Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB167
Introduced
5/15/25
Refer
5/15/25
This Act expands the composition of the Family Justice Center Council by removing a single member that previously represented the health care community including both mental health providers and sexual assault nurse examiners, and instead adding one member representing the mental health care provider community, one member representing the sexual assault nurse examiner community, and one member representing system-based police or prosecution victim service specialists.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB168
Introduced
5/15/25
Refer
5/15/25
This Act makes it a class G felony if a person breaches a no contact provision of the person's sentencing order, where the sentence was for 1 or more felonies. This Act also makes it a class A misdemeanor if a person breaches a no contact provision of the person's sentencing order, where the sentence was for 1 or more misdemeanors and no felonies.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB169
Introduced
5/15/25
Refer
5/15/25
This Act makes the following updates to the Behavioral Health Consortium:
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB170
Introduced
5/15/25
Refer
5/15/25
Engrossed
5/22/25
Refer
5/22/25
Currently, the microbrewery statute permits a business to own 1 microbrewery and up to 2 brewpubs (a microbrewery that also has a restaurant as part of its business). This legislation would permit a microbrewery to choose to operate either 2 brewpubs or 1 additional microbrewery and 1 brewpub, under common ownership. The total number of licenses the business could hold remains 3, but it allows the business to choose 2 microbreweries and 1 brewpub, or 1 microbrewery and 2 brewpubs. A microbrewery can also choose to operate just one establishment.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB171
Introduced
5/15/25
Refer
5/15/25
This Act updates the Delaware Volunteerism Act to specify that high school students may complete their community service with local fire departments to obtain up to 1 elective credit. It also requires schools to notify students of the opportunity to earn elective credit through volunteer work at or before the time students select their classes.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB172
Introduced
5/15/25
Refer
5/15/25
This bill makes a technical correction to the specific categories of persons required to obtain a fingerprint-based background check under this chapter in order to comply with the requirements of Public Law (Pub. L.) 92-544 for access to FBI criminal history record information.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB173
Introduced
5/20/25
Refer
5/20/25
This Act requires health care employers to implement a smoke evacuation system for surgical procedures that generate surgical smoke.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB174
Introduced
5/21/25
Refer
5/21/25
This bill enables family members of individuals who have committed suicide to receive support services through the present VCAP. Distributions under this Act will begin January 1 of the year following its enactment. This bill imposes a surcharge on business, residential, wireless, and prepaid wireless services that will be used to fund suicide assistance services. The fee is $0.12 per month on subscription services or $0.12 per retail transaction for prepaid services. Any funds in excess of $5,000,000 at the end of the fiscal year will be returned to the general fund. This Act will be known as the Elizabeth Barnes Act.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB175
Introduced
5/28/25
Refer
5/28/25
This Act updates certain statutory fees in Title 7 and establishes or updates certain permit and licensing fees found in 68 Del. Laws Ch. 86 (1991). These are fees charged for regulatory activities within the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) divisions of Air Quality, Waste and Hazardous Substances, Water, and Watershed Stewardship, most of which have not changed or been updated since 1991. The intent of the increased and new fees is to bring revenue generated by fees more in line with the cost of the regulatory programs and activities they support, including the cost of employees who work in those areas. The effective date for the fee changes is 180 days after enactment. Fees that are assessed by application or activity will be seen by applicants or permit holders the next time they apply for or renew permits or licenses after the effective date. Those who apply for permits or renewals before the effective date will pay current fees. Fees that are assessed on an annual basis will be seen by applicants the first time they pay the fee after the effective date. Certain fees for municipalities will not take effect until July 1, 2026 and will be billed at 50% of the new rate in the first year.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB176
Introduced
5/21/25
Refer
5/21/25
This bill promotes equipment owner choice and competition for repair and maintenance services by requiring manufacturers of agricultural equipment to make available to owners and independent repair providers, on fair and reasonable terms, the same documentation, parts, and tools used to diagnose, maintain, and repair such equipment created by the manufacturer for the purposes of repair.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB177
Introduced
5/19/25
Refer
5/19/25
Engrossed
5/20/25
Refer
5/20/25
Enrolled
5/22/25
Passed
5/27/25
This Act delays the effective date of changes made to the trade name registration process made by Senate Bill No. 291 of the 152nd General Assembly and House Bill No. 40 of the 153rd General Assembly. The Act also directs the Department of Revenue to conduct outreach to affected agencies and customers regarding the pending changes.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB178
Introduced
5/21/25
Refer
5/21/25
This Act requires that Department of Education employees submit to criminal background checks and are subject to continuous criminal history monitoring. It also authorizes the Department to submit contractors or third parties, that require or may require access to student records, to a criminal background check and continuous criminal history monitoring.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB179
Introduced
5/21/25
Refer
5/21/25
This bill changes the definition of employer in the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program to exclude anyone who employs less than 25 employees in this State.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB18
Introduced
1/30/25
Refer
1/30/25
Engrossed
3/25/25
Refer
3/25/25
Enrolled
5/6/25
Passed
5/7/25
Section 1 of this Act allows the Department of Insurance to retain a portion of the licensing fees for insurance professionals in the Regulatory Revolving Fund. Section 1 of this bill also increases the maximum unencumbered balance that the Commissioner shall maintain in the Insurance Commissioner Regulatory Revolving Fund to $5,000,000. The previous balance was set by the General Assembly in 2005. Finally, Section 1 of this Act requires that any unencumbered balance in the Regulatory Revolving Fund in excess of $5,000,000 at the end of each fiscal year be transferred to the General Fund.
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Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB180
Introduced
5/8/25
Refer
5/8/25
This Act is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution that does all of the following: