| HB 127 w/ HA 1, HA 2 | Signed | Baumbach | This Act provides each county with the ability to impose, by duly enacted ordinance, a fire protection fee (fee). A county that enacts this fee must do all of the following:
1. Deposit all money collected from this fee in an account that is segregated from the county's general funds.
2. Establish criteria under which this money is distributed to fire companies providing fire protection in the county.
3. After using no more than 5% of the money annually deposited from this fee for administration of this fee, distribute all of the money collected, including accrued interest, within 18 months of receipt.
In addition, under this Act:
1. A fire protection fee may be collected from property that is otherwise exempt from taxation unless an exemption from this fee is provided by the county.
2. A county may, by ordinance, establish penalties for the failure to pay a fire protection fee and establish procedures to abate the penalty.
3. The unpaid balance and any penalties become a lien on the property upon which the fire protection fee was incurred and the county may institute a proceeding to enforce this lien.
4. A fire company must include the money received from a fire protection fee in the annual audit required under § 6608 of Title 16.
This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 AND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION FEES. |
| HB 263 w/ HA 1 | Signed | Dorsey Walker | This Act prohibits local education agencies and charter schools from prohibiting a student from participating in a school sponsored extracurricular activity on the basis the student has an outstanding debt for unpaid school meals. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEAL DEBT RESTRICTIONS ON STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. |
| HB 279 w/ HA 1 | Signed | Heffernan | This Act allows school employees up to 5 days of bereavement leave under the same circumstances as permitted for state employees. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BEREAVEMENT LEAVE. |
| HB 283 w/ HA 1 | Signed | Bush | This bill reorganizes provisions within the Insurance Code to centralize licensing and filing fees within one statutory provision (§ 701) and reconciles differences between the licensing and filing fees set forth in § 701 and within the specific licensing statutes. This bill also creates new licensing or registration fees for reciprocal insurers and certified reinsurers to align the costs of processing applications for these insurers with similarly-licensed or accredited insurers and reinsurers. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE. |
| HB 284 | Signed | Bush | This is a clean-up bill that moves certain workers’ compensation-related provisions in Chapter 25 of Title 18 to Chapter 26 of Title 18, the latter of which shall exclusively govern workers’ compensation filings. The bill also makes technical corrections to conform with the Legislative Drafting Manual.
| AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WORKERS’ COMPENSATION INSURANCE. |
| HB 310 w/ HA 1 | Signed | Chukwuocha | The United States Space Force was established on December 20, 2019 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act. The Space Force became the 6th branch of the United States Armed Forces. This Act inserts the Space Force in those sections of the Delaware Code where the other 5 branches of the armed forces are specifically enumerated This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6, 14, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE. |
| SB 213 | Signed | Hocker | This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Millville to restore the authority of the Town Council to impose and collect a lodging tax. This authority to impose and collect a lodging tax was enacted under Senate Bill No. 162 (150th) in 2019 but was inadvertently repealed under House Bill No. 138 (151st) in 2021.
This Act requires a greater than majority vote for passage because § 1 of Article IX of the Delaware Constitution requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly to amend a charter issued to a municipal corporation. | AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MILLVILLE RELATING TO THE POWER TO IMPOSE AND COLLECT A LODGING TAX. |
| SB 214 | Signed | Hocker | This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Millsboro to give the Town Council the authority to impose and collect a lodging tax.
