All Bills - Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB63
Introduced
3/6/25
Refer
3/6/25
Chapter 35 of Title 19 prohibits an employer from improperly classifying an individual who is an employee as an independent contractor. Not only is this improper classification unfair to employees because it violates state and federal laws related to income tax withholding, unemployment insurance, wage laws, and workers compensation, it is also unfair to contractors who comply with Chapter 35 and these other employment laws.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB65
Introduced
3/6/25
Refer
3/6/25
This Act removes Delaware from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) as the state has already exceeded its CO2 reduction goals, cutting emissions by 45%. Despite this progress, Delaware faces high electricity costs and slow economic growth, ranking 46th in GDP growth. RGGI compliance costs are passed on to consumers, making energy more expensive for families and businesses. States outside RGGI have maintained lower energy prices while still reducing emissions. Exiting the program will allow Delaware to pursue policies that support both economic growth and energy affordability.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB66
Introduced
3/6/25
Refer
3/6/25
Beginning in 2002, schools, school districts, and licensed child care providers have been required to keep binders of community notifications with information about registered sex offenders. This requirement was enacted based on recommendation from the Community Notification Task Force that schools have a role in community awareness. However, this requirement has created financial, administrative, and emotional burdens for staff who maintain the binders. The binders are rarely reviewed by the public and they do not necessarily provide up-to-date information or information on sex offenders in the immediate geographic area of the school, school district, or licensed child care provider. Additionally, in its March 31, 2002, report, the Community Notification School Task Force found that schools do not have the expertise to answer inevitable questions regarding the nature of particular offenses or the risk posed by particular offenders, and that it is not an appropriate role for educators to answer those questions.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB67
Introduced
3/11/25
Refer
3/11/25
This Act codifies that a criminal history report obtained by a home-care agency through the BCCs criminal screening process is valid for 3 years from the date of the applicants fingerprinting.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB68
Introduced
3/11/25
Refer
3/11/25
Engrossed
3/25/25
Refer
3/26/25
Enrolled
4/17/25
This bill establishes the pilotage rates for the Pilots' Association for the Bay and River Delaware for 2026, 2027, and 2028.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB69
Introduced
3/11/25
Refer
3/11/25
This Act prohibits a school district or charter school from selling or serving breakfast, lunch, or competitive food on campus during the school day that contains the color additive Red dye 40 (CAS no. 25956-17-6). Competitive foods are sold through the school nutrition programs, and include items sold in vending machines on campus or served a la carte.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB70
Introduced
3/12/25
Refer
3/12/25
Engrossed
4/9/25
Refer
4/10/25
This Act allows licensed genetic counselors to order genetic tests.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB71
Introduced
4/9/25
Refer
4/9/25
This Act creates a special open enrollment period for persons who are already enrolled in a Medicare supplement policy or certificate to cancel their existing policy or certificate and purchase another Medicare supplement policy or certificate that provides the same or lesser benefits. Only persons who are already enrolled in a Medicare supplement policy or certificate are eligible for the special open enrollment period. The special enrollment period begins 30 days before an eligible person's birthday and remains open for at least 30 days following the eligible person's birthday. During this special open enrollment period, individuals switching from one Medicare supplement policy to another cannot be denied coverage and coverage and rates cannot be dependent upon the persons medical history. The Act also obligates issuers to notify eligible persons who are enrolled in their Medicare supplement policies or certificates of the dates of the open enrollment period, at least 30 days before it begins, and of any modification to the benefits provided by the policy under which the person is currently insured.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB72
Introduced
3/13/25
Refer
3/13/25
This Act requires the Division of Public Health (Division) to create a website where Delaware residents can find out the level of PFAS, also known as forever chemicals, in their public drinking water systems. This Act also requires the Division to notify public water utilities if the PFAS in their water exceeds certain limits, known as maximum containment levels, or MCLs. Water companies receiving this notice from the Division must then notify their customers that the PFAS levels in their water exceed the MCLs.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB73
Introduced
3/13/25
Refer
3/13/25
Engrossed
4/8/25
Refer
4/9/25
This bill clarifies that only law enforcement officers may petition for emergency relief in the Justice of the Peace Court pursuant to Title 10, Section 7703. The statute is currently ambiguous with regard to who may file pursuant to Section 7703. Section 7701(4) defines a "Petitioner" as a law enforcement officer or any person who would be qualified to file a Petition for Protection from Abuse. Section 7702(a) provides that "a petitioner may request relief under section 7703 (Emergency hearings) or Section 7704 (Nonemergency hearings)." However, Section 7703 only addresses the process a law enforcement officer must follow to procure a Lethal Violence Protective Order ("LVPO") and fails to mention any other class of petitioner. At the time of the passage of the LVPO statute, there was specific discussion and intention to prevent individuals from filing for emergencies in the Justice of the Peace Court for the same reason that citizen warrants are no longer accepted in that Court. This conclusion is borne out by the fact that Section 7703 does not prescribe any procedure or burden of proof an individual would need to meet to prevail in an emergency petition for a LVPO. As with Weapons Relinquishment Orders governed by Section 1448C of Title 11, this proposed bill requires requests for emergency relief to come through a law enforcement agency rather than directly from an individual member of the public. The bill removes the confusion that exists with the current wording of the statute.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB74
Introduced
3/13/25
Refer
3/13/25
Engrossed
4/9/25
Refer
4/10/25
This Act amends Title 6 by adding "lease-purchase property" to the Delaware Lease-Purchase Agreement Act.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB75
Introduced
3/20/25
Refer
3/20/25
Engrossed
4/15/25
Refer
4/16/25
This Act limits the restrictions a county may impose on the operation of marijuana establishments as follows:
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB76
Introduced
3/20/25
Refer
3/20/25
This Act replaces the phrase "United States Armed Forces or of the National Guard" with "uniformed services of the United States," and defines "uniformed services of the United States" as meaning any of the 8 of the United States service branches and the National Guard. Usage of "Armed Forces" or "military" is often misunderstood to mean only the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, United States Air Force, United States Space Force, and United States Coast Guard. Using "uniformed services of the United States" more accurately includes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corp. This Act makes clear that veterans all 8 services branches are qualified to obtain veteran designation on their driver licenses.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB77
Introduced
3/20/25
Refer
3/20/25
This Act prohibits the sale of electronic smoking devices and nicotine vapor products that are not included in a directory of manufacturers and products eligible to be sold in the state. To be added to the directory, manufacturers of electronic smoking devices and nicotine vapor products must certify that they have complied with federal tobacco product premarket application requirements and pay annual fees.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB78
Introduced
3/24/25
Refer
3/24/25
This Act prohibits discrimination in public schools, including school districts and charter schools, based on race, ethnicity, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protective hairstyle, body size, pregnancy or childbirth or related conditions, disability, genetic information, socioeconomic status, familial status, immigration status, or housing status. Under this Act, the Department of Education is required to update its regulations to align the protected classes therein with those in the general non-discrimination provision created by this Act.