Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB14
Introduced
1/23/25
Refer
1/23/25
This Act is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to make clear that the right of individual privacy is essential to the well-being of a free society and may not be infringed without a showing of a compelling state interest.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB140
Introduced
12/19/24
Refer
12/19/24
Engrossed
3/18/25
Refer
3/18/25
Enrolled
4/17/25
Passed
5/20/25
This Act permits a terminally ill individual who is an adult resident of Delaware to request and self-administer medication to end the individual's life in a humane and dignified manner if both the individual's attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) and a consulting physician or consulting APRN agree on the individual's diagnosis and prognosis and believe the individual has decision-making capacity, is making an informed decision, and is acting voluntarily. This Act is the same as House Bill No. 140 (152nd) with 1 technical revision to include a definition of "physician" for consistency and to clarify that a physician must be licensed in Delaware.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB141
Introduced
5/7/25
Refer
5/7/25
This Act directs the Department of Safety and Homeland Security (DSHS) to develop a Firearm Responsibilities Notice for distribution to gun purchasers to ensure dissemination of important information relating to safe and lawful handling of firearms. It mandates that licensed importers, manufacturers, and dealers cannot sell, transfer, or deliver a firearm to another person without requiring the buyer to review and sign a Firearm Responsibilities Notice. Licensed dealers that provide background checks to facilitate a sale between unlicensed persons are also responsible for providing a copy of the Firearm Responsibilities Notice to the prospective buyer and retaining a copy of the Firearm Responsibilities Notice signed by the prospective buyer. The purpose of the Firearm Responsibilities Notice is to deter straw purchases and other illegal transfer of firearms, to ensure awareness of Delawares gun safety laws, and to increase the reporting of lost or stolen firearms. The Firearm Responsibilities Notice is also intended to prevent accidental shootings by providing information on gun safety and available gun safety courses. It is also designed to reduce suicides by providing the national suicide prevention hotline number.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB142
Introduced
5/8/25
Refer
5/8/25
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 HB143
Introduced
5/8/25
Refer
5/8/25
This bill will be an updated version of the Uniform Accountancy Act. The bill removes reference to Substantial Equivalency and allows for an alternative pathway to licensure for Automatic Mobility and the ability to work across state lines.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB144
Introduced
5/8/25
Refer
5/8/25
This Act amends the Charter of the City of New Castle by authorizing the City Council to levy taxes on real property at varying rates based upon property classification (e.g. residential, commercial, or industrial).
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB145
Reverse-location court orders and reverse keyword court orders enable the government to obtain location data or technology search data without identifying any specific person as to which there is probable cause to believe they have committed or will imminently commit a crime. The profusion of electronic devices and apps in recent years has allowed recordation of numerous details of citizens everyday lives, that the government should not be permitted to collect and review at will. Such general searches allow the government to sweep in personal information about hundreds or thousands of people who are not suspected of having committed any crime. These searches are an invasion of privacy, have a potentially chilling effect on civil liberties, and sidestep requirements for individualized suspicion that are otherwise required for a lawful search. This Act would prohibit law enforcement and courts from requesting, issuing, or enforcing reverse-location court orders, reverse-keyword court orders, reverse-location requests and reverse keyword requests. It also creates a private right of action for an individual whose personal information was obtained in violation of this Act and requires the suppression of evidence derived from an unlawful reverse-location or reverse-keyword search.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB146
Introduced
5/8/25
Refer
5/8/25
This Act to Amend the Charter grants the City Council the power to exercise eminent domain for the purpose of property acquisition, with the exception of land to be used solely for recreational purposes. It also grants the City Council the power to make proclamations to recognize achievements, historical events, special days or months for civic and social purposes, and other similar matters. This Act also clarifies that the Mayor may establish committees as they deem necessary with the consent of the City Council. Duration of elected officials terms, previously 2 years, shall be increased to a term of 3 years, beginning with the 2026 election for the Mayor, and beginning in 2027 for incoming Councilmembers. This Act prohibits any person in arrears and owing the City funds for taxes and other applicable fees, shall be ineligible to serve as Mayor or Councilperson. If a sitting Mayor or Councilperson becomes more than two months in arrears to the City, they shall be disqualified from their position and the seat shall be declared vacant.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB147
Introduced
4/15/25
Introduced
5/13/25
Refer
4/15/25
Refer
5/13/25
Delaware currently permits the nonprobate transfer of bank accounts, investments, and vehicles. This Act provides a mechanism for the nonprobate transfer of real estate without requiring the creation of a revocable trust. This is done by permitting an owner of an interest in real estate to execute and record a transfer on death (TOD) deed designating a beneficiary who will automatically receive the real estate on the owner's death. During the owner's lifetime the beneficiary of a TOD deed has no interest in the real estate and the owner retains full power to transfer or encumber the real estate or to revoke the TOD deed.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB148
Introduced
5/13/25
Refer
5/13/25
This Act updates the Board of Nursings enabling act to allow the Board to issue confidential letters of concern to licensees who have acted in manner warranting concern but have not violated the Boards statute or regulations. The purpose of the letter of concern is to encourage the licensee to improve such practice. The bill further allows the Board to require any licensee who receives 3 or more letters of concern to appear before the Board for a hearing to assess the licensees competency, at which time the letters of concern would no longer be confidential.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB149
Introduced
5/13/25
Refer
5/13/25
This Act gives DPH the authority to approve supervised clinical training rotations for mental health providers at school-based health centers.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB15
Introduced
1/30/25
Introduced
4/3/25
Refer
1/30/25
Like House Bill No. 15, this Act permits early childhood educators in the public schools to use and encourage play-based learning in their classrooms and in their curriculum. This Act permits local education agencies to provide early childhood professional development in play-based learning, which may include professional development programs developed by the Department of Education. This Act also permits the Department to promulgate regulations for purposes of implementing this Act.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB150
Introduced
5/1/25
Refer
5/1/25
This bill prohibits civil arrests from being made in courthouses without a judicial warrant.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB151
Introduced
5/1/25
Refer
5/1/25
This Act prohibits the operation of private detention facilities in the State of Delaware.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB152
Introduced
5/15/25
Refer
5/15/25
This Act expands the criminal offense of impersonating a police officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician, paramedic, or fire officer to also prohibit impersonation of a federal officer.