HB 35 w/ HA 1, HA 1 to HA 1, HA 2 to HA 1 + SA 2 | Signed | B. Short | This bill sets forth a framework for the licensing, regulation and inspection of business establishments that provide massage and bodywork services. This bill places oversight of any business offering massage services in the hands of the Board of Massage and Bodywork. Specifically, it defines “massage establishment,” and grants authority to the Board of Massage and Bodywork to grant or deny licensure of such establishments and adopt regulations pertaining to the licensure, maintenance and standards to be applied to such establishments. It provides authority for the Division or Professional Regulation to inspect such establishments without any advance notice or concurrent criminal investigation. This bill imposes criminal and civil penalties, including injunctive relief, fines, and imprisonment, for the unlicensed practice of massage and bodywork and the operation of an unlicensed massage establishment. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BOARD OF MASSAGE AND BODYWORK. |
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 84 w/ HA 1 | Signed | Mitchell |
This bill provides that civil violations or penalties under subchapters IV and V of Delaware’s Uniform Controlled Substances Act in Title 16 are included as offenses whereby a $15 penalty is assessed for the Fund to Combat Violent Crimes. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FINES, COSTS, PENALTIES AND FORFEITURES. |
HB 105 | Signed | M. Smith | This Act clarifies that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget has the authority to deposit Special Fund balances into the General Fund as a measure to control agency expenditures. | AN ACT TO CLARIFY TITLE 29, §6529 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. |
HA 1 to HB 84 | Passed | Mitchell | This amendment provides that the Act shall take effect 30 days after its enactment into law to allow for the necessary administrative adjustments required to implement the Act. | |
SJR 1 | Signed | McDowell | This Joint Resolution opposes the cost allocation of the Artificial Island Transmission Project as unfair and unduly burdensome to the ratepayers of Delaware and urges PJM to join with Delaware in contesting the cost allocation in the proceedings pending before FERC. | OPPOSING THE ARTIFICIAL ISLAND PROJECT COST ALLOCATION AND URGING PJM TO JOIN DELAWARE AND OTHER PARTIES CONTESTING THE COST ALLOCATION IN PROCEEDINGS CURRENTLY PENDING BEFORE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION. |
HA 1 to HB 35 | Passed | B. Short | This amendment excludes hospitals and other facilities separately licensed under Title 16 from the definition of “massage establishment.” It also removes the requirement that fees for an establishment license must reflect the costs of administering the chapter as fee issues are addressed elsewhere in the chapter. The amendment clarifies that massage clients may fall asleep during a massage or remain asleep during a massage session and maintains the prohibition against using a massage establishment as a dormitory. This amendment also clarifies that massage services are to be provided during permissible operating hours only and restricts the right to inspect a massage establishment to either a Division of Professional Regulation Investigator or a law enforcement officer. The amendment allows a professional-in-charge to be so designated for more than 1 establishment if they seek and receive a waiver. It also states that no interior doors, except restrooms may have locks. Exterior doors may not be locked during operating hours except in the case of a sole proprietorship with 1 or no employees or contractors. It gives the Division of Public Health authority to create rules and regulations pertaining to massage establishments. | |