HB 53 w/ HA 1, HA 2 + SA 1, SA 2 | Signed | Miro | This bill allows ground-based and hand-held sparklers and certain other nonexplosive, nonairborne novelty items regulated by the federal government to be sold and used in the State. The bill does not legalize firecrackers, bottle rockets, aerials, or any other device that explodes or shoots into the air. The use of those items that may be sold only to persons 18 years of age and older is limited to July 4th and December 31st of each year and sales are limited to the 30 days prior to the allowable use day.
This bill allows paper caps used in toy guns contain 16 milligrams or less of pyrotechnic mixture.
The sale of sparklers and most other items permitted under this bill is limited to persons 18 and older.
The penalty section of 16 Del. C. §6905 applies to this bill.
At least forty-three states allow the sale and use of sparklers and other nonexplosive, nonairborne novelty items that are regulated by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SELLING OR POSSESSING FIREWORKS; EXCEPTIONS. |
HB 225 w/ HA 1 + SA 1 | Signed | Bentz | House Bill No. 208 of the 149th General Assembly changes the name of the Division of Long Term Care Residents Protection to the Division of Health Care Quality. This Act updates the name of the Division where it appears in the Delaware Code and takes effect upon the enactment of House Bill No. 208. House Bill No. 195 revises Chapter 11 of Title 16, removing references to a specific Division in 2 sections. This Act clarifies that the name change in those sections sunset upon the enactment of House Bill No. 195. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16, TITLE 24, TITLE 25, AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF LONG TERM CARE RESIDENTS PROTECTION. |
HB 231 w/ SA 1 | Signed | Spiegelman | This bill creates an Abandoned Cultural Property Act. The act allows museums to establish title to property that has been donated or left with the museum after any loan period has terminated and the lender cannot be found.
Currently such assets drain the museum resources by taking up space and having to be cared for.
Museums need a process by which they can establish clear title to abandoned, unclaimed, or unsolicited property.
This law will allow more efficient use of museum funds and will assist museums to conserve, display, and ethically dispose of abandoned, unclaimed, or unsolicited property.
This bill is modeled after Indiana's law. Delaware is 1 of only 4 states that has no law relating to Abandoned Cultural Property. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ABANDONED, UNCLAIMED, OR UNSOLICITED CULTURAL PROPERTY. |
SCR 31 w/ HA 1, HA 2 | Passed | Delcollo | This concurrent resolution establishes the Veterans Higher Education Task Force to study and make findings and recommendations regarding veterans’ access to higher education in Delaware. | ESTABLISHING THE VETERANS HIGHER EDUCATION TASK FORCE TO STUDY AND MAKE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING VETERANS’ ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN DELAWARE. |
HB 247 w/ SA 2 | Signed | Bentz | This bill sets forth revisions to the composition of the Council on Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE COUNCIL ON SERVICES FOR AGING AND ADULTS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES |
HA 1 to SCR 31 | Passed | Jaques | This Amendment does the following:
Changes the membership by naming the Adjutant General of Delaware instead of naming Colonel Angela F. Showell.
Adds the Executive Director of the Delaware Veterans Commission to the Task Force.
Changes the start date for the Task Force from August 31, 2017 to March 31, 2018.
Changes the report due date from May 1, 2018 to April 30, 2019.
Requires that the Adjutant General set the date, time, and place for the initial organizational meeting.
Changes the chair of the Task Force to the member chosen to be the chair by the Task Force members at the first meeting. | |
HA 2 to SCR 31 | Passed | Smyk | This amendment adds a representative from the Student Veterans of America Delaware Chapter to the Task Force and encourages each University/College to involve their respective student veteran populations as part of their task force representation. | |
HA 1 to HB 53 | Passed | Miro | This amendment changes the total packaging weight of multiple items from 200 grams to 500 grams to match the standard set by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. Currently 48 states allow the sale and use of sparklers and other non-explosive, non-airborne novelty items that are regulated by the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. | |
HA 2 to HB 53 | Passed | Miro | This amendment makes the bill a simple majority bill. There is no constitutional requirement for a 2/3 vote. | |
HR 21 | Passed | Schwartzkopf | This resolution creates the Permanent Rules of the House of Representatives replacing the Temporary Rules of the House of Representatives.
| RELATING TO THE PERMANENT RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 149TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY. |
HB 308 | Signed | Heffernan | This Act removes the sunset provision contained in Volume 80, Chapter 412 of the Laws of Delaware (formerly House Bill No. 405, as amended, of the 148th General Assembly) that is set to expire the law on September 8, 2018. The purpose of Volume 80, Chapter 412 of the Laws of Delaware is to prevent first-time juvenile offenders charged with certain minor misdemeanors from entering into the juvenile criminal justice system by providing law enforcement with a civil citation procedure as an alternative to arrest. | AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 412, VOLUME 80 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO THE JUVENILE OFFENDER CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM. |
SCR 41 | Passed | Pettyjohn | This Resolution designates March 2, 2018 as "Red Shirt Friday, American Legion Auxiliary Salute to our Military" in the state of Delaware. | DESIGNATING MARCH 2, 2018, "RED SHIRT FRIDAY, AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY SALUTE TO OUR MILITARY" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE |
SCR 42 | Passed | Poore | This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes February 2018 as "Self-Care Month." | RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 2018 AS "SELF-CARE MONTH" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. |