| SB 153 w/ SA 2 | Signed | Hansen | This Act creates the Delaware Native Species Commission ("Commission"), which is one of the recommendations of the Statewide Ecological Extinction Task Force, created by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 20 of the 149th General Assembly. The Commission will terminate 10 years from enactment unless extended by the General Assembly. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE NATIVE SPECIES COMMISSION. |
| SB 154 w/ HA 1 | Signed | Hocker | Section 1 eliminates the need to use an ordinance to appoint a Town Manager and specifies that all departments, including the Police Department, report directly to the Town Manager.
Section 2 outlines the Town Manager's responsibility for the Police Department.
Section 3 eliminates the organizational details of the beach patrol. | AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SOUTH BETHANY. |
| HB 324 w/ HA 1 | Signed | Kowalko | This Act requires that the Office of Child Care Licensing include application forms, the specific requirements to obtain a license, and due process provisions in regulations to ensure that child care providers have clear notice of what is required, the opportunity to comment on proposed changes, and an opportunity to correct minor deficiencies before they are posted on the Office of Child Care Licensing’s website as an instance of noncompliance.
This Act also repeals language regarding implementation of the current section that is no longer necessary.
This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
| AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE CHILD CARE ACT. |
| HB 326 w/ HA 1, HA 2 | Signed | K. Williams | This Act creates the Delaware Advance Scholarship Program (“Program”). The goal of this Act is to encourage Delaware students with intellectual disabilities to pursue studies for a comprehensive certificate or degree at a Delaware institution of higher education in order to promote economic self-sufficiency. This will result in an economic benefit to the State in the form of a more diverse, well-prepared workforce that is less reliant on government support. This Act follows the Higher Education Opportunities Act of 2008, which authorizes comprehensive transition and post-secondary programs as a pathway to higher education for students with intellectual disabilities. The Program will be effective beginning in the 2018 through 2019 academic year. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE ADVANCE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. |
| HA 1 to HB 324 | Passed | Kowalko | This Amendment removes the requirement that the Office of Child Care Licensing's regulations require an opportunity to correct some deficiencies before the deficiency is recorded as noncompliance. | |
| HA 1 to HB 326 | Passed | K. Williams | This amendment makes a technical change to delete redundant language. | |
| HA 2 to HB 326 | Passed | K. Williams | This Amendment clarifies the meaning of "tuition" for purposes of the Act. | |
| HJR 11 | Signed | Miro | This resolution honors Boyd and Liane Sorenson by designating the new Valley Road Pedestrian Pathway between Evanson Road and Lantana Square as "Sorenson's Way". | HONORING BOYD AND LIANE SORENSON BY DESIGNATING THE NEW VALLEY ROAD PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY BETWEEN EVANSON ROAD AND LANTANA SQUARE AS "SORENSON'S WAY". |
| HB 369 w/ HA 1 | Signed | Osienski | This Bill expands the offense of falsifying business records by including the act of altering or modifying and creating false medical records. Currently, no specific statute exists to prevent a person from falsely creating, altering, or modifying a medical record. Expanding the offense of falsifying business records to include medical records will be a useful tool for combating healthcare provider fraud, protecting patients, and assisting patients in ensuring the integrity of their medical records. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE FALSIFICATION OF BUSINESS RECORDS. |
| HB 373 | Signed | Carson | The Bill amends Title 4 to permit licensed Delaware craft distilleries, breweries, and wineries the ability to sell products produced by other Delaware craft distilleries, breweries, and wineries for on-site consumption, only. The products sold must be purchased through the existing three-tier system (i.e., wholesalers or traditional retailers). | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS. |
| HA 1 to HB 369 | Passed | Osienski | This Amendment further expands the offense of falsifying business records to include a person who causes the alteration or modification of a medical record or causes the creation of a false medical record. | |
| HA 1 to SB 154 | Passed | Gray | This Amendment clarifies the relationship between the Town Manager and the Chief of Police. | |
