Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB168
This Act allows for the delivery of alcoholic liquors from any entity with a valid off premise license. In addition, this Act provides that the acts of a licensed consumer delivery permittee or a delivery driver are not attributable to the retailer.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB169
Introduced
6/5/25
Refer
6/5/25
Engrossed
6/12/25
Refer
6/12/25
In December 2024, the Code Revisors provided the General Assembly with a list of potential technical corrections that they identified as they revised the Delaware Code to reflect legislation that was enacted by the 152nd General Assembly in 2024 or as they reviewed titles of the Code. While technical in nature, these changes are beyond the authority of the Code Revisors to make and can only be done by the General Assembly through legislation. This Act also includes technical corrections identified outside of the list provided by the Code Revisors.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB17
Introduced
1/10/25
Introduced
5/7/25
Refer
1/10/25
Refer
5/7/25
Refer
3/26/25
Engrossed
5/22/25
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 99 (152nd General Assembly) created the Victims Bill of Rights Committee (VBR Committee) to perform a comprehensive review of the Victims Bill of Rights (VBR) and make recommendations to clarify the VBR, strengthen protections for victims, and ensure that state agencies have the necessary mechanisms, administration, and funding to successfully implement the VBR. To facilitate in-depth review and discussion, the VBR formed the following 4 subgroups: The Victim Safety Subgroup, The Rights of Special Victims Subgroup, The Victims Rights to Information and Notification Procedures Subgroup, and the Victims Compensation and Administration Subgroup.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB170
Introduced
6/5/25
Refer
6/5/25
Engrossed
6/12/25
This Act amends the provisions of Title 29 of the Delaware Code § 7915 relating to the Council for Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities. This Act adds a Conflict of Interest Policy to § 7915 to ensure compliance with the Older Americans Act Final Rule and must be enacted into law by October 1, 2025.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB171
Introduced
6/5/25
Refer
6/5/25
This Act amends the Town of Houston (Town) Charter to do all of the following:
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB172
Introduced
6/5/25
Refer
6/5/25
This Act codifies the longstanding custom and practice in Delaware of compensating Deputy Attorneys General and Assistant Public Defenders comparably. This Act is also consistent with the American Bar Associations Ten Principles of a Public Defense Delivery System which states: The compensation for lawyers working for Public Defense Providers should be appropriate for and comparable to other publicly funded lawyers. Full-time public defender salaries and benefits should be no less than the salaries and benefits for full-time prosecutors. Finally, this Act codifies the continuing belief in Delaware that comparable compensation is necessary to achieve equal justice under law.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB173
Introduced
6/5/25
Refer
6/5/25
House Bill No. 100 of the 151st General Assembly, House Bill No. 200 of the 152nd General Assembly, and House Bill No. 300 of the 151st General Assembly created dedicated mental health services units for purposes of funding the hire of mental health professionals in Delaware public schools. This Act updates the list of positions that may be funded through mental health services unit funding to include registered nurses authorized to practice by the Delaware Board of Nursing, board-certified assistant behavior analysts, and board-certified behavior analysts. Currently, such professionals may provide mental health services to Delaware students and are employed by Delaware school districts and charter schools, but these positions may not be funded under Title 14 through mental health services units. This Act expands flexibility and further support for school districts and charter schools to meet the needs of Delaware students by adding registered nurses that practice in schools, board-certified assistant behavior analysts, and board-certified behavior analysts to the list of positions that may be funded as described in Chapter 17 of Title 14 of the Delaware Code. This Act also makes technical corrections to confirm to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting manual.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB174
Introduced
6/5/25
Refer
6/5/25
Engrossed
6/12/25
This Act establishes an animal abuse offender list which will be maintained by the Office of Animal Welfare. The list will be available to the public on the Office of Animal Welfares website. The list will contain information regarding adult individuals who are convicted of an animal abuse offense to assist the public and animal agencies in identifying individuals who present a risk to animal welfare. This Act prohibits animal shelters from approving pet adoptions to individuals who are on the animal abuse offender list.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB175
Introduced
6/5/25
Refer
6/5/25
Engrossed
6/12/25
Refer
6/12/25
This Act strikes the provisions in § 1014 (d) and (e) of Title 26, which allow Commission-regulated electric utilities, municipal electric companies, electric cooperatives, and electric distribution companies not to reimburse, credit, or otherwise remunerate net energy metering customers for any Excess kWh Credits at the end of the annualized billing period. Under the current provisions of § 1014 (d) and (e) of Title 26, Excess kWh Credits revert to the commission-regulated electric utilities, municipal electric companies, electric cooperatives, and electric distribution companies, which denies net metering customers the benefit of the Excess kWh Credits. This Act requires Commission-regulated electric utilities, municipal electric companies, electric cooperatives, and electric distribution companies to credit or carry over any Excess kWh Credits for net energy metering customers so that the customers receive the benefit of the Excess kWh Credits.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB176
Introduced
6/5/25
Refer
6/5/25
Engrossed
6/12/25
Refer
6/12/25
This Act allows Sussex County to apply an impact fee to building permits within the respective school district for the purpose of collecting funding for the local share of school capital construction programs.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB177
Introduced
6/5/25
Refer
6/5/25
This Act creates a Transportation Appeals Board (Board) within the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT). The Board is a quasi-judicial body that hears appeals of DelDOT actions such as grants or denials of transportation-related permits. The Board consists of 7 members (2 from each county and a Chair) who are appointed by the Governor for terms of up to 3 years. The Governor is initially permitted to appoint members for less than 3 years to ensure that terms expire on a staggered basis. A Board member can serve no more than 2 consecutive full terms. This Act also adds the newly created Board to the list of agencies to which Chapter 101 of Title 29, regarding administrative procedures, applies.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB178
Introduced
6/5/25
Refer
6/5/25
Engrossed
6/12/25
Refer
6/12/25
This Act exempts food served in Level IV and Level V correctional facilities from restrictions on the use of polystyrene foam food service packaging. Scheduled to go into effect on July 1, 2025, § 3004Q of Title 16 prohibits food establishments from providing ready-to-eat food in polystyrene foam food service packaging. This prohibition would create significant hardships and increase costs for the Department of Correction (Department), which uses polystyrene foam food service packaging in the course of providing over 14,000 meals per day to Department inmates.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB179
Introduced
6/5/25
Refer
6/5/25
This Act repeals Subchapter X of Title 11 which established the Delaware Sentencing Accountability Commission (Commission) and recodifies the Commission under Chapter 89A of Title 11.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB180
Introduced
6/6/25
Refer
6/6/25
The Board of Pharmacy (Board) has worked for several years to amend Chapter 25, Title 24 of the Delaware Code to update the statute governing pharmacy licensure and practice in this State. The result of these efforts is this Act, which modernizes Chapter 25 to include a licensure system similar to those already in place in many other states, reflects current practices and standards, and clarifies the law. The Boards priority in amending Chapter 25 was to ensure competence and accountability of individuals, pharmacies, and other establishments regulated by the Board.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB181
Introduced
6/6/25
Refer
6/6/25
Refer
6/12/25
This Act prohibits certain actions regarding the sale and exchange of tickets for events in this state by primary ticket sellers, ticket issuers, and ticket resellers. The Act requires a clear and conspicuous disclosure of fees and costs associated with the total cost of a ticket being provided to a purchaser before the purchasers payment information is requested. The Act prohibits the reselling of a ticket until the event is placed on sale to the general public, including any tickets that may be obtained or accessed through a fan club. The Act sets forth requirements regarding transferability of tickets, refunding of tickets, and bans on the use of deceptive practices for any reselling of a ticket.