| HR 23 | Passed | Briggs King | This resolution proclaims May 2022 as "Community Action Month" in the State of Delaware. | PROCLAIMING MAY 2022 AS "COMMUNITY ACTION MONTH" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. |
| HB 409 | Committee | Morrison | This Act requires all employers in the State to provide employees with a minimum of 1 hour of earned sick time and safety leave for every 30 hours worked. For employers with fewer than 10 employees, the time may be unpaid, job-protected time instead of paid time. Accrued earned sick time and safety leave may be used by the employee for time off with pay at the employee’s regular wage and benefit rate to deal with the mental and physical health needs of either the employee or an employee’s family member and other specified purposes. Earned sick time and safety leave may also be used to address the consequences of domestic violence for such things as meeting with lawyers, obtaining services from victim service organizations, temporary relocation and the like.
Employers may cap the number of hours earned per year at 40, the carryover from one year to the next at 40 hours, and the maximum earned sick and safety leave at 80 hours. Employers may require employees to have been employed at least 90 days before they may take earned sick leave and safety time. Employers whose benefits packages already meet the minimum requirements of this Act are not required to offer anything additional.
The Department of Labor will promulgate regulations governing operation of the Act and will enforce the provisions of the Act. Employers who violate the Act are subject to civil penalty of no less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000. Employers are prohibited from discriminating against an employee who complains to the Department that an employer has violated the Act. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EARNED SICK TIME AND SAFETY LEAVE. |
| HCR 81 | Passed | Minor-Brown | This resolution recognizes May 11, 2022 as “School Nurse Appreciation Day” in Delaware. | RECOGNIZING MAY 11, 2022 AS SCHOOL NURSE APPRECIATION DAY |
| SA 1 to SB 283 | Stricken | Mantzavinos | This amendment clarifies that the continuing education requirement for physicians applies only to those who treat adults. | |
| HB 410 | Committee | Michael Smith | This Act does all of the following:
(1) Creates a refundable tax credit for certain individuals who are self-employed in the operation of or employed by a child care or family care center to provide care or education to children. The amount of the refundable tax credit varies based on the educational attainment of the child care employee.
(2) Indexes the increases in the amount of the refundable tax credit to the Consumer Price Index.
(3) Requires the Department of Education to report annually to the General Assembly, Governor, and Delaware Early Childhood Council on the usage of this tax credit.
(4) Requires the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee to review this Act in fiscal year 2029 to determine if there is a genuine need for the continuation of this Act and if this Act is satisfactorily and effectively meeting the need. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A CHILD CARE EMPLOYEE TAX CREDIT. |
| HB 415 | Committee | Bentz | This Act sets forth the procedures by which a health care provider licensed in another state may provide health care services in this State, including the process by which the Division of Professional Regulation must grant a temporary license. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PRACTICE BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS FROM OTHER STATES. |
| HCR 79 | Passed | Minor-Brown | This resolution designates the month of May as "National Nurses Month" in Delaware. | DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF MAY AS "NATIONAL NURSES MONTH" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. |
| HA 1 to HS 1 for HB 288 | PWB | Morrison | This Amendment limits paid time off to vote to a minimum of 2 hours if the employee does not have 2 consecutive nonworking hours in the time period between the opening and closing of the polls on the day of the election. This Amendment also clarifies that it will be effective after the Department of Elections advises the Register of Regulations that it has promulgated regulations to implement the Act, or 1 year, whichever occurs first. | |
| HB 414 | Committee | Morrison | This Act adds coercive conduct which restricts, controls, or interferes with an individual’s finances or financial resources including their bank accounts, credit cards, employment, education, and personal identity to the definition of “abuse” under Protection from Abuse Proceedings section in Title 10. The Act also makes technical changes to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWAE CODE RELATING TO PROTECTION FROM ABUSE. |
| HA 1 to HB 304 | Passed | K. Williams | This amendment does the following:
Specifies that educators must be given time during the contractual day to complete duties associated with the universal reading screener, including professional learning.
Requires inclusion of curriculum and special education supervisors, as well as elementary school teachers and elementary special education teachers, from districts and charters in the development of the lists of aligned screeners and interventions.
Removes the separate reporting requirement for dyslexia specific interventions. | |
