| SCR 149 | Passed | Poore | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes March 2026 as “Kidney Month” in Delaware and highlights the importance of kidney disease awareness, prevention, early detection, and organ donation. | RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF MARCH 2026 AS “KIDNEY MONTH” IN DELAWARE. |
| SCR 150 | Passed | Poore | This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes March 2026 as “Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month” in the State of Delaware and highlights the importance of education, prevention, and early detection to reduce the impact of colorectal cancer. | RECOGNIZING MARCH 2026 AS "COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. |
| SCR 151 | Passed | Poore | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes March 18, 2026, as “National Youth Heart Screening Day” in the State of Delaware and reaffirms our commitment to preventing sudden cardiac arrest through increased awareness, expanded heart screenings, education, and access to lifesaving tools and training. | RECOGNIZING MARCH 18, 2026, AS “NATIONAL YOUTH HEART SCREENING DAY” IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. |
| SB 261 | Committee | Poore | This Act provides that firefighters, law enforcement officers, and other first responders, who are covered persons under Title 18, Chapter 66 related to line of duty death benefits will also receive posthumous promotions. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO INSURANCE AND POSTHUMOUS PROMOTIONS. |
| HA 1 to HB 314 | PWB | Yearick | This Amendment requires the following:
(1) The Superior Court to provide notice of an individual's conviction of the crime of student athlete harassment to the Director of the State Lottery Office ("Director").
(2) The Director to exclude a person from participating in the play of any table game, sports lottery game, video lottery game, or Internet lottery game in Delaware if the Director receives information that the person is convicted of student athlete harassment or is the subject of a report of student athlete harassment. | |
| SB 262 | Committee | Hoffner | Kratom is an herb derived from a leafy Southeast Asia tree, known formally as Mitragyna speciosa. Kratom contains two psychoactive compounds, mitragynine and 7-hydroximitragynine. Both compounds can bind to opioid receptors in the brain and produce a pharmacological response similar to the effects of other opioids, such as morphine, and can lead to addiction. An estimated 11 to 15 million Americans consume Kratom regularly.
According to a 2025 study by the Legislative Analysis and Public Policy Association, 24 states and the District of Columbia regulate kratom or its components in some manner. In six states (Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin) and the District of Columbia, kratom’s psychoactive components are considered controlled substances. In 18 states, the possession, sale, manufacture, etc. of kratom products is regulated.
A Center for Disease Control analysis found that kratom was implicated in 846 fatal overdose cases across 30 states and the District of Columbia in 2022. Other reports suggest over 2,000 fatal overdoses have been linked to kratom since 2021.
This Act amends Delaware’s Uniform Controlled Substances Act. The Act defines “Kratom” and “Kratom Products”. The Act makes it unlawful to manufacture, distribute, sell, offer to sell, or possess with intent to sell a Kratom Product. The Act creates a new § 4761C, which makes manufacturing, processing, packaging, labeling, selling, delivering, distributing, offering, or sale, or possession with intent to sell, deliver, or distribute Kratom Products unlawful and is subject to the penalties imposed by Title 16, Chapter 47, for Schedule I controlled substances, and is a Class C felony.
This Act makes the knowing and intentional possession of a personal use quantity of a Kratom Product a Class B misdemeanor, which exposes the person to fines, but not incarceration. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT. |
| HA 1 to HB 17 | PWB | Harris | This amendment adds an effective date of July 1, 2026. | |
| HB 324 | Committee | Neal | This Act requires tattoo parlors to post signs raising awareness about human trafficking. This Act also requires the Department of Health and Social Services to encourage tattoo parlors and body piercing establishments to have individuals working for them complete training on recognizing, responding, and reporting signs of human trafficking, as well as referring clients to resources for victims of human trafficking. The Department must provide or make available to tattoo parlors and body piercing establishments a list of nonprofit organizations that provide this training, which must be available at no cost to any person who works at a tattoo parlor or body piercing establishment. This Act takes effect 1 year after its enactment into law. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TATTOO PARLORS, BODY PIERCING ESTABLISHMENTS, AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. |
| HB 326 | Committee | Morrison | This Act increases the penalty when an individual commits theft by impersonating a family member of the victim. A person convicted of a violation of this section shall be imprisoned for not less than 60 days. The minimum sentence under this section may not be suspended. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THEFT BY IMPERSONATION OF A FAMILY MEMBER. |
