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Daily Report for 4/25/2017

Governor's Actions

No legislation is Signed by Governor Today

New Legislation Introduced

Bill	Current Status	Sponsor	Synopsis	Title
SA 1 to HB 89	PWB	Henry	This Amendment strikes HA 1 and requires minor political parties to select candidates by the fourth Tuesday in April, the same date as the primary election.
HCR 20	Passed	Longhurst	This concurrent resolution designates the month of April 2017, as “Alcoholism Awareness Month” and calls upon Delawareans to break the silence and talk to their family and friends about alcoholism.	RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF APRIL 2017 AS "ALCOHOLISM AWARENESS MONTH" IN DELAWARE.
HCR 21	Passed	Matthews	This concurrent resolution designates April 26, 2017, as Engineering and Technology Education Day.	DESIGNATING APRIL 26 AS ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION DAY IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.
HA 1 to SB 32	Passed	Mitchell	This Amendment makes the filing in the recorder of deeds office a requirement by changing "may" to "must."
SR 10	Passed	Delcollo	This Senate Resolution creates a Special Committee to study and make recommendations regarding truck traffic movement along SR 41, SR 48, and SR 7.	ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING TRUCK TRAFFIC AND FREIGHT MOVEMENTS ALONG SR 41, SR 48, AND SR 7 IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY.

Legislation Passed By Senate

Bill	Current Status	Sponsor	Synopsis	Title
HB 34	Signed	Baumbach	This bill expands the list of persons eligible to participate in the Ada Leigh Soles Memorial Professional Librarian and Archivist Incentive Scholarship Program to include employees of non-public libraries in Delaware that join the Delaware Library Consortium.	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION.
HB 41 w/ SA 1	Signed	Lynn	In the 148th General Assembly, the state employees' pension law was amended by House Bill No. 363, as amended by House Amendment No. 1 to House Bill No. 363, to permit specified peace officers to retire at 25 years without any reduction. Specified peace officers will pay a higher employee contribution, and those who continue to work past 25 years of service will have the multiplier used in the calculation of benefits increased for the years past 25 years. This Act adds Delaware State University Police officers to the definition of "specified peace officers."	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN.
SB 40 w/ SA 1	Signed	Bushweller	This legislation adopts the NAIC’s Corporate Governance Annual Disclosure Model Act, and requires Delaware-domiciled insurers to provide to the Commissioner on an annual basis a summary of the insurer’s or insurance group’s corporate governance structures, policies and practices to permit the Commissioner to gain and maintain an understanding of the insurer’s corporate governance framework.	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE COMPANY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.
SB 52	Signed	Bushweller	This Act will allow a retired Delaware attorney to satisfy a mortgage that the attorney paid off while in practice. Currently only attorneys still in active practice are permitted to satisfy mortgages under Section 2120. This limitation can leave no practicable way to satisfy a mortgage for which the lender fails to record a satisfaction as required by State law if the attorney who paid off the mortgage subsequently retires. This Act will also expand the scope of Section 2120 to include partial releases of a mortgage where a Delaware attorney made a partial payment to release a portion of the mortgaged property.	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE SATISFACTION AND PARTIAL RELEASE OF MORTGAGES.
SA 1 to HB 41	Passed	Bushweller	This Amendment places an effective date on the legislation of January 1, 2018.
SA 1 to SB 40	Passed	Bushweller	This amendment removes references to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors.
HCR 19	Passed	Schwartzkopf	This concurrent resolution recognizes April 2017 as National Donate Life Month and recognizes the generosity of donors and their families. It further encourages all Delawareans to become designated organ, eye, and tissue donors.	RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF APRIL 2017 AS "NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH" IN DELAWARE.

Legislation Passed By House of Representatives

Bill	Current Status	Sponsor	Synopsis	Title
HB 66 w/ HA 1 + SA 1	Signed	Keeley	Section 1 of this Act provides that the statute of limitations period for a substantial underpayment of a license fee or gross receipts tax will commence at the end of the period for which the license is issued, in order to parallel the normal limitations period for the assessment of an underpayment of this type of tax. Section 2 of this Act provides that notice of a judgment must have been provided to the taxpayer not later than the date of the notice given prior to the revocation of a professional license resulting from non-payment of taxes. Section 3 of this Act conforms Delaware’s deadlines for filing certain information returns to those established in the Internal Revenue Code. In an effort to combat identity theft and taxpayer fraud, federal filing dates were recently changed. For example, starting in 2017 the federal deadline for an employer to file aggregated W-2 data with the IRS will be January 31, which is the same date on which W-2s are distributed to individual taxpayers. Prior to this change, the IRS did not receive W-2 data until March 1 meaning that there has been a one-month window in which it could not readily confirm the authenticity of W-2s filed with taxpayers’ returns. Like other states and the IRS, Delaware has had to devote considerable resources to combating fraud and identity theft. By conforming to the new federal standard, Delaware will have data on hand that will help identify and isolate fraudulent filings. As the State’s employers will already be required to comply with the new federal deadlines, conforming Delaware’s filing dates will result in no additional administrative burden. Sections 4 and 5 of this Act adjust Delaware’s deadlines for filing income tax returns for pass-through entities (partnerships and S corporations) and corporations to be consistent with the new deadlines set forth in the Internal Revenue Code. For tax years beginning after December 31, 2015, the federal deadline for pass-through entities taxed as partnerships and as S corporations to file returns will be March 15 or the 15th day of the third month following the end of the pass-through entity’s fiscal year, while the federal deadline for a C corporation to file an income tax return will be April 15, or the 15th day of the fourth month after the end of the C corporation’s fiscal year. As the State’s business entities will already be required to comply with the new federal deadlines, conforming Delaware’s filing dates will result in no additional administrative burden. Finally, this Act deletes a provision of the Code that was effective only for tax returns due in 1958 and 1959.	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO TAX ADMINISTRATION.
SCR 19	Passed	Bonini	This resolution designates September 1, 2017 as “Wesley College Day” in Delaware.	DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 AS "WESLEY COLLEGE DAY" IN DELAWARE.
HA 1 to HB 115	Passed	Carson	This amendment exempts “special betterments” property from the levy of any municipal Special Development District (SDD) tax, consistent with the provisions of Section 3316 of Title 9 of the Delaware Code and the pending SDD Act for Kent County (see proposed Section 5516 of Title 9 in House Bill No. 119). This amendment also provides that, before the City of Dover may designate a special development district, all owners of real property within the proposed special development district must request that the City of Dover establish the special development district.

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House Committee Assignments

Senate Committee Report

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House Committee Report

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Senate Defeated Legislation

No Senate Defeated Legislation

House Defeated Legislation

No House Defeated Legislation

Nominations Enacted upon by the Senate

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