| SCR 18 | Committee | | This resolution establishes the Delaware Nuclear Energy Feasibility Task Force to examine the feasibility, economic impact, regulatory considerations, energy reliability, and environmental implications of deploying Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in Delaware. | CREATING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY NUCLEAR ENERGY IN DELAWARE. |
| SCR 33 | Passed Senate | | This Concurrent Resolution designates March 26, 2025, as "Epilepsy Awareness Day" in Delaware and calls upon State agencies and the people of Delaware to undertake suitable efforts to increase epilepsy awareness. | DESIGNATING MARCH 26, 2025, AS “EPILEPSY AWARENESS DAY" IN DELAWARE. |
| HB 91 | Committee | | This Act makes a student who is ineligible for a free or reduced-price breakfast and lunch under federal law due to household income eligible for a free school breakfast and lunch if that student’s household income is at or below 225% of the federal poverty level.
Under federal law, a student is eligible for a free school breakfast and lunch if that student’s household income is at or below 130% of the federal poverty level. HS 2 for HB 125, from the 152nd General Assembly, further expanded student eligibility for a free school meal for Delaware students whose household incomes are between 130% and 185% of the federal poverty level. This Act further expands eligibility for free school meals if that student’s household income is at or below 225% of the federal poverty level.
The Department of Education shall reimburse a public school providing a free school breakfast and lunch under this Act. Reimbursements will be equal to the difference between the federal paid reimbursement rate and the federal free reimbursement rate.
This Act does not apply to schools participating in the federal Community Eligibility Provision, Provision 1, Provision 2, or Provision 3 special assistance certification and reimbursement alternatives.
This Act takes effect immediately and is to be implemented beginning July 1, 2026. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS. |
| HB 92 | Committee | | This bill repeals the Delaware Advanced Clean Air Program and adopts the Delaware Low Emissions Program thereby terminating the Electric Vehicle Mandate. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BY REPEALING THE DELAWARE ADVANCED CLEAN CAR PROGRAM UNDER REGULATION 1140 OF TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND ADOPTING THE DELAWARE LOW EMISSION VEHICLE PROGRAM. |
| HA 1 to HB 67 | Stricken | | This amendment to House Bill No. 67 provides that the chapter created therein does not apply to the towing of motor vehicles by a municipality authorized to tow a vehicle under a municipal ordinance, code, or regulation. | |
| SA 1 to SJR 3 | Stricken | | This amendment deletes the provision in Senate Joint Resolution No. 3 that allows Public Service Commission-regulated utilities to recover all reasonable costs associated with the design, deployment, and operation of the pilot projects involving battery storage systems, including administrative and Information Technology and Operational Technology systems expenses, less any funding received from the DESEU. | |
| SB 10 | Committee | | This Act is named in honor of Richard “Mouse” Smith, a Delaware civil rights leader, who spent decades advocating on issues addressed by this Act.
Currently, the Department of Correction (“Department”) biennially reviews individuals sentenced to more than 1 year of incarceration to determine if there is good cause to recommend a sentence modification to the Board of Parole for an individual who is not a substantial risk to the community or the individual’s self. Good cause includes the individual’s rehabilitation, serious medical illness or infirmity, and prison overcrowding. While any individual is eligible for consideration due to a serious medical illness or infirmity, only those who have served at least ½ of their sentence for a violent felony or ½ of their sentence with a statutorily mandated term of incarceration are eligible for consideration for rehabilitation, prison overcrowding, or another reason. If the Department recommends an individual for sentence modification, the Board of Parole considers the application and, if the Board approves, the sentencing court then makes a final determination on the sentence modification.
This Act revises the process for sentence modification in 3 ways. First, this Act removes the Board of Parole from the sentence modification process and provides that applications for sentence modification are made directly to the sentencing court.
Second, this Act provides that an individual who is incarcerated for more than 1 year may seek a sentence modification in 3 circumstances:
(1) The application for a sentence modification is based solely on the person’s serious medical illness or infirmity.
(2) The person is 60 years of age or older, has served at least 15 years of the originally imposed Level V sentence, and the application for sentence modification is based solely on the person’s rehabilitation.
(3) The person has served at least 25 years of the originally imposed Level V sentence and the application for sentence modification is based solely on the person’s rehabilitation.
Third, this Act provides that an individual who is incarcerated for more than 1 year and whose sentence is reviewed by the Department, but who the Department does not recommend for sentence modification, may apply to the court for a sentence modification.
This Act also makes clear that the Department and sentencing court must consider if a sentence modification resulting in the release of an individual who is incarcerated would constitute a substantial risk to a victim of, or witness to, an offense that is the subject of the sentence modification and that the sentencing court must provide an opportunity for the victim to be heard.
This Act takes effect 180 days after the Act’s enactment into law. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MODIFICATION OF SENTENCES OF INCARCERATION. |