This Act requires a greater than majority vote for passage because § 1 of Article IX of the Delaware Constitution requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly to amend a charter issued to a municipal corporation. | AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MILLSBORO RELATING TO THE POWER TO IMPOSE AND COLLECT A LODGING TAX. |
| SB 215 w/ SA 1, SA 2 | Signed | Mantzavinos | This Act requires the Department of Health and Social Services to inspect long-term care facilities on an annual basis. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE INSPECTIONS OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. |
| SB 216 w/ SA 1 | Signed | Mantzavinos | This Act increases the civil penalties for violations of the statutes in Title 16, Chapter 11 related to Long Term Care Facilities and the regulations adopted pursuant to it. For violations that the Department determines pose a serious threat to the health and safety of a resident, the minimum penalty in Section 1109 of Title 16 is increased from $1,000 per violation to $2,000, and the maximum penalty is increased from $10,000 to $20,000 per violation. Each day of a continuing violation constitutes a separate violation. For violations that do not constitute a serious threat to the health and safety of a resident, the maximum penalty is increased from $5,000 to $10,000 per violation. The civil penalties in Section 1109(a)(2) for violations that pose a serious threat to the health and safety of a resident were established in 1998 and have not been increased since then. The maximum civil penalty in Section 1109(c) for violations that do not constitute a serious threat to the health and safety of a resident was set at $10,000 in 1998, but was later reduced to $5,000 in 2000, and has not been increased since then. This Act also repeals the provision which places a cap on the civil penalties for continuing violations. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES AND CIVIL PENALTIES. |
| HB 313 | Signed | Neal | This Act ensures that all female inmates in DDOC custody, at level IV or V, receive annual or biennial screening mammograms as recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MAMMOGRAMS. |
| HB 314 | Signed | Matthews | This Act does all of the following: (1) Allows for all licensed practitioners that are treating a driver for a medical condition to report findings which allows for Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, or Physician to sign Division paperwork and mirrors verbiage found in Title 24; (2) Updates the name of Medical Council to Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline which ensures compliance with code in handling of individual cases; and (3) Changes the Secretary of Health and Social Services to Secretary of Transportation for determining the status of driver’s license for individuals with a potential medical condition which allows for quicker response and ensures the confidentiality of a driver. Lastly it removes a section from the Medical Licensure Act consistent with the other provisions of the bill. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 21 AND 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVER’S LICENSES. |
| HB 318 w/ HA 1 + SA 1 | Signed | Baumbach | This Act increases the exemption in bankruptcy and other debt proceedings for a debtor’s personal residence from $125,000 to $200,000. The exemption has been limited to $125,000 since 2012 while home prices have increased dramatically in the intervening years. It also increases the exemption for tools of the trade and for a vehicle to $25,000 from $15,000.
This Act also exempts worker’s compensation awards under the laws of other states from attachment in bankruptcy or other proceedings in the same manner that a worker’s compensation award made under Delaware law is exempt.
The Act takes effect on January 1, 2025. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 AND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS IN BANKRUPTCY AND DEBT PROCEEDINGS. |
| SB 231 | Signed | S. McBride | This Act removes the sunset provision in Chapter 453, Volume 83 of the Laws of Delaware relating to the program established under §9011A of Title 29 to assist individuals who are in or have experienced foster care in Delaware with driver education, driver licensing, and motor vehicle insurance and associated barriers and costs. The Act also amends §9011A of Title 29 to clarify the scope and administration of the program, and amends the definition of “youth in foster care” under §3921 of Title 18 to maintain consistency with 29 Del. C. §9011A(g)(1). | AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 453, VOLUME 83 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE, AND TITLE 18 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROVIDING FOR DRIVER EDUCATION TRAINING, A DRIVER'S LICENSE, OR MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS IN OR HAS EXPERIENCED FOSTER CARE IN DELAWARE. |
| SB 238 | Signed | Gay | This Act adds "victim of kidnapping" to the definition section of the Address Confidentiality Act, allowing for kidnapping victims to become eligible for the protections offered by the Address Confidentiality Program. This amendment is recommended and supported by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to better protect kidnapping victims and their families.
This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF CRIME VICTIMS. |
| HS 1 for HB 255 w/ HA 2, HA 1 to HA 2 | Signed | Osienski | This Act makes several updates to the Boiler Safety Program. The Boiler Safety Program can issue certificates of compliance and the Secretary can grant variances. A 6th member is added to the Boiler Safety Council from associated labor unions. It adds an enforcement section for violators who fail to comply with Program requirements. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform with current drafting standards. Finally, the Act allows DNREC to establish fees for the Program that reasonably reflect the cost of the Program and defray its expenses. It therefore requires a 3/5 vote. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BOILER SAFETY PROGRAM. |
| SB 243 | Signed | Gay | This Act deletes the current Charter of the Village of Ardencroft (the "Village") and replaces it with a new charter that differs in several respects.
Among other changes, the Act changes the Village's governing body from the "Town Meeting" to the "Village Assembly."
