| HB 309 | Signed | K. Williams | This Act updates the definition of child care facility to reflect the move of the Office of Child Care Licensing from the Department of Services for Children, Youth & Their Families to the Department of Education. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES FOR HEALTH CARE AND CHILD CARE FACILITIES. |
| SB 235 | Signed | Hansen | This Act brings the State in compliance with the federal regulation published by FMCSA on October 7, 2021, to establish a national drug and alcohol clearinghouse as mandated by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). This act established requirements for Division access to and use of driver-specific drug and alcohol program violation information contained in the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. The Act prohibits the Division from issuing, renewing, upgrading, or transferring a commercial driver license (CDL) or commercial learner’s permit (CLP), as applicable, for any individual prohibited under FMCSA regulations from driving a commercial motor vehicle (CMV), due to one or more drug and alcohol program violations. In addition, the Division must, upon notification that a driver is prohibited from operating a CMV due to a drug and alcohol program violation, initiate the downgrade process to remove the CLP or CDL privilege from the driver’s license within 60 days. This Federal requirement must be enacted by states by November 18, 2024. | AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 26, TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSE ACT. |
| HB 345 | Signed | Minor-Brown | This Act requires Medicaid coverage for additional postpartum visits with a doula upon recommendation of a licensed practitioner or clinician. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COVERAGE FOR DOULA SERVICES. |
| HB 349 | Signed | Bush | This bill codifies that the Superior Court Veterans’ Treatment Court is a qualified rehabilitation program under § 4177D of Title 21 of the Delaware Code for persons seeking to have their driver's licenses reinstated after a DUI. This Act makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE VETERANS' TREATMENT COURT. |
| SS 1 for SB 252 | Signed | Sturgeon | Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 252 is identical to Senate Bill No. 252 except that SS 1 for SB 252 corrects a spelling error in the synopsis to avoid confusion.
This Act requires that the Department of Education (Department) perform audits of educator preparation programs (program) to assess compliance with the evidence-based reading instruction requirements, known as the "science of reading", that were enacted on June 30, 2021, by Senate Bill No. 133 (151st). If a program is not compliant with these requirements, the audit findings must specifically identify each area in which the program is not compliant, and the Department must require that the program take corrective action for each non-compliant area. If a program is compliant with all of the science of reading requirements, the Department shall award the program a specific distinction.
This Act also requires that the Department use these audits to identify how teacher preparation in reading instruction can be improved and that the audit findings be included in the reports the Department already publishes about educator preparation programs. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 RELATING TO EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS. |
| HB 373 | Signed | Bush | This Act amends Chapter 49 of Title 29 to enable the Office of Highway Safety to solicit and receive subscriptions, donations, and other funds from individuals or organizations for the purpose of implementing highway safety programs and projects that support the mission of reducing traffic fatalities and injuries in Delaware. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE TO ENABLE THE OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY TO SOLICIT AND RECEIVE FUNDS TO FURTHER ITS SAFETY MISSION. |
| SB 270 | Signed | Paradee | This Act is the statutory recognition of the recommendations set forth in the June 2, 2023, report of the DEFAC Benchmark Evaluation and Review Panel.
This Act builds on the State’s existing appropriation limit methodology by formalizing and maintaining the flexibility inherent in the Budget Stabilization Fund process currently enabled by Executive Order No. 21, approved on June 30, 2018, and the last 6 operating budget acts, including § 65 of the fiscal year 2024 Operating Budget Act.
Acknowledging this process in statute includes defining rules for deposits to and withdrawals from the Budget Stabilization Fund and adding an objective and stable measure of sustainable budget growth through an advisory index comprised of certain State economic indicators.
This Act requires that only the Governor’s recommended Budget Appropriation Bill consider this methodology and detail proposed plans, if any, deemed necessary or desirable in relation to state revenues or reserve funding. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BUDGET AND FISCAL REGULATIONS, ESTABLISHING A BUDGET STABILIZATION FUND, DEFINING DEPOSIT AND WITHDRAWAL STANDARDS FOR THE FUND, AND IMPOSING DEPOSIT AND WITHDRAWAL NORMS THROUGHOUT THE ANNUAL GOVERNOR’S RECOMMENDED BUDGET PROCESS. |
| HS 1 for HB 326 | Signed | Baumbach | This is a substitute for House Bill No. 326.
