Delaware Bills

passed · Delaware · Senate May 20, 2021

SR 16: RECOGNIZING MAY 2021 AS "FOSTER CARE MONTH” IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.

This resolution recognizes May 2021 as "Foster Care Month" in the State of Delaware.

passed · Delaware · Senate May 20, 2021

SR 14: RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF JUNE 2021 AS “REENTRY AWARENESS MONTH” IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.

This Resolution recognizes the month of June 2021 as “Reentry Awareness Month” in the State of Delaware.

passed both · Delaware · Senate May 20, 2021

SCR 48: EXTENDING THE REPORTING DATE OF THE NON-ACUTE PATIENT MEDICAL GUARDIANSHIP TASK FORCE.

This Concurrent Resolution extends the reporting date of the Non-Acute Patient Medical Guardianship Task Force from June 1, 2021 to August 1, 2021.

in committee · Delaware · House May 20, 2021

HB 6: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

This bill creates the Public Employee Sexual Violence Act which allows public employees who have suffered sexual violence in the workplace the ability to file an action against the perpetrator and the employee even if the applicable statute of limitations has run. This Act defines sexual violence and provides when a public employee who suffered sexual violence by a supervisor may file suit against an employer. This Act will allow a public employee who was a victim of sexual violence 1 year from the effective date to file claims in Superior Court.

passed · Delaware · Senate May 20, 2021

SR 15: RECOGNIZING JUNE 5, 2021, AS “LONG-TERM SURVIVORS AWARENESS DAY” AND MEMORIALIZING THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BEGINNING OF THE HIV EPIDEMIC.

This resolution recognizes June 5, 2021, as “HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day” and memorializes the date as the 40th anniversary of the official start of the HIV epidemic in the United States.

in committee · Delaware · House May 20, 2021

HB 36: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BICYCLE APPROACHING OR ENTERING INTERSECTION.

This act removes the October 5, 2021 sunset provision from this subsection.

passed · Delaware · House May 20, 2021

HR 12: HONORING THE MEMORY AND CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF THE HONORABLE PIERRE S. DU PONT IV, FORMER DELAWARE STATE REPRESENTATIVE, MEMBER OF CONGRESS, AND GOVERNOR OF DELAWARE.

This House Resolution honors the memory and celebrates the life of the Honorable Pierre S. “Pete” du Pont IV, Governor of Delaware from 1977 to 1985, who departed this life on the eighth day of May 2021.

in committee · Delaware · House May 20, 2021

HB 64: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PERSONAL INCOME TAX.

This Act creates the following new tax brackets: at $125,000, with a rate of 7.10%, at $250,000, with a rate of 7.85%, and at $500,000, with a rate of 8.6%.

passed both · Delaware · Senate May 20, 2021

SCR 44: CREATING AN AGING-IN-PLACE WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES.

This Concurrent Resolution creates an Aging-in-Place Working Group that will develop a plan to guide policies designed to promote successful aging-in-place for seniors in Delaware. The group will deliver preliminary recommendations to the General Assembly by March 30, 2022.

in committee · Delaware · Senate May 19, 2021

SB 130: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OUT-OF-SEASON COACHING OF STUDENT ATHLETES.

This Act is the result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee’s review of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (“DIAA”) and addresses out-of-season coaching for student athletes. The State Public Integrity Commission (“PIC”) has issued advisory opinions stating that a public school coach violates the State Employees’, Officers and Officials’ Code of Conduct (Chapter 58, Title 29) (“Code of Conduct”) if the coach provides out-of-season instruction for pay for returning members of the varsity or sub-varsity teams of the school where the coach works as a coach. See Commission Op. No. 02-02 and Commission Op. No. 02-60. The 149th General Assembly passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 79 (“SCR 79”), directing the Department of Education (“DOE”), with the assistance of DIAA, to promulgate regulations that permit coaches to coach student athletes out of season, with or without pay, with restrictions to safeguard the health of student athletes and minimize the risk of unethical behavior. SCR 79 directed the DOE to publish proposed regulations by October 1, 2018. In April 2021, as a result of DIAA’s ongoing work, the DIAA published proposed regulations addressing most of the criteria listed in SCR 79. One of the remaining hurdles to completing the proposed regulations has been the limitations imposed by the PIC advisory opinions. The purpose of this Act is to codify the General Assembly’s recognition that Delaware athletes are at a disadvantage when competing against youth from other states because Delaware coaches cannot coach their students out of season. Under this Act, out-of-season coaching does not violate the Code of Conduct if the coach and the organization providing the sport meet certain criteria that provide restrictions to minimize the risk of unethical activity. This Act recognizes that DIAA does not have the authority – or desire – to regulate non-DIAA organizations or coaches’ actions outside of DIAA programs. Rather, this Act tasks DIAA with setting the parameters that establish whether a specific instance of out-of-season coaching violates the Code of Conduct. Under this Act, the DIAA Board must submit proposed regulations to the Registrar of Regulations by August 15, 2021, to address any of the criteria under § 313(b) of Title 14 of this Act that are not already addressed in proposed or enacted regulations.

in committee · Delaware · House May 19, 2021

HB 203: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 20 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE SUSPENSION OF THE DELAWARE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA).

This Act proposes to limit the Governor’s abilities during a State of Emergency in regard to the Delaware Freedom of Information Act, exempting it from Title 20, Chapter 31. This Act also ensures that the reasons outlined in Title 29, §10003 for the public body requesting an extension to a FOIA request is an exhaustive list. This Act also adds Title 29, Chapter §10008, which states that the Governor may not suspend FOIA during a state of emergency without a showing that FOIA prevents, hinders, or delays the State’s necessary actions in coping with the crisis at hand.

in committee · Delaware · House May 19, 2021

HB 22: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIGITAL RIGHT TO REPAIR ACT.

This bill creates the Delaware Digital Right to Repair Act. Currently when an electronic product such as a phone or electronic game breaks, it is only allowed to be repaired by the manufacturer. Parts are not available whether you are a consumer or a local repair shop. This act requires the manufacturer to make parts, documentation, tools, and updates available on fair and reasonable terms.

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