This resolution designates May 7, 2025, as “Plastic Free Lunch Day” in Delaware to recognize student-led efforts to reduce plastic waste in schools and promote environmental sustainability.
Maddy summaryThis Senate Concurrent Resolution officially recognizes May 13, 2025, as Delaware Local Government Day in the State of Delaware. It serves to acknowledge the role of local governments within the state.
This resolution recognizes May 13, 2025, as "LYTE Day" in Delaware to honor the work of Leading Youth Through Empowerment and its impact on Delaware students and families.
This Act prohibits the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control from promulgating rules and regulations restricting the sale of fuel-powered cars, trucks, and SUVs in Delaware. This Act does not change the emission standards fuel-powered vehicles must currently meet. The provisions of this bill would be retroactive to March 1, 2023.
This bill creates the Grants-In-Aid Committee. The Committee is a joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives. The purpose of the Committee is to view applications for grants-in-aid and to develop and recommend to the Joint Finance Committee the grants-in-aid appropriations bill.
This Act creates a right to free legal counsel for certain relatives seeking to terminate parental rights and adopt a child in the relative’s family who has been in the custody of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families (“Department”). The right to free legal counsel applies at all stages of the termination of parental rights proceedings, including any appeals. This Act also requires the Department or a licensed agency with which the Department contracts to prepare and file the social study and report required as part of the termination of parental rights and adoption proceedings at no cost to the relative. To qualify for free legal counsel, all of the following must be true: 1. The petitioner must be a relative of the child. Relative means as defined in § 1101 of Title 13. 2. The petitioner has guardianship of the child who is the subject of the termination of parental rights and adoption petitions. 3. The guardianship order was entered in favor of the petitioner when the child was in Department custody and is in effect throughout the termination of parental rights and adoption proceedings. 4. The petitioner filed the guardianship petition that resulted in the guardianship order on or after July 1, 2026. 5. The Family Court determines that the petitioner is indigent. This Act is a substitute for and differs from Senate Bill No. 79 in 2 ways. First, it adds an indigency requirement that the petitioner must meet to qualify for free legal counsel in termination of parental rights and adoption proceedings. Second, it provides that free legal counsel for guardians seeking termination of parental rights and adoption is only available if the underlying petition for guardianship of the child is filed on or after July 1, 2026, when this Act goes into effect.
Maddy summarySCR 68 is a procedural resolution that officially recognizes May 12, 2025, as "Nemours Founders Day" in the State of Delaware.
Maddy summaryThis resolution designates the first full week of May as "Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week" in Delaware. It aims to raise public awareness about Tardive Dyskinesia within the state.
Maddy summarySenate Concurrent Resolution 64 designates May 2025 as "Small Business Month" in the State of Delaware. This resolution serves as a formal recognition of the importance and contributions of small businesses within the state.
Maddy summarySCR 67 is a concurrent resolution that officially designates May 2025 as "Foster Care Month" across the State of Delaware. This action aims to recognize the foster care community within the state.
