| HCR 12 | Passed | Briggs King | This resolution encourages all Delaware departments and agencies to consider citizens with visual impairments when developing, maintaining, procuring, or using electronic information and technology. | ENCOURAGING DELAWARE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES TO CONSIDER CITIZENS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS WHEN PRODUCING ELECTRONIC INFORMATION. |
| HB 78 | Committee | K. Williams | This Act improves the enforcement mechanisms related to Delaware’s campaign finance disclosure laws in four ways.
First, this Act amends § 8040, Title 15 to require that the Superior Court may not grant a certificate of election to a successful candidate for office until the candidate has paid all fines assessed by the Commissioner of Elections (“Commissioner”) for the candidate’s wilful failure to file a required campaign finance report. And, this Act specifically requires the Commissioner to provide the Superior Court with the information necessary for the Court to perform its function.
Second, this Act further amends § 8040, Title 15 to prohibit an individual from being a candidate in a future election until all previous campaign finance reports are filed and all previously assessed fines assessed by the Commissioner are paid.
Third, this Act clarifies the timeframe in which the Commissioner must notify a candidate that a report is incomplete or tardy and decreases the time in which a candidate may appeal the Commissioner’s decision to issue a fine for a tardy or incomplete report.
Fourth, this Act amends § 8044, Title 15 to require the Commissioner to publish, on the Department of Elections website, the name of any candidate who has (1) wilfully neglected to file a campaign finance report, (2) been assessed a fine by the Commissioner for wilfully neglecting to file a campaign finance report, or (3) been reported to the Office of the Attorney General by the Commissioner. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS. |
| HA 1 to HB 39 | Stricken | Lynn | This Amendment clarifies that a youth subject to concurrent jurisdiction under § 930 of Title 10 must be identified or diagnosed with a mental condition at the time the youth turns 18 years of age. This Amendment also provides that the Superior Court has the discretion, rather than an obligation, to transfer a case to the Family Court under § 930. | |
| HR 6 | Passed | Schwartzkopf | This resolution recognizes the week of March 12th through March 18th, 2017, as Sunshine Week in Delaware. | CELEBRATING THE WEEK OF MARCH 12TH THROUGH MARCH 18TH AS SUNSHINE WEEK IN DELAWARE. |
| HA 1 to HB 75 | PWB | Baumbach | This Amendment requires that all public bodies, not just those in the executive branch of state government, that are subject to the provisions of this chapter and meet 4 or fewer times per year, electronically post draft minutes of open public meetings, identified as "draft minutes," to the designated State website approved by the Secretary of State within 20 working days after the conclusion of the meeting.
This Amendment removes the extension of time to file a lawsuit challenging the validity under this chapter of any action of a public body and retains the current deadlines. | |
| HB 79 | Committee | Bentz | Section 1 of this Act updates Delaware’s existing Motor Voter Program to adopt an automatic voter registration process. Currently, when Delawareans apply for, renew, or replace a driver’s license or identification card, they must choose to register to vote, update an existing registration, or decline registration. This bill would require eligible voters to instead “opt out” of having their information automatically shared with the Delaware Department of Elections for registration. Six states and the District of Columbia have enacted similar opt out policies.
A portion of Section 1 (specifically, § 2050(b), Title 15) and Sections 2, 3, and 4 of this Act make technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual with no intent to change the substance of these sections. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF VOTERS. |
| SB 33 | Committee | Henry | This Act is a companion to Senate Bill No. 34. Senate Bill No. 34, in pertinent part, eliminates several aggravating factors under Delaware's controlled substances laws. This Act retains and codifies one of those aggravating factors, § 4751A(1)e.2. of Title 16, as a separate crime. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RESISTING ARREST. |
| SB 34 | Committee | Henry | This Act addresses issues identified following the enactment of the Ned Carpenter Act, 78 Del. Laws, ch. 13, in 2011. Specifically, Sections 1 through 14 of this Act do the following:
(1) Simplify Delaware’s controlled substance laws by reducing the number of weight Tiers that are used to categorize the severity of controlled substance offenses.
(2) Eliminate aggravating factors, some of which may cause Delaware’s controlled substance laws to be applied unfairly, while maintaining enhanced sentencing for those who violate Delaware’s controlled substance laws within a protected school zone.
(3) Provide enhanced minimum mandatory sentences for those who repeatedly commit the highest level drug dealing offenses.
(4) Provide statutory guidance for the weighing and sampling procedures used at criminal trials for controlled substances.
Sections 15 through 20 of this Act make conforming amendments to the Delaware Code based on changes made by Sections 1 through 14 of this Act.
This Act takes effect 90 days after its enactment into law. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the guidelines of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
A companion Act, Senate Bill No. 33, codifies one of the aggravating factors eliminated by this Act, § 4751A(1)e.2. of Title 16, as a separate crime. | AN ACT TO AMEND THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OFFENSES. |
