| HB 16 | Committee | Baumbach | Section 1 of this Act modifies Delaware’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to allow recipients to choose the most beneficial credit to be applied against their Delaware Personal Income Taxes. Under this Act, recipients can choose between a non-refundable credit of up to 20% of the value of the corresponding federal EITC or a refundable EITC credit of up to 4.5% of the value of the corresponding federal EITC.
Section 2 of this Act makes the change to Delaware’s EITC effective for the tax year in which the Secretary of Finance provides the Registrar of Regulations with notice that the personal income tax release of the Integrated Revenue Administration System is implemented. This delay in effective date is necessary to ensure that tax law changes can be properly and efficiently implemented in the Division of Revenue’s modernized Integrated Revenue Administration System, which is currently under development.
This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TAXES ON PERSONAL INCOME. |
| HB 26 w/ HA 1 | Committee | Heffernan | This Act requires the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families ("DSCYF'') to have exclusive jurisdiction over all aspects of a child’s care, custody and control when a child is convicted of a Superior Court offense. The Act establishes that from a date certain, no more juveniles would be transferred to the custody of the Department of Correction upon their adjudication and Level V sentence in Superior Court. The Act also provides that when a juvenile’s case is transferred to Superior Court, a reverse amenability hearing must be filed within 60, not 30, days of arraignment and that the time period may be enlarged by the Court for good cause. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROSECUTION OF JUVENILES. |
| HB 57 | Committee | Smyk | This bill requires a landlord to provide 15 days written notice to a single room tenant prior to the termination of a rental agreement for any reason other than a material violation. This notice provision ensures that the tenant has time to find suitable housing prior to the termination of their current lease, while still permitting a landlord to quickly remove a tenant renting a single room within a house. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN BUILDINGS SINGLE ROOM LEASE. |
| HB 59 w/ HA 1 | Committee | Smyk | This bill would allow a court of competent jurisdiction to dismiss minor equipment violations upon a showing that repair(s) have been made. The sections include inoperative horn, missing rear-view mirror, improper window tint, and inoperable headlights, taillights, turn signal lights, and lighting on a motorcycle. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EQUIPMENT VIOLATIONS. |
| HB 60 | Committee | Smyk | This bill increases the amount that a tenant may deduct from rent in order to have necessary work done on the rental premises if the landlord fails to repair or maintain the premises after proper notice. The original amount of $200 was selected at the time that the Landlord Tenant Code was drafted in 1996. The amended amount of $400 reflects inflation of rent and cost of repairs.
| AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TENANT'S REMEDIES RELATING TO THE RENTAL UNIT. |
| SCR 13 | Passed | Hocker | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes November 2021 as "Autoimmune Disease Awareness Month" in the State of Delaware. | RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER 2021 AS "AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. |
| HA 1 to HB 59 | Passed | Smyk | This Amendment limits the violations that may be dismissed before trial to only those situations that did not involve a vehicle collision. | |
| SCR 18 | Passed | Townsend | This resolution recognizes the importance of providing effective counsel to all who are accused, commends the important role played by the Office of Defense Services in fulfilling that mission, and recognizes March 18 as National Public Defense Day. | RECOGNIZING MARCH 18 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC DEFENSE DAY. |
| HA 1 to HB 26 | Passed | Heffernan | This amendment provides The Department for Children, Youth and Their Families (“DSCYF”) the ability to make a motion to the court for permission to place a pretrial youth in a facility other than one operated by DSCYF. While the circumstances prompting this request are rare, it is important to ensure the health and safety of youth and staff and the DSCYF facilities. This amendment also permits DSCYF’s ability to use contracted facilities for youth who are detained pending adjudication so that an alternative placement can be sought for youth when necessary. Finally, this amendment clarifies that “The Department” referred to in Section 2 of HB 26 specifically refers to the Department for Children, Youth and Their Families and not the Department of Correction. | |
| HA 1 to HB 4 | Passed | Carson | This amendment clarifies that House Bill No. 4 has a 3/5 voting requirement due to the imposition of additional monetary penalties. | |