The Act also adds a requirement for residents to qualify as eligible voters. Under the current charter, eligible voters are persons 18 or older who have resided in the Village for a period of 30 consecutive days. The new charter provides that an "eligible voter" means a resident who is 18 years or older, and defines "resident" to mean a person who has resided in the Village for a period of 30 consecutive days and who currently resides in the Village for the majority of the calendar year. In addition, the Act clarifies that "resident" includes persons renting housing units in the village, as well as resident leaseholders.
The Act decreases the minimum required number of regular meetings of the governing body from 6, under the current charter, to 4, under the new charter, and clarifies that they may be held virtually, in whole or in part, and that they are open to the public, which includes persons who are not eligible to vote.
Finally, the Act removes the current charter's provisions concerning a town police force. | AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE VILLAGE OF ARDENCROFT. |
| SB 253 | Signed | Lockman | This Act amends Section 3-701 of the City of Wilmington’s Charter to provide that, with the exception of the City Solicitor, all persons appointed to serve as attorneys in the law department shall attain tenure upon 3 years of continuous satisfactory full-time service and may not be removed from their positions except for just cause. The Wilmington Charter is also being amended to provide tenure status to attorneys who have already served 3 years of continuous satisfactory full-time service. | AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON RELATING TO ASSISTANT CITY SOLICITORS. |
| HB 354 w/ HA 1 | Signed | Chukwuocha | This Act gives the dependent children of active military members, full-time Delaware National Guard members, and active duty members of a reserve component of the US military priority in choice and charter enrollment. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ENROLLMENT PRIORITY OF MILITARY-CONNECTED STUDENTS. |
| SB 260 | Signed | Poore | This Act is a result of the work of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association ("DIAA") Task Force. The current process for promulgating DIAA-related regulations grants the regulatory authority to the Department of Education ("Department") which is, in turn, required to delegate its authority to the DIAA. The current process also requires steps in addition to the regulatory process already required under the Administrative Procedures Act, Chapter 101 of Title 29. The additional process encumbers the DIAA's ability to make changes to regulations with the speed and flexibility often needed in the regulation of interscholastic athletics.
Language in Section 1 of this Act, in the second half of § 122(b)(15), Title 14, starting with "The Department shall not approve any rule or regulation that denies a student the right..." is removed from that paragraph. However, the language remains in Section 2 of this Act, in the already-existing § 303(b)(2), Title 14.
This Act removes the requirements that the Secretary of the Department propose DIAA-related regulations and the State Board of Education approve the proposed regulations. It also removes the requirement that DIAA and Department collaborate to develop regulations. This Act grants directly to the DIAA the authority to promulgate regulations. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE DELAWARE INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. |
| HB 364 | Signed | Romer | This Act requires that individual, blanket, and group health insurance carriers cover drug treatment for the associated conditions of metastatic cancer in the same way treatment for metastatic cancer is covered. Specifically, it requires insurance companies to cover any FDA approved drug prescribed to treat the side effects of metastatic cancer treatment and prohibits insurance companies from mandating that patients first fail to respond to a different drug or prove a history of failure of such drug. Technical changes are also made to comply with the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CANCER COVERAGE. |
| SB 280 | Signed | Poore | This Act is a result of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association ("DIAA") Task Force. Based on the findings of the task force, this Act updates the DIAA's Executive Director from an education associate level position in the Department of Education to a director level position in the Department. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. |
| SB 281 | Signed | Poore | This Act is a result of the work of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (“DIAA”) Task Force (“Task Force”). The 152nd Delaware General Assembly passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 19 establishing the Task Force to study and make findings and recommendations to best address the needs of student athletes and ensure DIAA’s effective and efficient functioning. The Task Force met over 8 months to discuss the most pressing issues facing DIAA. This Act addresses one of the identified issues: the waiver process when a student transfers from one school to another and wishes to play interscholastic athletics.
Under current regulations, a student who transfers schools and wishes to participate in sports must complete a period of ineligibility unless the student meets certain conditions or qualifies for an exception. In order to meet the conditions or exception or otherwise request a waiver of ineligibility, the student must go through a waiver process. The student applies for a waiver, DIAA’s Executive Director makes an interim decision on the waiver, and the DIAA Board of Directors (“Board”) ratifies or rejects the Executive Director’s interim decision. If the Board has any questions about any part of the waiver application or interim decision, they reject the interim decision and schedule a hearing for the student to testify to answer the additional questions. By the time the Board issues a final decision on the waiver, the student has lost time to play sports and the Board has spend a great deal of its meeting time on the hearing, including going into executive session to maintain a student’s privacy.
