HB 56 | Enact w/o Sign | Mitchell | This Act is the second leg of a constitutional amendment that would add the Chief Magistrate to the Court on the Judiciary. Like all judges within the state, the judges of the Justice of the Peace Court are subject to the jurisdiction of the Court on the Judiciary. This amendment makes it so that the presiding judge of each of the six state courts serves as a member. | AN ACT CONCURRING IN A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE IV, SECTION 37 OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION OF 1897, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE COURT ON THE JUDICIARY. |
SCR 25 | Passed | Cloutier | This resolution continues to raise awareness that the month of May is Melanoma and Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month in Delaware and celebrates new research predicting lower melanoma rates. | CONTINUING TO RAISE AWARENESS THAT THE MONTH OF MAY IS MELANOMA AND SKIN CANCER DETECTION AND PREVENTION MONTH IN DELAWARE AND CELEBRATING NEW RESEARCH PREDICTING LOWER MELANOMA RATES. |
HB 76 | Signed | Keeley | This Act extends the Office of Foreclosure Prevention and Automatic Residential Foreclosure Mediation Program an additional two years, from January 18, 2018 until January 18, 2020.
The Office of Foreclosure Prevention and the Automatic Residential Foreclosure Mediation Program were originally scheduled to sunset on January 18, 2014, two years after their enactment. The sunset date was extended to January 18, 2018 (six years) in 2013 via 79 Del. Laws c. 27 (House Bill No. 40, as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1, 147th General Assembly). | AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTERS 198 AND 200, VOLUME 78 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO FORECLOSURES. |
HB 93 w/ HA 1 | Signed | Mitchell | This Act provides clearer language concerning security alarm business license and identification requirements for both businesses and individuals; gives vendors a clearer understanding of prohibited acts, discipline and penalties; and grants the Professional Licensing Section the ability to promulgate regulations, conduct inspections and additional powers needed to oversee this chapter. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SECURITY ALARM BUSINESSES AND SECURITY ALARM SYSTEMS. |
HB 122 | Signed | Smyk | This bill provides greater protection to correctional officers and other state employees who are assaulted in detention facilities by prohibiting assaults committed with a reckless state of mind. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ASSAULTS IN A DETENTION FACILITY. |
HB 123 w/ HA 1 | Signed | Smyk | This bill expands the list of felony-level contraband to include narcotics, prescription drugs, and items used to facilitate escape. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONTRABAND IN DETENTION FACILITY. |
HCR 6 | Passed | Collins | Seeking to address the pervasive problems of littering and illegal dumping in Delaware, this concurrent resolution would create the Delaware Anti-Dumping and Anti-Littering Solutions Task Force. The task force would be charged with developing actionable strategies for curtailing littering and illegal dumping in The First State and delivering a report to the General Assembly and the governor as to how these policies could be implemented and financed. The task force would be required to report no later than April 1, 2018. | CREATING THE DELAWARE ANTI-DUMPING AND ANTI-LITTERING SOLUTIONS TASK FORCE. |
SB 64 | Signed | Bushweller | This bill removes the requirement that the Governor must declare a State of Emergency before issuing a Level 1 Driving Warning. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 20 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. |
HCR 22 | Passed | Schwartzkopf | This concurrent resolution commends the nominees and recipients for the 2017 Delaware Award for Excellence and Commitment in State Service. | COMMENDING THE NOMINEES AND RECIPIENTS OF THE 2017 DELAWARE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE AND COMMITMENT IN STATE SERVICE. |
HCR 23 | Passed | Q. Johnson | This concurrent resolution proclaims May 10, 2017, as “Early Childhood Advocacy Day” to affirm the importance of quality early learning for every citizen and every sector of our State, to celebrate the accomplishments of the past year, and to rededicate ourselves to our shared responsibility for the construction and support of a Delaware early childhood system that will positively impact children, families, communities, and workforce and economic development across the State. | DESIGNATING MAY 10, 2017, AS “EARLY CHILDHOOD ADVOCACY DAY” IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. |
HCR 27 | Passed | Osienski | This Resolution recognizes May 10, 2017, as the 100th Anniversary of the Delaware Department of Transportation. | RECOGNIZING AND HONORING THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING ON MAY 10, 1917. |