23
Refer
5/3/23
Refer
4/28/23
Refer
5/3/23
First responders, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical services (EMS) clinicians, and public safety telecommunicators, are crucial to ensuring public safety and health. First responders are at elevated risk for suicide because of the environments in which they work, their culture, and stress, both occupational and personal. This stress can be associated with a specific incident or an accumulation of day-to-day stress. Occupational stress in first responders is associated with increased risk of mental health issues, including hopelessness, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, as well as suicidal behaviors such as suicidal ideation (thinking about or planning suicide) and attempts. Even during routine shifts, first responders can experience stress due to the uncertainty in each situation. During emergencies, disasters, pandemics, and other crises, stress among first responders can be magnified. Relationship problems have also been linked to a large proportion of suicides among the general population (42%). Because first responders can have challenging work schedules and extreme family-work demands, stress caused by relationship problems may also be magnified in this worker group.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB134
Introduced
5/2/23
Introduced
5/2/23
Engrossed
5/11/23
Refer
5/2/23
Engrossed
5/11/23
Enrolled
6/30/23
Refer
5/11/23
Passed
7/25/23
Enrolled
6/30/23
Passed
7/25/23
This is a housekeeping bill to remove outdated references to the term coroner in the Delaware Code. Created in 1682, the Office of the Coroner was one of the earliest elective offices in Delaware. The primary responsibility of the coroner was to investigate all cases in which a person died while in prison, was killed, died an unnatural death, or the circumstances of the death were unknown. It was also the duty of the coroner to arrest a person believed to have committed murder or manslaughter and to perform the duties of the sheriff when the sheriff was unavailable. The Office of the Coroner was abolished in 1969 and the responsibility for determining the cause of death is now the responsibility of the Medical Examiner. Today, it is outside the Medical Examiners scope of employment to perform many of the job duties that coroners were historically expected to do, and this bill clarifies that Medical Examiners are only responsible for investigating causes of death throughout the State under the provisions of Chapter 47 of Title 29, relating to forensic science.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB135
Introduced
4/21/23
Introduced
4/21/23
Engrossed
4/27/23
Refer
4/21/23
Engrossed
4/27/23
Refer
4/27/23
This bill requires that of the five Justices appointed to the Supreme Court, at least one is a resident of Kent County, at least one is a resident of Sussex County and at least two are residents of New Castle County.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB136
Introduced
5/2/23
Introduced
5/2/23
Refer
5/18/23
Refer
5/2/23
Refer
5/18/23
While the exact number of nurse vacancies in Delaware fluctuates, healthcare providers agree that the current shortage is unsustainable. Nursing shortages lead to error, higher morbidity, and mortality rates.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB137
Introduced
5/4/23
Introduced
5/4/23
Engrossed
6/8/23
Refer
5/4/23
Engrossed
6/8/23
Enrolled
6/27/23
Refer
6/8/23
Passed
7/21/23
Enrolled
6/27/23
Passed
7/21/23
This Act corrects the Delaware crisis text number and the National Suicide Prevention call or text line that is required to be printed on pupil identification cards for all public schools serving pupils in grades 7 to 12 and for all students attending public institutions of higher learning in Delaware. This Act takes effect for the 2023-2024 school year.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB138
Introduced
5/4/23
Introduced
5/4/23
Engrossed
6/13/23
Refer
5/4/23
Engrossed
6/13/23
Enrolled
6/29/23
Refer
6/13/23
Passed
8/23/23
Enrolled
6/29/23
Passed
8/23/23
This Act establishes a Delaware Educator Apprenticeship Program to be developed by the Department of Education. The Department of Education will work with the Department of Labor to create a program that places aspiring teachers in paid positions in schools, while the teacher candidates complete the training and schooling necessary to become a Delaware credentialed teacher. This program will complement the Grow Your Own Educator Program and teacher residency programs to create a low-cost pathway for aspiring teachers to earn their teaching credentials and will address the educator shortage in Delaware.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB139
Introduced
5/5/23
Introduced
5/5/23
Engrossed
6/15/23
Refer
5/5/23
Engrossed
6/15/23
Refer
6/22/23
Refer
6/15/23
Enrolled
6/30/23
Refer
6/22/23
Passed
8/31/23
Enrolled
6/30/23
Passed
8/31/23
This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Townsend in the following ways: