All Bills - Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB293
Introduced
5/23/24
Introduced
5/23/24
Refer
6/6/24
Engrossed
5/23/24
Enrolled
6/30/24
Refer
6/6/24
Enrolled
6/30/24
Passed
8/9/24
Enrolled
6/30/24
Passed
8/9/24
The Delaware Fair Housing Act, Chapter 46 of Title 6, and Residential Landlord-Tenant Code, Chapter 51 of Title 25, both prohibit discrimination based on source of income, which is defined as including rental payments from any government program. However, both laws also provide that a landlord's nonparticipation in a government-sponsored rental assistance, voucher, or certificate system cannot be the basis for an administrative or judicial proceeding.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB294
Introduced
5/8/24
Introduced
5/8/24
Refer
5/15/24
Refer
5/8/24
Refer
5/15/24
This Act removes assigned salary schedules established for child care licensing specialists and child care licensing supervisors, who are employed through the Department of Education. By removing this language, the Department of Education will be able to provide equitable compensation to early childhood personnel within the Office of Child Care Licensing. Attracting and retaining employees is critical to ensure the States child care licensing system is sufficiently staffed. Currently, the statute prevents child care licensing specialists and child care licensing supervisors from equitable pay within the Department of Education, leading to high rates of turnover and inter-Department transfer. A lack of staffing limits the ability of the State to investigate complaints being made against child care centers.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB295
Introduced
5/8/24
Introduced
5/8/24
Engrossed
5/22/24
Refer
5/8/24
Refer
5/23/24
Engrossed
5/22/24
Enrolled
6/30/24
Refer
5/23/24
Enrolled
6/30/24
Passed
9/30/24
This Act strengthens the current practice of obtaining service letters for employment in child care facilities to protect children from workers who have engaged in prior acts that are prohibited by the Office of Child Care Licensing. The Act does all of the following:
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB296
Introduced
5/9/24
Introduced
5/9/24
Engrossed
5/22/24
Refer
5/9/24
Refer
5/23/24
Engrossed
5/22/24
Enrolled
6/30/24
Refer
5/23/24
Enrolled
6/30/24
Enrolled
6/30/24
Passed
9/30/24
This Act amends the Delaware Antitrust Act (DAA) (Chapter 21, Title 6 of the Code) to provide indirect purchasers who have been harmed by violations of the Delaware Antitrust Act the ability to sue for damages. Indirect purchasers of a product or service in the chain of distribution are often the ones who bear the burden of any overcharges from antitrust violations such as price-fixing. Direct purchasers and others in the chain of distribution of the affected product or service often have the ability to pass the overcharge through the chain of distribution to end users. This will align Delaware with at least 36 other states which currently allow for a cause of action for damages for indirect purchasers. Often, end users who make purchases in Delaware, primarily Delaware residents and businesses, are excluded from making claims against multimillion dollar settlement funds set up to compensate indirect purchasers for transactions made in other states that do authorize lawsuits for damages for indirect purchasers.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB297
Introduced
5/9/24
Introduced
5/9/24
Engrossed
5/21/24
Refer
5/9/24
Refer
5/22/24
Engrossed
5/21/24
Enrolled
6/26/24
Refer
5/22/24
Enrolled
6/26/24
Passed
9/26/24
This Act acknowledges the importance of diversity and inclusivity in education by requiring the Department of Education to update content standards and regulations using a non-exhaustive list of racial, ethnic, and cultural groups.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB298
Introduced
5/9/24
Introduced
5/9/24
Engrossed
6/11/24
Refer
5/9/24
Refer
6/12/24
Engrossed
6/11/24
Enrolled
6/27/24
Refer
6/12/24
Passed
8/29/24
Enrolled
6/27/24
Passed
8/29/24
This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Newport in the following ways:
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB299
Introduced
5/13/24
Introduced
5/13/24
Engrossed
6/13/24
Refer
5/13/24
Engrossed
6/13/24
Enrolled
6/30/24
Refer
6/13/24
Enrolled
6/30/24
Passed
9/30/24
Under Title 29, Section 5805, no state employee, no state officer, and no private enterprise in which a state employee or state officer has a legal or equitable ownership of more than 10% (more than 1% in the case of a corporation whose stock is regularly traded on an established securities market) shall enter into any contract with the State (other than an employment contract) unless such contract was made or let after public notice and competitive bidding. However, the notice and bidding requirements do not apply to contracts involving $2,000 per year or less, provided that the terms of such contract reflect arms length negotiations. The exemption for contracts involving $2,000 per year or less went into effect in 1991 and has not been raised since. This act raises the exemption from $2,000 to $5,000 to take into account the effects of inflation. This act also deletes language in Section 5805(c) that is out-of-date.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB3
Introduced
3/9/23
Introduced
3/9/23
Engrossed
5/4/23
Refer
3/9/23
Refer
5/5/23
Engrossed
5/4/23
Failed
6/13/24
Refer
5/5/23
Failed
6/13/24
This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment to eliminate the limitations on when an individual may vote absentee and authorizes the General Assembly to enact general laws providing the circumstances, rules, and procedures for absentee voting in this State. This Act is in response to the Supreme Courts decision in Albence v. Higgins, 2022 Del. LEXIS 377 (Del. 2022).
