All Bills - Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB60
Introduced
3/7/23
Introduced
3/7/23
Engrossed
3/16/23
Refer
3/7/23
Refer
3/17/23
Engrossed
3/16/23
Enrolled
4/4/23
Refer
3/17/23
Passed
4/26/23
Enrolled
4/4/23
Passed
4/26/23
This Act provides teachers and other school employees with the same protection to be absent without a loss of pay as State merit employees for all of the following reasons:
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB61
Introduced
3/7/23
Introduced
3/7/23
Engrossed
3/16/23
Refer
3/7/23
Refer
3/17/23
Engrossed
3/16/23
Enrolled
4/27/23
Refer
3/17/23
Enrolled
5/2/23
Enrolled
4/27/23
Passed
7/26/23
Enrolled
5/2/23
Passed
7/26/23
Teachers and other school employees (school employees) do not accrue annual leave that can be used on a flexible basis. Under current law, school employees may only use 3 days of sick leave for personal reasons and may be absent for 5 days after the death of an immediate family member and for 1 day only, on the day of the funeral, after the death of a near relative.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB62
Introduced
3/9/23
Introduced
3/9/23
Engrossed
4/6/23
Refer
3/9/23
Refer
4/20/23
Engrossed
4/6/23
Enrolled
5/4/23
Refer
4/20/23
Passed
5/31/23
Enrolled
5/4/23
Passed
5/31/23
This Act makes minor changes to licensing and registration of limited lines travel insurance producers and travel retailers and establishes a comprehensive framework for the sale and marketing of travel insurance. Specifically, the legislation establishes uniform meanings of key terms; allows travel products to continue to be offered in a manner that provides a seamless consumer experience and cost-saving efficiencies; clarifies impermissible and prohibited sales practices, and the applicability of the states unfair trade practices law; requires several consumer disclosures; clarifies that travel insurance may be sold via individual, group, or blanket policies; clarifies current practice with respect to premium taxes; and clarifies that travel insurance is generally classified and filed as an inland marine line of insurance.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB63
Introduced
3/9/23
Refer
3/10/23
Introduced
3/9/23
Engrossed
3/16/23
Refer
3/10/23
Refer
3/17/23
Engrossed
3/16/23
Enrolled
3/30/23
Refer
3/17/23
Enrolled
4/4/23
Enrolled
3/30/23
Passed
4/6/23
Enrolled
4/4/23
Passed
4/6/23
This bill updates the criteria for agriculture, horticulture, or forestry land use.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB64
Introduced
3/9/23
Introduced
3/9/23
Engrossed
4/4/23
Refer
3/9/23
Refer
4/6/23
Engrossed
4/4/23
Enrolled
5/18/23
Refer
4/6/23
Enrolled
5/18/23
Passed
5/25/23
Enrolled
5/18/23
Passed
5/25/23
This Act promotes increased capital investment at Delaware casinos by restructuring the table games licensing fee reduction currently received by video lottery agents to allow capital investments greater than the minimum amounts required under § 4815(b)(3)a. of Title 29 of the Delaware Code to count toward the allowable license fee reductions. For ease of administration, this Act also aligns time periods for both table games and video lottery calculations.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB65
Introduced
3/23/23
Introduced
3/23/23
Refer
3/30/23
Refer
3/23/23
Refer
3/30/23
This bill adds workforce and affordable housing programs to the current list of realty transfer tax eligible expenditures for New Castle, Kent, and Sussex Counties.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB66
Introduced
3/23/23
Introduced
3/23/23
Engrossed
6/13/23
Refer
3/23/23
Refer
6/14/23
Engrossed
6/13/23
Enrolled
6/30/23
Refer
6/14/23
Enrolled
6/30/23
Passed
9/14/23
Enrolled
6/30/23
Passed
9/14/23
This Act adds the Senate Minority Leader and the House Minority Leader as members of the Public Health Emergency Planning Commission (Commission).