Among other matters relating to the waiver process, the Task Force discussed the amount of time that the waiver process takes, both from the students’ and Task Force’s perspective, and how to make the process more efficient and more equitable for the students. The Task Force concluded that moving the waiver process out of regulations and into the Delaware Code is the most efficient way to streamline the process, thereby benefitting student athletes and allowing the Board more time to focus on its other work. This Act is a combination of existing regulations, regulations that the Board proposed but were not enacted during the 8 months that the Task Force met, and the Task Force’s discussions on how to best improve the waiver process.
Under this Act, the Executive Director makes the final decision on a waiver, subject to an appeal of a 3-member panel comprised of Board members. Shifting the final decision-making to the Executive Director removes duplicative steps, and specifying deadlines are to ensure as speedy a conclusion as possible. The Executive Director must issue their decision within 15 days of receiving a waiver, and a student may appeal the decision to the appeals panel within 15 days of receiving the decision. The appeals panel must issue its decision within 30 days of receiving an appeal. The appeals panel may not hold a hearing on an appeal or otherwise ask questions of a student who seeks an appeal; the panel must make its decision based on the documentation that the Executive Director used to make their decision.
This Act organizes the process into the following categories:
- Immediate eligibility applies to circumstances under which a student is immediately eligible to participate in sports at the school into which the student transfers (“receiving school”). A waiver is not required for immediate eligibility. Immediate eligibility applies if the student has not previously played the sport the student seeks to play at the receiving school, if the student has been placed in the custody of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families, or it is the student’s first transfer and the student did not play the sport during the 180 days prior to transferring. The receiving school of a student who qualifies for immediate eligibility must initiate the completion of a tracking form, to document the transfer and reason for immediate eligibility.
- Periods of ineligibility apply to a student’s subsequent transfer. A student is subject to a period of ineligibility of 30 days or ½ of the maximum number of contests, whichever is less. A student may seek a waiver of the period of ineligibility.
- Exceptions to periods of ineligibility are provided in this Act. A student who meets an exception is not required to seek a waiver, but must provide documentation relevant to the exception. Seven types of exceptions are available, including transferring schools due to homelessness, court action, or a change in the student’s residence due to military assignment. Each exception has its own requirements.
- Defining the waiver process, including deadlines, required documentation, and the factors required for granting a waiver. To approve a waiver, the Executive Director must consider the 4 factors under § 315(a), Title 14. The 4 factors do not include “hardship,” which has been a factor under the current regulations. The Task Force discussed that the hardship factor was too often an unreasonably difficult standard for a student to meet, resulting in a large percentage of the waivers sought and failing to meet the purpose of the ineligibility and waiver process, which is to discourage transfers for athletic reasons, multiple transfers, or transfers after a sports season has begun. The remaining 4 factor do meet this purpose.
This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. |
| HS 1 for HB 356 | Signed | Chukwuocha | On military installations subject to exclusive federal jurisdiction, the investigation and prosecution of juveniles for alleged violation of federal crimes is conducted in the federal court system. The federal court system often tries juveniles as adults and it lacks juvenile-focused resources. Federal law, however, permits the State to accept concurrent jurisdiction over juvenile matters on military installations if a request is made by a United States official and the Governor, via Executive Order, accepts the request.
This Act provides the statutory authority for the State to accept concurrent jurisdiction over crimes or delinquent acts involving juveniles on military installations located in the State.
According to this Act, if the Governor accepts a request for concurrent criminal juvenile legislative jurisdiction from a United States official, a State agency or local government agency may enter into a memorandum of understanding with any federal agency for coordination and designation of responsibility related to the concurrent criminal juvenile legislative jurisdiction.
This Substitute bill adds “delinquent acts” to those juvenile matters the Family Court has jurisdiction to adjudicate within a military installation. It also clarifies that offenses within a military installation that are adjudicated in Family Court must have been committed while the child was under the age of 18.
This Substitute bill also provides concurrent jurisdiction for those criminal offenses involving a child in which the child has been determined to be amenable to prosecution as an adult in Superior Court.
