Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session All Bills (Page 11)
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB234
Introduced
6/16/23
Introduced
6/16/23
Refer
6/16/23
This Act amends the Senior Tax Credit to $1000 for Real Property valued less than $500,000, $500 for Real Property valued between $500,000 and $1,000,000. This Credit will not be extended to Real Property valued above $1,000,000.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB235
Introduced
6/16/23
Introduced
6/16/23
Engrossed
6/21/23
Refer
6/16/23
Engrossed
6/21/23
Enrolled
1/9/24
Refer
6/21/23
Passed
1/11/24
Enrolled
1/9/24
Passed
1/11/24
This bill changes the time a holder of a license for the sale of alcoholic liquor for on-premises consumption may sell alcohol from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB236
Introduced
6/16/23
Introduced
6/16/23
Engrossed
6/21/23
Refer
6/16/23
Engrossed
6/21/23
Enrolled
6/29/23
Refer
6/21/23
Passed
7/25/23
Enrolled
6/29/23
Passed
7/25/23
This Act will continue for calendar year 2024 the temporary relief provided in calendar year 2023 to employers who pay unemployment tax assessments. It will continue to reduce new employer tax rates, hold constant overall employer tax rates from last calendar year, and reduce the maximum earned rate. This Act will also continue the temporary simplification of the tax rate schedules that are used to calculate unemployment assessments paid by employers. The Governors agreement to use federal pandemic funds to restore the pandemic-depleted Unemployment Trust Fund made the Unemployment Trust Fund sufficiently solvent and is allowing the Department to implement unemployment tax relief measures to Delaware employers for an additional one-year period for calendar year 2024. The Department estimates that these unemployment tax assessment changes will reduce the tax obligation of employers an estimated $50 million compared to the tax rates absent the temporary relief.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB237
Introduced
6/16/23
Introduced
6/16/23
Refer
3/6/24
Refer
6/16/23
Refer
3/6/24
This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment to increase the number of Justices of the Supreme Court to 7 and to require that of the 7 Justices appointed to the Supreme Court, at least 2 must be residents of Kent County, at least 2 must be residents of Sussex County, and at least 2 must be residents of New Castle County. The seventh Justice may be from any county.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB238
Introduced
6/16/23
Introduced
6/16/23
Refer
6/16/23
This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment to require that at least 1 member of the Court of Chancery must be a resident of Kent County and at least 1 member of the Court of Chancery must be a resident of Sussex County.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB239
Introduced
6/16/23
Introduced
6/16/23
Refer
6/16/23
This Act exempts a notary public employed by, and working under the direct supervision of, an attorney licensed to practice law in this State from the requirement to keep a journal of all notarial acts performed by the notary public.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB24
Introduced
2/29/24
Introduced
2/29/24
Engrossed
3/14/24
Refer
2/29/24
Engrossed
3/14/24
Enrolled
6/11/24
Refer
3/14/24
Passed
6/27/24
Enrolled
6/11/24
Passed
6/27/24
This Act creates a new charitable donation option on the Delaware income tax return. It allows taxpayers to direct a donation to the SL24: Unlocke the Light Foundation out of their state tax refund or in addition to the payment of owed tax. The Foundation works to educate the community to end the stigma, myths, and barriers surrounding mental health and to encourage productive conversations regarding mental health and wellness; provide uninsured and underinsured young people the means to get the critical and ongoing health services they need through the SL24 Mental Health Scholarship program; and provide access to trained Peer24 Team Members, Support Groups, and safe spaces like Seans House and Seans Rooms;
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB240
Introduced
6/16/23
Introduced
6/16/23
Refer
6/16/23
This Act requires that parents and other persons under investigation for child abuse and neglect be given written and oral notice of the allegations made against them; the right to consult counsel prior to speaking with a DSCYF investigator; the right to refuse entry to the DSCYF investigator; the right to withhold consent to medical examinations of the children except as provided in Title 16, Section 906(e)(3); the right to refuse to submit to a drug test; and the right to consult legal counsel prior to signing a safety plan.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB241
Introduced
6/16/23
Introduced
6/16/23
Refer
6/16/23
This Act makes clear that buyers and renters of residential real property have the right to be accompanied by advisors during all phases of the property transfer process, and requires sellers and landlords to provide written notice of this right to prospective buyers and tenants. This Act also provides for a civil penalty for landlords and their agents who fail to comply with this requirement.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB242
Introduced
6/30/23
Introduced
6/30/23
Refer
7/21/23
Engrossed
6/30/23
Refer
7/21/23
This legislation is an attempt to strike a balance between the need to protect hospital staff, hospital patients, and the public from harm during a State of Emergency, pandemic, or infectious disease outbreak with the expectation that patients should be able to receive support from their family and spiritual counselors during a time of personal crisis.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB243
Introduced
6/21/23
Introduced
6/21/23
Engrossed
6/29/23
Refer
6/21/23
Engrossed
6/29/23
Enrolled
6/30/23
Refer
6/29/23
Passed
7/17/23
Enrolled
6/30/23
Passed
7/17/23
This Act expands the qualifications for the Director of the Division of Public health to include non-physician professionals. It also allows for the Director to appoint a physician or advanced practice registered nurse in certain instances where that level of medical expertise is required to fulfill duties assigned to the Director.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB244
Introduced
5/15/24
Introduced
5/15/24
Refer
5/15/24
This Act directs phased in unit funding for every school or district to have an athletic trainer. A school or district with less than 3 sports teams must submit an application to the Department of Education should it wish to receive partial funding for an athletic trainer position. The State Board of Education may review any objection to the Departments decision.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB245
Introduced
6/22/23
Introduced
6/22/23
Refer
6/22/23
The Constitution of the State of Delaware creates 3 branches of State Government, the Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary, each having certain delineated responsibilities or powers within a framework that limits and separates the powers of each branch from the other. The doctrine of separation of powers is a fundamental part of constitutional government. The Justices of the Delaware Supreme Court have, in quoting William Blackstone, recognized that "whenever the [legislative and executive] powers are united together, there can be no public liberty". In re Request of Governor for Advisory Opinion, 722 A. 2d 307 (1998).
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB246
Introduced
6/22/23
Introduced
6/22/23
Refer
6/22/23
Currently each county has its own riparian buffer requirements. The intent of this Act is to make minimum riparian buffer areas uniform throughout the State in unincorporated areas and incorporated municipalities that do not hold a Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System(MS4) permit. This Act creates a new Chapter 10A of Title 9 which sets forth the following minimum riparian buffer areas: (1) 300 feet to the streamline, as defined by the mean high water line, of any tidal water body, tidal steam or tidal marsh; (2) 300 feet to the shoreline, as defined by the mean highwater line, of any nontidal freshwater body, lake, pond, or blue-line stream; and (3) 50 feet to the shoreline or top of bank, as defined by a greater than 50% change in slope in a distance of less than 10 feet of any non-blueline stream, creek or drainage ditch. The Act sets forth permitted uses not subject to the minimum buffer requirements. The Act requires the 3 Counties to adopt substantive and technical rules and regulations to implement the minimum riparian buffer areas and establish rules for specified uses. The Act requires all 3 Counties, by June 30, 2024 to amend their land use laws by adopting the minimum riparian buffer areas and adopting rules and regulations. The Act permits the Planning and Land Use Departments, in conjunction with the County Planning Directors, to create a coordinated program that educates and trains the public about the requirements of this Act. This Act takes effect on June 30, 2024.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware House Bill HB247
Introduced
6/11/24
Engrossed
6/13/24
Introduced
6/11/24
Engrossed
6/13/24
Enrolled
6/25/24
Refer
6/13/24
Enrolled
6/26/24
Enrolled
6/25/24
Enrolled
6/26/24
Passed
11/1/24
There were 139 traffic fatalities in Delaware in 2021, the highest number of traffic fatalities since 2006. Senate Concurrent Resolution 94 of the 151st Delaware General Assembly set a goal of no more than 100 traffic fatalities per year and tasked state agencies to meet that goal by 2025. Instead of moving towards meeting the General Assemblys goal, however, traffic fatalities increased to 165 in 2022, deepening the crisis on Delawares roads. To reverse this situation, the Everyone Gets Home Act makes changes to the Delaware Code to sharpen the Department of Transportations focus on the three most common types of fatal crashes: intersection (including driveway); roadway departure; and mid-block pedestrian. This Act clarifies the Departments authority to designate controlled-access facilities as a safety countermeasure for both intersection and midblock pedestrian crashes and, when the facility designation has received the consent of county government, requires counties to use their own authority to assist the Department in consolidating vehicle entrances and exits to and from the facility. In addition, this Act authorizes the Department to designate roadways as low-speed streets and low-speed local roads in order to address fatal roadway departure crashes related to vehicle speed, and permits counties to request such designations to meet their own traffic safety goals. Finally, this Act expands the Departments discretion to deploy new traffic-control devices in order to reduce fatal crashes.