This Act requires each school district and charter school to adopt a policy, with educator input, about cell phone use by students during school hours. Each policy must contain: (1) Clear guidelines about what constitutes acceptable cell phone use at school. (2) A requirement that limits cell phone use during instructional time. (3) The designation of times and places during which students may use their cell phones at school. (4) Guidelines that encourage communication between the schools, parents or guardians, and students about the cell phone use policy. (5) A system of appropriate consequences for violations of the cell phone use policy. (6) Exceptions that address, and are applicable to, emergency situations and medical or educational accommodations. Each school district and charter school shall provide the Department with its policy. Each school district and charter school shall post its policy on its website by August 1, 2025. School districts and charter schools are free to amend their cell phone use policies as needed. If a school district or charter school adopts an amended cell phone use policy, it must be provided to the Department and posted on that school district or charter school’s website.
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This resolution recognizes and commends the Theta Zeta Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated for its years of exemplary service to the Dover community, with a focus on educational equity, health advocacy, civic engagement, and empowering women and children. The Chapter’s work reflects the sorority’s historic legacy of scholarship, service, sisterhood, and finer womanhood.
This Act prohibits payment card networks from establishing or charging transaction fees on tips on credit card transactions. Violations are punishable by a penalty of $1,000 per electronic transaction and the wrongful fees must be refunded.
This resolution recognizes the Easterseals/CAI Volleyball Challenge which occurred on March 7 at the University of Delaware Carpenter Sports Building, an event that raises funds for an organization providing services and support to Delawareans with disabilities and senior citizens and their families. This resolution also recognizes Ellice Biloon, the 2026 Volleyball Ambassador.
Maddy summaryThis bill designates March 2026 as Women's History Month in Delaware to honor the leadership and achievements of women throughout history. It is a ceremonial resolution that does not create new laws or change existing policies but serves to recognize women's contributions. The measure was passed by both the House and Senate with a voice vote in the House and a 21-0 vote in the Senate.
This Substitute for House Bill No. 252, like House Bill No. 252, makes a technical correction and decriminalizes the use or consumption of a personal use quantity of a controlled substance or counterfeit controlled substance in an area accessible to the public, instead making it a civil violation with a fine of up to $50 for a first offense and up to $100 for subsequent offenses. This Substitute differs from House Bill No. 252 in that it does not decriminalize the use of or consumption of a personal use quantity by individuals in moving vehicles. This Substitute does not change the penalty (up to a $200 fine, up to 5 days imprisonment, or both) for a person operating a moving vehicle while using a personal use quantity, but changes the penalty for passengers to a $100 fine with no possibility of prison time.
This Act clarifies that the law-enforcement agency practice of purchasing firearms for that agency’s law-enforcement officers for use by the officers in their official duties is exempted from the requirements under §§ 1448A, 1448B, and 1448D of Title 11 under our State’s permit to purchase firearms laws. Both the currently effective versions of §§ 1448A and 1448B of Title 11, and the versions of those sections that will become effective upon implementation of 84 Del. Laws, c. 259, § 1 (pursuant to §§ 5 and 6 of the act), are amended by this Act.
This Concurrent Resolution recognizes January 27, 2026, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day and encourages education and remembrance in observance of the day.
Maddy summaryHCR 88 is a ceremonial resolution recognizing January 2026 as "National Mentoring Month" in Delaware. It does not create new laws or affect any specific individuals or groups; it simply makes a symbolic acknowledgment of mentoring efforts. The resolution was passed unanimously by both the House and Senate in early 2026. This type of resolution serves to highlight a cause but has no binding policy impact.
Maddy summarySCR 128 is a ceremonial resolution designating January 2026 as "National Blood Donor Month" in Delaware. It formally recognizes the importance of blood donation through a symbolic state acknowledgment, without creating new laws or affecting any specific individuals or groups. The resolution was introduced and passed unanimously in both the Delaware Senate and House on January 29, 2026.