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB67
Introduced
3/23/23
Introduced
3/23/23
Engrossed
4/27/23
Refer
3/23/23
Refer
4/28/23
Engrossed
4/27/23
Enrolled
6/29/23
Refer
4/28/23
Passed
9/21/23
Enrolled
6/29/23
Passed
9/21/23
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 commensurate to the gravity of the misconduct. In addition, this statute conforms the discrimination language to the language used in the Hate Crimes statute. It 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 SB68
Introduced
4/19/23
Introduced
4/19/23
Engrossed
5/11/23
Refer
4/19/23
Refer
5/12/23
Engrossed
5/11/23
Enrolled
6/6/23
Refer
5/12/23
Passed
6/30/23
Enrolled
6/6/23
Passed
6/30/23
This Act revises Delawares child safety seat requirements which currently requires an appropriate car seat or booster. Under this Act, children under 2 years and under 30 pounds must be seated in a rear-facing seat with a 5-point harness. Children under 4 years and under 40 pounds must be seated in either a forward facing or rear-facing seat with a 5-point harness. Children between the ages of 4 and 16, must be seated in a booster based upon the manufacturers guidelines or a seatbelt.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB69
Introduced
3/28/23
Introduced
3/28/23
Refer
3/28/23
In 2021, the General Assembly enacted a law, Chapter 249 of Volume 83 of the Laws of Delaware (Senate Bill 169 of the 151st General Assembly) to update and expand the definition of child care to include early education programs for children below the grade of kindergarten that are operated by public or private schools, including sectarian or religious institutions. This law takes effect on July 1, 2024.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB7
Introduced
6/1/23
Introduced
6/1/23
Engrossed
6/7/23
Refer
6/1/23
Refer
6/8/23
Engrossed
6/7/23
Refer
6/13/23
Refer
6/8/23
Enrolled
6/29/23
Refer
6/13/23
Passed
8/3/23
Enrolled
6/29/23
Passed
8/3/23
This Bill amends the Delaware Energy Act, Title 29 of the Delaware Code, Chapter 80, Subchapter II, by updating and expanding upon the duties of the State Energy Office (located in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Controls Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy). In Section 1 of the Bill, the General Assembly finds and declares that: (a) Planning for Delaware's energy future is vitally important to Delawares economy and all of its citizens; (b) Developments in the energy sector of the economy are proceeding at a fast pace, and devoting state resources to the energy sector will be beneficial; and (c) Transforming the delivery of energy to end users is expected to require new programs, planning, and workforce training. Section 1 of the Bill also declares the intent of the General Assembly to provide for the development and implementation of State energy policy and programs in accordance with the State Energy Plan, the State Climate Action Plan, and other documents developed by the Governor's Energy Advisor Council and adopted by the State Energy Office.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB70
Introduced
3/28/23
Introduced
3/28/23
Engrossed
4/25/23
Refer
3/28/23
Refer
4/26/23
Engrossed
4/25/23
Enrolled
6/15/23
Refer
4/26/23
Passed
6/27/23
Enrolled
6/15/23
Passed
6/27/23
This Act adds the following acts against a person's companion animal or service animal to the definition of abuse for protection from abuse proceedings:
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB71
Introduced
3/28/23
Introduced
3/28/23
Engrossed
4/25/23
Refer
3/28/23
Refer
4/26/23
Engrossed
4/25/23
Enrolled
5/9/23
Refer
4/26/23
Passed
6/27/23
Enrolled
5/9/23
Passed
6/27/23
This Act requires law-enforcement agencies, the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families, and the Department of Justice to report suspected animal cruelty to the Office of Animal Welfare that is discovered while performing their responsibilities in child welfare cases. This Act also provides immunity to people who in good faith, report suspected animal cruelty.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB72
Introduced
5/18/23
Introduced
5/18/23
Refer
6/1/23
Engrossed
5/18/23
Refer
6/7/23
Refer
6/1/23
Enrolled
6/21/23
Refer
6/7/23
Passed
8/31/23
Enrolled
6/21/23
Passed
8/31/23
In 2017, the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), Public Law No. 115-97, suspended many itemized deductions from individual federal taxes until January 1, 2026, including the itemized deduction for costs to maintain membership in a labor organization. Senate Bill No. 72 created a tax credit for resident individuals equal to the annual cost, not to exceed $500, to the individual to maintain membership in a labor organization. Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 72 made the annual cost to a resident individual to maintain membership in a labor organization an itemized tax deduction, not to exceed $500. Senate Amendment No. 1 to SS 1 for SB 72 sunset this itemized deduction when the federal tax deduction for costs to maintain membership in a labor organization is restored.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB73
Introduced
3/30/23
Introduced
3/30/23
Engrossed
4/6/23
Refer
3/30/23
Refer
4/20/23
Engrossed
4/6/23
Enrolled
5/16/23
Refer
4/20/23
Passed
6/9/23
Enrolled
5/16/23
Passed
6/9/23
This Act modifies the Public Works Bidder Prequalification period and changes from the existing 12-month valid period to a 24-month valid period.