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB30
Introduced
1/18/23
Introduced
1/18/23
Engrossed
5/4/23
Refer
1/18/23
Refer
5/5/23
Engrossed
5/4/23
Enrolled
6/13/23
Refer
5/5/23
Passed
6/28/23
Enrolled
6/13/23
Passed
6/28/23
This Act clarifies what constitutes a sawmill under Delaware law and adds definitions related to agriculture and silviculture. This Act recognizes forest products as unadulterated materials and makes clear their importance to support a thriving industry that maintains sustainable and healthy forests. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB300
Introduced
5/13/24
Introduced
5/13/24
Engrossed
6/13/24
Refer
5/13/24
Engrossed
6/13/24
Enrolled
6/30/24
Refer
6/13/24
Enrolled
6/30/24
Passed
9/26/24
This Act requires crisis pregnancy centers in this state to provide notice if the center is not licensed by this state as a medical facility and does not have a licensed medical provider who provides or directly supervises, in person, the provision of services. A violation of this Act is an unlawful practice under § 2513 of Title 6 and a violation of Subchapter II, Chapter 25 of Title 6.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB301
Introduced
6/12/24
Engrossed
6/13/24
Introduced
6/12/24
Engrossed
6/13/24
Enrolled
6/30/24
Refer
6/13/24
Enrolled
6/30/24
Passed
9/26/24
Like Senate Bill No. 301, this Act, Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 301 requires public universities in this state to provide access to medication for the termination of pregnancy and emergency contraception. The medication and contraception must be provided on-site, but consultation to provide them may be performed by a provider at the student health center or by a provider who is associated with a university-contracted external agency. This Act takes effect on July 1, 2025.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB302
Introduced
5/14/24
Introduced
5/14/24
Engrossed
6/11/24
Refer
5/14/24
Refer
6/12/24
Engrossed
6/11/24
Enrolled
6/26/24
Refer
6/12/24
Passed
7/17/24
Enrolled
6/26/24
Passed
7/17/24
This Act allows a licensed brewery-pub located within the premises of a public golf courses to apply to the Commissioner for a license to sell alcoholic beverages to patrons of the golf course if the brewery-pub and public golf course share common ownership.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB303
Introduced
5/14/24
Introduced
5/14/24
Refer
5/14/24
This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment to establish the right to hunt and fish in Delaware. Twenty-one other states have preserved the rights of their citizens to hunt, fish, or trap wildlife. This Act is modeled after the constitutional provisions of Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Tennessee.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB304
Introduced
5/22/24
Engrossed
5/23/24
Introduced
5/22/24
Refer
6/6/24
Engrossed
5/23/24
Enrolled
6/18/24
Refer
6/6/24
Passed
7/17/24
Enrolled
6/18/24
Passed
7/17/24
This Act makes changes to nonacademic training requirements for school district and charter school personnel to help ensure that mandatory trainings are relevant to student needs and based on best practices. While nonacademic mandatory trainings are essential to addressing critical issues facing Delaware students, school personnel have expressed concerns related to the time burden and relevance of required trainings. Streamlining and modernizing such trainings could enhance their effectiveness and allow school personnel to spend more time meeting the needs of students. To that end, this Act makes the following changes to nonacademic training requirements for school district and charter school personnel:
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB305
Introduced
5/16/24
Introduced
5/16/24
Engrossed
6/11/24
Refer
5/16/24
Refer
6/12/24
Engrossed
6/11/24
Enrolled
6/26/24
Refer
6/12/24
Enrolled
6/26/24
Passed
9/30/24
This Act streamlines and modernizes the State Early Childhood Education Program in § 3001 of Title 14, also referred to as State-funded early care and education, as follows: