Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB153
Introduced
5/16/25
Refer
5/16/25
Engrossed
6/10/25
Refer
6/11/25
This Act updates the membership and functions of the Interagency Resource Management Committee by adding the Lieutenant Governor as Chairperson, the Chair of the Early Childhood Council (ECC) as a voting member, and members of the General Assembly as nonvoting members.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB154
Introduced
5/16/25
Refer
5/16/25
This Act provides that, for purposes of Title 29 of the Delaware Code, Section 5527, related to the amount of monthly ordinary service or disability pension, a member of the General Assembly who is elected on Election Day in November and serves through the next Election Day in November will receive full-service credit for that term. Thus, the Act provides that a member of the House of Representatives who served five, two-year terms and, for each term, was elected on Election Day in November and served through the next Election Day in November will be credited with ten years of service. Likewise, the Act provides that a member of the Senate who served five, four-year terms and, for each term, was elected on Election Day in November and served through the next Election Day in November will be credited with twenty years of service.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB155
Introduced
5/16/25
Refer
5/16/25
This Act makes several changes to the Delaware Nursing Home Residents Quality Assurance Commission ("Commission"):
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB156
Introduced
5/20/25
Introduced
6/10/25
Refer
5/20/25
Refer
6/10/25
This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 156. Like Senate Bill No. 156, this Substitute prohibits the reporting of medical debt to consumer reporting agencies and prohibits any medical debt from being included on a consumer report. Since 2023, at least 9 other states have passed laws that prohibit or restrict the reporting of medical debt on credit reports, including California, New Jersy, and Virginia. This Act differs from Senate Bill No. 156 in that it (1) adds language to the purpose section of the statute making it clear that the intent of the chapter is for medical debt not to be used in credit, employment, or housing decisions; (2) removes the proposed definition of medical debt information and instead adds a definition of medical debt; and (3) removes the proposed prohibition language on using a credit report containing medical debt information from being used when making decisions regarding someones credit, employment, or housing.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB157
Introduced
5/20/25
Engrossed
5/20/25
Refer
5/21/25
Enrolled
5/22/25
Passed
5/27/25
This Act increases the total number of Family Court judges from 17 to 18 to provide for 1 additional judge in Sussex County, which was funded in the fiscal year 2025 budget signed by the Governor on June 30, 2024.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB158
Introduced
5/20/25
Refer
5/20/25
This Act adds the Commissioners of the Delaware State Fire Commission as an agency that can recognize an individual as a critical incident stress management team member for purposes of determining whether certain communications are confidential under § 4319 of Title 10. The Act also allows for the Board of Commissioners and the Executive Director of the Delaware State Fire Commission to qualify a first responder as a trained peer support member for purposes determining whether certain communications are confidential under § 4319 of Title 10.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB159
Introduced
5/21/25
Refer
5/21/25
Engrossed
6/10/25
Refer
6/11/25
This Act requires the permitting of an electric substation as an allowed conditional use in a heavy industrial zone under certain conditions set forth in the Act, including that the electrical substation is being constructed to support the operation of a proposed renewable energy generation project of 250 MW or greater.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB160
Introduced
5/21/25
Refer
5/21/25
Engrossed
6/11/25
Refer
6/12/25
This Act requires the Department of Health and Social Services, in consultation with the Department of Education, to post existing materials on type 1 diabetes to their website. Each local education agency shall make the informational materials available to the parents or guardians of students enrolled in their schools.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB161
Introduced
5/21/25
Refer
5/21/25
This Act authorizes the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to issue licenses and adopt and enforce comprehensive regulations for behavioral health provider organizations and treatment programs. It requires provider organizations to obtain licenses to operate behavioral health treatment programs, with exemptions for certain practitioners and programs. It creates civil and criminal penalties for the provision of treatment services or the operation of programs without proper licensing or in violation of law or regulation.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB162
Introduced
5/22/25
Refer
5/22/25
This Act requires sex offenders, as part of their obligation to register due to their criminal conviction and sentencing, to disclose whether their residences or anticipated residences have a child residing within that residence.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB163
Introduced
5/22/25
Refer
5/22/25
Engrossed
6/12/25
Presently, Title 29 of the Delaware Code § 5813(c) requires public officers to file financial disclosure forms on March 15 of each year. However, in certain years, for example, 2025, the statute calls for financial disclosures to be filed over the weekend, because March 15, 2025 fell on a Saturday. On weekends, the assistance of the Public Integrity Commission may not be available. This Act changes the deadline for filing financial disclosures to on or before the third Wednesday of March which will be a weekday and a regular business day. This Act also clarifies the statute by expressly stating that the financial disclosures may be filed on or before the new deadline, in keeping with the current practice of the Public Integrity Commission.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB164
Introduced
5/22/25
Refer
5/22/25
Engrossed
6/12/25
This Act provides a one-time increase of 3% in aggregate workers compensation medical expenses to correct reimbursements for medical services coded as evaluation and management (E&M) for worker compensation cases. This is needed as the E&M reimbursement rate for Workers Compensation cases has fallen below the reimbursement rate of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services rates. This is a critical need as the State of Delaware is in critical need of physicians to accept and treat worker compensation patients.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB165
Introduced
6/5/25
Introduced
6/11/25
Refer
6/5/25
Engrossed
6/12/25
Like Senate Bill No. 165, this Act requires the Department of Education to pilot a revised student improvement component under the Delaware Performance Appraisal System and Delaware Teacher Growth and Support System beginning in the 2025-2026 school year before implementing it statewide. The revised student improvement component must consider factors such as student absences, mobility, and noncompliance that may adversely affect a students performance. During the 2026-2027 academic year, the pilot program will expand, allowing for further refinement of implementation and support structures. Participants in the pilot program will be held harmless, so that the revised student improvement component will not factor into overall ratings. The program will be implemented statewide in 2027-2028 for all licensed and certified educators.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB166
Introduced
6/5/25
Refer
6/5/25
This Act mandates that all schools receiving approval or financial assistance from the State provide parenting and pregnant students with the following protections:
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB167
Introduced
6/5/25
Refer
6/5/25
This Act is intended to assist homeowners associations with the troubling, challenging public-safety issue of speeding on subdivision streets.