This Substitute bill also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONCURRENT JURISDICTION OF JUVENILES WHO COMMIT CRIMES ON UNITED STATES MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. |
| HB 405 | Signed | Heffernan | This Act removes the requirement that a juvenile can only be referred to the the Juvenile Offender Civil Citation Program a second or subsequent time if the juvenile’s prior referral was for a different offense than the second referral, allowing a juvenile to be referred for the same offense if the juvenile is otherwise qualified.
This Act also makes technical changes to comply with the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JUVENILE OFFENDER CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM. |
| SS 2 for SB 150 w/ SA 1 | Signed | Mantzavinos | This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 150. Like Senate Bill No. 150, this Act requires included facilities have sufficient staff to meet the needs of each resident and requires dementia care services training for staff. This Act differs from Senate Bill No. 150 in the following ways: (1) it removes the definition of activity services; (2) it defines direct care, secured memory care unit, and memory care services; (3) it requires that assisted living facilities providing dementia care services to residents in a secured memory care unit create a staffing plan that ensures the facility has sufficient staff to meet the scheduled, reasonably foreseeable unscheduled, and evolving needs of residents and; (4) it charges the Department of Health and Social Services with reviewing the staffing plan during each annual inspection and during any other inspection in which the Department deems it relevant; (5) it revises initial dementia care services training requirement by limiting the requirement to individuals that provide care in a secured memory care unit of an assisted living facility, creating separate training requirements, both in terms of duration and content, for individuals that provide direct care and non-direct care to residents receiving dementia care services in secured memory care units of assisted living facilities; (6) it revises the annual dementia care services training requirement to mirror initial dementia services training requirements; (7) it establishes dementia care services training requirements for individuals employed by temporary staffing agencies; (8) it gives the Department of Health and Social Services the discretion to accept other required dementia care services training to satisfy the dementia care services training requirements; (9) it details the transferability of training between facilities and temporary staffing agencies; and (10) it narrows the scope from all long-term care facilities to only assisted living facilities. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEMENTIA CARE SERVICES IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. |
| SS 1 for SB 151 | Signed | Mantzavinos | This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 151. Like Senate Bill No. 151, this Act requires included facilities to disclose information related dementia care services in the form determined by the Department of Health and Social Services, and it establishes requirements for the dissemination of that information. Like Senate Bill No. 151, any violation of this Act is an unlawful practice under § 2513 of Title 6 and a violation of subchapter II of Chapter 25 of Title 6 of the Delaware Code. This Act differs from Senate Bill No. 151 in the following ways: (1) it narrows the scope of the disclosure requirements to apply only to assisted living facilities that advertises, markets, or otherwise represents that the facility provides dementia care services; (2) it revises the definition of dementia care services, and defines direct care, memory care services, and secured memory care unit; (3) it replaces the term agent with the term authorized representative; (4) it revises the list of information that must be included in the disclosure form; (5) it clarifies the Department’s and the facility’s role in preparing and completing the disclosure; (6) it removes the requirement that an included facility must publish the disclosure on the facility’s website; and (7) it grants the Department of Health and Social Services the authority to investigate potential violations and refer cases to the Department of Justice. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MANDATORY DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES OFFERING DEMENTIA CARE SERVICES. |
| HS 2 for HB 300 | Signed | K. Johnson | This Substitute Bill requires the Department of Health and Social Services to maintain a public registry of assisted living facilities that are accredited and/or certified to provide memory care services by an approved independent accrediting organization.
This Act also authorizes DHSS to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out these provisions, and it defines memory care services and secured memory care unit. Violations of this Act are subject to enforcement actions under Chapter 11 of Title 16 and are a basis for the nonrenewal of a facility’s license.
This bill also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
| AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. |
| HB 437 | Signed | Chukwuocha | This bill modifies the Delaware Commission of Veterans’ Affairs employee requirements to make the Executive Director an exempt position, and to allow the hiring of non-veteran employees when needed. This will positively impact veteran families by reducing the wait for interment in state veterans’ cemeteries. These changes also make technical corrections and clarify the commission’s authority to accredit claims representatives to support veterans in accessing their earned benefits. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE COMMISSION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS. |
