Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB30
Introduced
12/19/24
Refer
12/19/24
Engrossed
1/23/25
Refer
1/23/25
Enrolled
1/30/25
Passed
2/27/25
This Act amends the Public Laws of Delaware relating to the Affordable Housing Production Task Force by extending the deadline for the provision of the final report of the Task Force from March 1, 2025 to April 7, 2025.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB302
Introduced
5/13/25
Refer
5/13/25
This Act requires that all State government websites are accessible in any language spoken by at least .5% of the overall population of Delaware. A link to the translated website must be prominently placed on each English version of the website. State websites may use machine translation services to translate websites so long as the website provides a disclaimer as to the accuracy of the text.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB31
Introduced
12/19/24
Refer
12/19/24
This act regulates persons who receive compensation for advising or assisting with veterans' benefits earned by serving our nation in the military. This bill would not prohibit persons or business entities from receiving compensation for advice to Veterans that is unrelated to veteran claims or services available to veterans from the V.A. or its accredited agencies. Investment, insurance, banking, and other advice or services not provided by the V.A., or its accredited agencies may be obtained by veterans and fees charged for such services.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB32
Introduced
12/19/24
Refer
12/19/24
This Act establishes school officer units to fund school resource officers or constables in all Delaware public schools.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB33
Introduced
1/9/25
Refer
1/9/25
Engrossed
1/30/25
Refer
1/30/25
Enrolled
3/18/25
Passed
4/14/25
This Act allows criminal charges of using, consuming, or possessing other than a personal use quantity of a marijuana or other substance containing tetrahydrocannabinols and charges of public consumption of the same, where the offense is committed in the City of Newark by a person over 18 years of age, to be heard initially at either the Aldermans Court or in the Court of Common Pleas. This Act likewise allows a civil violation for a person under the age of 21 using, consuming, or possessing a personal use quantity of a marijuana or other substance containing tetrahydrocannabinols to be heard initially at the Aldermans Court where the violation is committed in the City of Newark by a person over 18 years of age.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB34
Introduced
1/9/25
Refer
1/9/25
Engrossed
4/15/25
Refer
4/15/25
Enrolled
5/22/25
This Act amends the Newark Charter by authorizing the City of Newark to levy and collect a per student, per semester tax on Colleges and Universities that host in person classes which are located within the boundaries of the City of Newark. This tax applies to all colleges and universities including any organizations that are considered subdivisions or agencies of the State of Delaware or are otherwise tax exempt, including but not limited to the University of Delaware. The amount of the tax will be adjusted annually in an amount not to exceed the change in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, not seasonally adjusted). It also limits the available payment methods to restrict the use of credit cards for the payment of the aforementioned tax. This Act requires a greater than majority vote for passage because § 1 of Article IX of the Delaware Constitution requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly to amend a municipal charter.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB35
Introduced
12/19/24
Refer
12/19/24
This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty. The Act also removes reference to capital offenses in Section 12 of Article I because that language is inconsistent with a constitutional prohibition on the death penalty. The words Section 11 and Section 12 are struck to accord with the passage of a first leg constitutional amendment on technical corrections in the 152nd General Assembly (HB430), and the expected passage of the second leg in the 153rd General Assembly.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB36
Introduced
3/6/25
Refer
3/6/25
Engrossed
3/27/25
Refer
3/27/25
This Act aligns Delawares non-discrimination laws. Delaware has several broad laws that prohibit discrimination in public accommodations, housing, employment, and insurance but also has many narrow non-discrimination laws that apply to a specific entity, or type of entity, even though a broad law also prohibits discrimination by that entity. This Act aligns the narrower non-discrimination laws with the applicable broad non-discrimination law by also prohibiting discrimination on any other basis protected under the applicable broad law. Adding the reference to the chapter for the applicable broad law includes all protected classes, definitions, and actions that are currently protected under the broad law or that are added to the broad law in the future.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB37
Introduced
5/14/25
Refer
5/14/25
The Delaware Equal Accommodations Law, Chapter 45 of Title 6, prohibits discrimination in places of public accommodation on the basis of race, age, marital status, creed, religion, color, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. This Act ensures that all government services, including those provided directly by government entities and those that are government-funded or supervised, are subject to the same non-discrimination requirements as private businesses by revising the definition of place of public accommodation. This Act also creates a definition of person that is consistent with similar definitions in the Code.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB38
Introduced
1/30/25
Refer
1/30/25
Engrossed
3/18/25
Refer
3/18/25
Enrolled
5/8/25
Enrolled
5/13/25
Passed
5/22/25
This Act requires an institution of higher education that receives funding from this State to keep and provide records for an elected or appointed official who is employed by the institution of higher education. The University of Delaware and Delaware State University are to comply with this Act for employees who are paid in whole or in part with State funds.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB39
Introduced
3/6/25
Refer
3/6/25
Engrossed
4/15/25
Refer
4/15/25
This Act clarifies how a period of time is calculated under the Manufactured Homes and Manufactured Home Communities Act (Chapter 70 of Title 25), a landlords maintenance responsibilities in a manufactured home community, and that business invitees are not a guest or visitor of the tenant or resident.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB4
Introduced
1/9/25
Refer
1/9/25
Engrossed
3/18/25
Refer
3/18/25
This Act amends Chapters 1, 5, 7, and 17 of Title 7 of the Delaware Code to be consistent with the recent legislative change of the definition of a firearm in Title 11. This Act is needed to address public safety and enforcement concerns. Archery equipment and air guns are no longer classified as firearms and the proposed amendments would continue to make certain actions and activities with these projectile weapons prohibited, such as having these weapons loaded or discharged from a vehicle, road, or within a designated safety zone. The Act recognizes that there are certain actions and activities with projectile weapons, that should continue to be prohibited even though they are no longer classified as firearms.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB40
Introduced
1/9/25
Refer
1/9/25
Engrossed
1/23/25
Refer
1/23/25
Enrolled
1/30/25
Passed
2/7/25
This Act modifies the effective date of Chapter 459, Volume 84 of the Laws of Delaware from February 1, 2025 to June 2, 2025, which was enacted to allow One-Stop business registration by making trade name registrations fully online. It codifies existing practice with respect to the registration of trade names for corporations and LLCs and adds a $25 annual license fee for Delaware corporations and LLCs not doing business in Delaware but desiring a Delaware trade name registration.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB41
Introduced
3/6/25
Refer
3/6/25
Engrossed
3/20/25
Refer
3/20/25
Enrolled
5/15/25
Passed
5/22/25
This Amendment to the Charter of the Town Of Millsboro, in Section 3, amends the process for the initiation of annexation proceedings by allowing a Petition to be reviewed by the Town Staff, to determine the Petition is complete and all required information is contained in the Petition, before being presented to the Town Council. The Town Council will also be included in appointing a Committee to investigate the possibility of annexation by Resolution, instead of solely being the function of the Mayor. It further amends Section 16 by requiring the President of the Town Council to appoint committees with the advice and consent of a majority of the Town Council members. It also clarifies that all members of the Town Council have the right to make recommendations regarding new committees
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB42
Introduced
3/6/25
Refer
3/6/25
Refer
5/15/25
This Act does all of the following regarding suspected human trafficking of children: