| SB 261 | Signed | Ennis | This act streamlines the appointment process for the Delaware Nutrient Management Commission, expands the definition of dairy farmer to include all cattlemen, consolidates the appointment authorities, and simplifies the number of representatives. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT. |
| SB 269 | Signed | Paradee | This bill creates a special license plate for the Boy Scouts of America. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES. |
| SB 272 w/ SA 1 | Signed | Gay | By this Act, Delaware would join the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact (the “Compact”). The Compact is an interstate compact, or a formal agreement among states, to facilitate the interstate practice of audiology and speech language pathology.
Under the Compact, audiologists and speech-language pathologists (collectively, “practitioners”) who are licensed and in good standing in a Compact member state may practice in any other Compact member states via a “compact privilege,” which is equivalent to a license. This will remove the need for practitioners to get an individual license in each state where they want to practice.
The Compact is the same in form and function as other occupational licensure compacts such as the Nurse Multistate Licensure Compact (adopted by Delaware, 24 Del. C. Ch. 19A), the Physical Therapy Compact (adopted by Delaware, 24 Del. C. Ch. 26C) and the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (adopted by Delaware, 24 Del. C. Ch. 17A). The Compact authorizes in-person practice and telepractice based on a valid, unrestricted home state license in Compact member states.
The Compact has been adopted by 17 states: Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming. The Compact is pending before the legislatures of 9 other states.
The Compact establishes a licensure data system allowing for instantaneous verification of licensure information. The Compact also establishes an interstate commission, composed of member state officials, to carry out the Compact’s purposes.
| AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS AND THE AUDIOLOGY AND SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY INTERSTATE COMPACT. |
| SB 293 w/ SA 1 | Out of Committee | Hansen | This Act is companion legislation to Senate Bill 270. Currently, state code requires all school districts to match state- appropriated minor improvement funds with 40% local funds, regardless of a district’s ability to do so. This bill changes the requirements for the school district match for minor capital improvement funds to use the more equitable formula in place for major school construction projects. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MINOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS. |
| SA 1 to SB 293 | Passed | Hansen | This Amendment removes language from the bill that would have added a requirement to minor capital improvement allocation calculations that should only apply to major capital improvement projects. | |
| SS 1 for SB 270 | Signed | Hansen | This Act establishes an evaluation and assessment system created by the Department of Education to determine whether a school facility is in good repair to assure that school facilities are clean, safe, and functional for staff and students. This Act also requires the Division of Public Health to create a routine indoor air quality monitoring program that includes temperature and humidity standards that is published on the Department of Health and Social Services website. It further requires the Division of Public Health to create a contractor certification program for indoor air quality services that will allow schools to contract with properly trained and certified contractors when indoor air quality remediation is necessary. The Act also provides procedures for districts to make procedures clear for receiving and reporting indoor air quality complaints in schools.
This Substitute bill differs from the original in that it does not provide for implementation of the routine indoor air quality monitoring program nor its enforcement. Once the program is created and there is a better understanding of what it will require, the General Assembly may then establish how, and to what extent, to implement the program with the knowledge of what is necessary to do so. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. |
| HCR 88 | Passed | S. Moore | This Concurrent Resolution encourages the General Assembly to prioritize funding for Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in schools, and to work collaboratively with the Delaware Department of Education and other stakeholders to promote the use of SEL in school districts and charter schools. | ENCOURAGING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO PRIORITIZE FUNDING FOR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING IN SCHOOLS AND TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PROMOTE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. |
| SA 1 to SB 272 | Passed | Gay | This Amendment clarifies that all meetings of the Executive Committee shall be open to the public, and that all minutes and documents of meetings of the Commission, other than closed meetings, and recordings of Commission hearings on proposed rules or amendments, are available to members of the public upon request and at the requesting person's expense.
This Amendment also makes several other non-substantive, clarifying changes to the bill.
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| SS 1 for SB 6 w/ HA 3 | Signed | Sokola | This Substitute Act creates the Delaware Large-Capacity Magazine Prohibition Act of 2022, which does the following:
(1) Includes a clear definition for the term “large-capacity magazine” as an ammunition feeding device with a capacity to accept more than 17 rounds of ammunition.
(2) Prohibits the manufacture, sale, offer for sale, purchase, receipt, transfer, or possession of a large-capacity magazine. Violation of this prohibition is a class E felony.
(3) Prohibits the possession of a large-capacity magazine during the commission of a felony. Violation of this prohibition is a class B felony.
This Substitute Act also establishes a buyback program for large-capacity magazines, to be overseen by the Department of Safety and Homeland Security. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEADLY WEAPONS. |
