Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB70
Introduced
3/6/25
Introduced
5/15/25
Refer
3/6/25
Refer
5/15/25
Similar to HB 70, HS 1 to HB 70 requires that all rental units constructed before January 1, 1978, are certified as lead free or lead safe by a specific deadline. HS1 to HB 70, however, differentiates between large property owners and small property owners, recognizing that smaller property owners may find lead certification to be prohibitively expensive and may need more time and assistance to comply with this Act.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB71
Introduced
3/12/25
Refer
3/12/25
Refer
5/8/25
This Act requires the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association to promulgate regulations requiring all coaches to have CPR, first aid, and automated external defibrillator (AED) training. It also requires schools with an athletic program or department to have an Emergency Action Plan for responding to a cardiac arrest event at an athletic event or practice. It requires that an AED be accessible in a clearly marked, unlocked location at any athletic event or venue. Finally, the regulations must require testing and maintenance of AEDs and notification to the Office of Emergency Medical Services regarding the AED acquisition and its location.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB72
Introduced
3/12/25
Refer
3/12/25
This Act changes the residency requirement for seniors from 10 years to 3 years as it was prior to 2017.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB73
Introduced
3/12/25
Refer
3/12/25
This Act raises the Senior property tax credit cap from $500 to $1000.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB74
Introduced
3/13/25
Refer
3/13/25
Engrossed
3/20/25
Refer
3/20/25
Enrolled
5/21/25
This Act provides that privilege between a policyholder or claimant and an insurance company is not waived simply because information is submitted by companies to the Insurance Commissioner, whether or not the information is redacted.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB75
Introduced
3/11/25
Refer
3/11/25
A victim of child sexual abuse that occurred in this State who has been barred from filing suit against the victims abuser by virtue of the expiration of a former civil statute of limitations are permitted to file these claims in the Superior Court of this state at any time. This is intended to apply retroactively.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB76
Introduced
3/18/25
Refer
3/18/25
This Act eliminates authorization for a warrantless arrest by a private person in the case of an individual accused in the courts of another state of a felony.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB77
Introduced
3/18/25
Refer
3/18/25
This Act requires that members of school boards, including charter school boards, receive training on all of the following:
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB78
Introduced
3/18/25
Refer
3/18/25
This Act requires that under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Chapter 100 of Title 29, public bodies must make digital recordings of meetings, post these recordings on their website within 7 business days after the meeting concludes, and keep the recording on the website for at least 1 year. If the meeting has an executive session, the executive session portion of the recording may be withheld from the digital recording posted on the website. The digital recording may be audio only and a technological failure that prevents or limits the digital recording of a meeting does not invalidate the meeting or an action taken at the meeting.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB79
Introduced
3/18/25
Refer
3/18/25
Engrossed
4/17/25
Refer
4/17/25
This Act requires additional reporting and disclosure related to the use of mechanical restraint and seclusion in public schools.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB8
Introduced
3/6/25
Refer
3/6/25
Failed
5/6/25
This Act amends Delawares marriage laws to recognize a valid marriage between first cousins obtained or recognized outside of Delaware (either in another state or territory of the United States or foreign country) as a valid and legal marriage in Delaware. This Act does not legalize the performance of marriages between first cousins within the State of Delaware.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB80
Introduced
3/18/25
Refer
3/18/25
The Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) is the percentage of electricity that utilities must source from renewables. This is presently set at 25% and will increase annually, culminating at 40% in 2035.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB81
Introduced
3/18/25
Refer
3/18/25
Engrossed
5/8/25
Refer
5/8/25
This bill removes outdated references to permits. It further empowers the Council to designate those jurisdictions outside of the United States that will be recognized for certain types of applications based upon comity. The bill alters the section regarding discipline for examination violations because the examination is now administered in a computerized format. The bill modifies the process for the reporting of case decision recommendations to the Council by its subordinate committees and clarifies that the Council may seek injunctive relief to enforce its cease-and-desist orders.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB82
Introduced
3/18/25
Refer
3/18/25
Engrossed
5/6/25
Refer
5/6/25
This Act requires that a school board candidate and member be an inhabitant of the district, or designated portion of a district, that member represents. Inhabitant is defined for this purpose as a person who both claims legal residence and physically resides in a designated area or school district. Further, the bill provides that if a school board member is not physically present in their district for more than 75% of the days in any yearlong period of that members term, the member ceases to qualify as an inhabitant. Absence required by military service is not counted as absence for purposes of this statute. This Act provides that a resident of a school district may bring an action in Superior Court asking the Court to declare a vacancy if the resident has cause to believe a member is no longer an inhabitant of that members district.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB83
Introduced
3/18/25
Introduced
4/3/25
Refer
3/18/25
Engrossed
4/17/25
Refer
4/17/25
This House Substitute No. 1 provides that if a school board allows school board members to attend meetings remotely through electronic means, then permission to attend remotely must be granted in the case of any of the following: illness of the school board member; illness of an individual in the school board members family where that individual requires caretaking; a public health emergency; pregnancy or immediate postpartum care responsibilities of the school board member or the school board members spouse or partner; or military deployment of the school board member.