| HB 278 | Committee | Spiegelman | This Act makes multiple changes to Title 7 of the Delaware Code. First it increases recreational hunting opportunities and clarifies that Sunday hunting is permitted for all game animals and game birds that the Department has established hunting seasons for, while allowing private landowners and public agencies discretion when and where Sunday hunting is permitted without being overly burdensome. This Act amends and simplifies the caliber of handgun ammunition permitted for deer hunting as well as updates the use of other hunting implements consistent with new and improved technology. This Act removes European and snowshoe hares as game animals and includes skunks and weasels as such. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REGULATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS CONCERNING GAME AND FISH. |
| HB 279 | Committee | Collins | This bill promotes marine equipment owner choice and competition for repair and maintenance services by requiring manufacturers of marine equipment to make available to owners and independent repair providers, on fair and reasonable terms, the same documentation, parts, and tools used to diagnose, maintain, and repair such equipment created by the manufacturer for the purposes of repair. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 23 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE MARINE EQUIPMENT RIGHT TO REPAIR ACT. |
| HB 281 | Committee | Michael Smith | This bill creates the crime of child abuse by a person in a position of trust, authority, or supervision.
This crime may be a class A, B, C, E, or F felony depending on the degree of injury to the victim and whether the defendant acted intentionally, recklessly, or knowingly. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE BY A PERSON IN A POSITION OF TRUST, AUTHORITY, OR SUPERVISION. |
| HB 282 | Committee | Hilovsky | This act cuts Fiscal Year 2026 state spending by 1% to alleviate any budgetary shortfall and avoid unnecessary tax law changes that damage the state's long-term finances. | AN ACT TO DECREASE STATE SPENDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. |
| HB 283 | Committee | Hensley | This Act provides updates to Title 30 relating to the Realty Transfer Tax. First it clarifies that the exception for spouses is not solely limited between a husband and wife and instead applies to spouses in general. It also adds an exception for conveyances between grandparents and their grandchildren or the spouse of such a grandchild. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REALTY TRANSFER TAX. |
| HB 290 | Committee | Ortega | This Act designates "Puerto Rico Day" as a ceremonial day to be commemorated annually on June 11 in Delaware. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 1 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUERTO RICO DAY. |
| HA 2 to HB 151 | PWB | Gorman | This Amendment exempts facilities that house a program to provide services in a nonsecure residential setting for juveniles under the jurisdiction of Family Court from the definition of a private detention facility. It also provides a definition of “nonsecure residential setting”.
The exemption for nonsecure residential settings for juveniles sunsets on February 1, 2028.
This Amendment also makes technical corrections. | |
| HA 1 to SS 1 for SB 228 | Stricken | Romer | This House Amendment to Senate Substitute No. 1 to Senate Bill No. 228 clarifies that the quality control review parameters articulated in Senate Substitute No. 1 to Senate Bill No. 228 are not limitations on the power of New Castle County to otherwise make revisions and corrections to property assessments in the county and that New Castle County may conduct additional quality control review where it appears that an error or mistake in valuation may have occurred.
It clarifies that when school districts set their tax rate or rates in October 2026, the boards should set rate or rates so that overall projected revenue does not increase as a result of any corrections made as part of the quality control review described in this bill, or any other corrections to assessed value.
The amendment also adds a whereas clause that references the existing “fair market value” standard for valuation contained in the Delaware Code. | |