Non-profit hospitals are granted tax-exempt status on the premise that they serve a vital role in promoting the health and well-being of the communities they serve. Community benefit spending is a means by which hospitals fulfill this obligation. Such spending includes activities like providing uncompensated care, supporting medical research, offering health education and prevention programs, subsidizing community clinics, and addressing social determinants of health.
Like House Bill No. 326, this substitute bill requires Delaware’s non-profit hospitals to provide the state and public with an annual report outlining their community benefits spending, bringing Delaware in line with 31 other states, including all of Delaware’s neighboring states, that require reporting.
Like House Bill No. 326, this substitute bill defines “community benefits program,” outlines the minimum contents that must be included in a community benefits activity report, and requires that the report be made available to the public. This substitute contains provisions allowing the report to be submitted electronically to State officials on an annual basis. It differs from the original bill in that the deadline for submitting the report is changed from January 31 of each year to 30 days after a hospital files a federal Form 990.
This substitute also contains technical changes to reference and accord with appropriate law and regulations, and broadens the list of information that must be included in the community benefits report.
| AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO THE DELAWARE HEALTH CARE COMMISSION. |
| SS 1 for SB 248 | Signed | S. McBride | This Act clarifies that for purposes of the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program, where an employee is leased by an employee leasing company or a professional employment organization, "employer" refers to the employer client of the employee leasing company or professional employment organization, and not to the employee leasing company or professional employment organization.
This Act is a substitute for and differs from Senate Bill No. 248 by omitting language concerning whether individuals covered by certain collective bargaining agreements are "employees" for purposes of the Program. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE INSURANCE PROGRAM. |
| HB 379 | Signed | Bush | This Bill would reinstate language formerly in the Delaware Code which would permit insurance agents to issue checks to policyholders in time sensitive situations without having to qualify as claims adjusters. This practice would be subject to regulation by the Department of Insurance. | AN ACT AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE PAYMENTS. |
| SB 285 | Signed | Brown | This bill eliminates the requirement that Justice of the Peace Court constables reside within the State of Delaware. The residency requirement was established when Constables were independent officers, and had their own bonding requirements and penalties for failure to do the business of the Court. Constables are now employees of the Justice of the Peace Court and the residency requirement is no longer needed. The removal of the requirement will allow the Justice of the Peace Court to recruit from a larger pool of candidates and to retain existing trained and skilled employees. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURT CONSTABLES. |
| SB 326 | Signed | Paradee | This Act appropriates $168,362,517 to provide one-time funded projects through the Office of Management and Budget. | AN ACT MAKING A ONE-TIME SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025 TO THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. |
| SB 325 | Signed | Paradee | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations Act. | AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE EXPENSE OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; AND AMENDING CERTAIN PERTINENT STATUTORY PROVISIONS. |
| SJR 9 | Signed | Paradee | This Resolution provides the official revenue, refund, and unencumbered funds estimates for Fiscal Year 2024. | THE OFFICIAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE ESTIMATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024. |
| SJR 10 | Signed | Paradee | This Resolution provides the official revenue, refund, and unencumbered funds estimates for Fiscal Year 2025. | THE OFFICIAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE ESTIMATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. |
| HB 475 | Signed | Heffernan | This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2025 Bond and Capital Improvements Act. | A BOND AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND CERTAIN OF ITS AUTHORITIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE STATE; APPROPRIATING FUNDS FROM THE TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS OF THE DELAWARE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY; APPROPRIATING SPECIAL FUNDS OF THE DELAWARE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY; APPROPRIATING GENERAL FUNDS OF THE STATE; REPROGRAMMING CERTAIN FUNDS OF THE STATE; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; AND AMENDING CERTAIN STATUTORY PROVISIONS. |
| SB 327 | Signed | Paradee | This Act provides supplementary appropriations to certain Grants-in-Aid recipients for Fiscal Year 2025.
Section 1 – Government Units and Senior Centers $ 34,521,948
Section 2 – One-Times and Community Agencies $ 51,643,425
Section 3 – Fire Companies and Public Service Ambulance Companies $ 11,634,433
Section 4 – Veterans Organizations $ 698,220
GRAND TOTAL $ 98,498,026 | AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN GRANTS-IN-AID FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 APPROPRIATIONS ACT; AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 ONE-TIME SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT; AND AMENDING CERTAIN STATUTORY PROVISIONS. |
