Delaware Bills

passed both · Delaware · Senate May 6, 2025

SCR 61: DESIGNATING MAY 6, 2025, AS “NATIONAL WISHBONE DAY” IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.

This Senate Concurrent Resolution officially designates May 6, 2025, as "Wishbone Day" in the State of Delaware.

Dave Wilson (R) Stell Selby (D) Dave Lawson (R) Lyndon Yearick (R) Russ Huxtable (D)

passed both · Delaware · Senate May 6, 2025

SCR 58: RECOGNIZING APRIL 28, 2025, AS WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.

This resolution recognizes April 28, 2025, as Workers Memorial Day in the State of Delaware and calls upon all Delawareans to remember those who have died on the job, to support policies that protect the living, and to advance the cause of safe and just workplaces for all.

Topics ✓ Labor & Employment

passed both · Delaware · Senate May 6, 2025

SCR 60: RECOGNIZING MAY 6, 2025, AS "ALPHA PHI ALPHA LEGISLATIVE DAY AT THE CAPITOL" IN DELAWARE.

This Concurrent Resolution recognizes May 6, 2025, as “Alpha Phi Alpha Legislative Day at the Capitol” in Delaware. It honors Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated as an organization that has provided a voice and a strong vision to the struggle of African Americans and people of color in the State of Delaware and around the world.

passed · Delaware · House May 6, 2025

HR 12: RESPECTING AND HONORING ALL DELAWARE MOTHERS ON MAY 11, 2025, MOTHER'S DAY.

This House Resolution recognizes Sunday, May 11, 2025, as a very special day for all mothers in the State of Delaware and calls on all Delawareans to reflect on the many selfless acts of their own mothers.

passed both · Delaware · Senate May 6, 2025

SCR 59: RECOGNIZING APRIL 28 TO MAY 3, 2025, AS "AUCTIONEERS WEEK" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 59 recognizes the period from April 28 to May 3, 2025, as "Auctioneers Week" in the State of Delaware. This resolution serves to acknowledge the auctioneering profession within the state.

passed both · Delaware · Senate May 6, 2025

SCR 62: RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF MAY 2025 AS "HEALTHY VISION MONTH" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 62 recognizes the month of May 2025 as "Healthy Vision Month" in the State of Delaware. This resolution serves to acknowledge the importance of vision health.

passed both · Delaware · House May 6, 2025

HCR 33: A RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SPORTFISH RESTORATION PROGRAM AS PART OF THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF CONSERVATION FUNDING.

This resolution commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Sportfish Restoration Program. It acknowledges the program's role within the American System of Conservation Funding.

failed · Delaware · House May 6, 2025

HB 8: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MARRIAGES.

This Act amends Delaware’s marriage laws to recognize a valid marriage between first cousins obtained or recognized outside of Delaware (either in another state or territory of the United States or foreign country) as a valid and legal marriage in Delaware. This Act does not legalize the performance of marriages between first cousins within the State of Delaware. U.S. Immigration Services only recognizes marriages for immigrating couples as “valid” if the marriage is valid both where the marriage was performed and in the state where the couple is currently living or planning to live. Couples planning to settle in Delaware have been advised by federal officials to move to neighboring states that recognize marriages between first cousins as legal, leading to loss of economic activity to the state and unnecessary financial hardships for families seeking legal reunification. This substitute bill makes a technical correction and removes subsections of the Code that are unchanged.

introduced · Delaware · Senate May 6, 2025

SCR 65: REQUESTING THE STATE OF DELAWARE, THE CITY OF DOVER, AND KENT COUNTY LEVY COURT COORDINATE WITH THE CITY OF WILMINGTON TO RELOCATE THE CAESAR RODNEY EQUESTRIAN STATUE TO THE GREEN IN DOVER, THE JOHN DICKINSON PLANTATION, OR ANOTHER SUITABLE LOCATION BEFORE THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.

This Senate Concurrent Resolution requests that the State of Delaware, the City of Dover, and Kent County Levy Court coordinate with the City of Wilmington to relocate the Caesar Rodney Equestrian Statue to The Green in Dover, the John Dickinson Plantation, or another suitable location before the Semiquincentennial Celebration.

in committee · Delaware · Senate May 6, 2025

SB 126: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VOTING LOCATION.

This Act will allow voters in primary and general elections to vote at any polling place in their county of residence. The Act’s goal in doing so is to increase access to voting by giving voters the ability to vote at the polling place in their county that is most convenient to them. This Act also gives the State Election Commissioner the authority to consolidate polling places into centrally located centers for voting, as long as each election district retains at least one polling place and the consolidation of polling places does not result in an undue burden on voters’ access to polling places.

in committee · Delaware · House May 6, 2025

HB 138: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC LIGHT SIGNAL VIOLATION MONITORING SYSTEMS.

This Act requires the Department of Transportation to install and operate a traffic light signal violation monitoring system at an intersection within 60 days of a request for it by a member of the General Assembly.

Topics ✓ Transportation

in committee · Delaware · House May 1, 2025

HB 104: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO POLICE OFFICER ARREST POWERS.

This Act is a substitute for House Bill No. 104. This Act differs from House Bill No. 104 in that it corrects a typographical error in the Act and removes language from the synopsis that is not applicable to House Bill No. 104 or this Act. Like House Bill No. 104, this Act provides enhanced statewide jurisdiction for police officers, including county and municipal police officers. Specifically, this Act does the following: (1) Enables an off-duty police officer to make arrests for offenses committed in the officer’s presence when the crime creates a substantial risk of death or serious physical injury to another person. (2) Enables an off-duty police officer to make arrests for certain serious traffic offenses committed in the officer's presence. (3) Adds 3 additional traffic violations to the list of traffic violations for which a law enforcement officer may arrest for statewide when the traffic violations are committed in the officer's presence. The 3 additional traffic violations are: reckless driving, aggressive driving, and overtaking and passing a stopped school bus. (4) Requires a police officer acting outside of the officer’s jurisdiction to take reasonable measures to notify the primary jurisdictional police agency as soon as practicable of the location of the crime and, if involving a stop for 1 of the 4 enumerated traffic violations, the registration number of the vehicle, description of the vehicle, and number of occupants of the vehicle. (5) Enables an off-duty police officer to make an arrest at any location in this State of an individual for any offense committed within the jurisdiction of the officer’s employing agency and for whose arrest a warrant has been issued. 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, whether directly, by amendment to a specific municipality’s charter, or, as in this Act, indirectly, by a general law.

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