Daily Report for 3/18/2026

Governor's Actions

No legislation is Signed by Governor Today

New Legislation Introduced

BillCurrent StatusSponsorSynopsisTitle
SCR 149PassedPooreThis 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 150PassedPooreThis 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 151PassedPooreThis 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 261CommitteePooreThis 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 314PWBYearickThis 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. 
HA 1 to HB 17PassedHarrisThis amendment adds an effective date of July 1, 2026.  

Legislation Passed By Senate

BillCurrent StatusSponsorSynopsisTitle
SS 1 for SB 116 w/ SA 1 + HA 1, HA 2SignedLockmanThis Act allows tenants who are being evicted for failure to pay rent to remain in their homes if they pay all amounts owed prior to being evicted. It also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Drafting Manual. This Substitute differs from the original Act by incorporating the changes from Senate Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill No. 116 which includes the following changes: - Increased the time from 12 to 24 months for the lookback period for restricting the number of times the right of redemption is available to a tenant. - Puts a requirement to proactively file with the court a request for a stay of the writ if payment is made after the writ of possession has been posted. - Makes clear that payment after posting of the writ only stays the writ until the payment has cleared and dismissal is not required until such time. This Substitute also adds the following changes based on further input from stakeholders: - Makes it clear that this Act only applies to evictions based on failure to pay rent. - Clarifies that any rent that is due under the terms of the lease must also be paid, in addition to any demanded past due and per diem rent, for redemption to apply. - Adds language that the landlord may restrict any payments to methods accepted under the terms of the lease, and the landlord may further restrict any payments made after judgment is entered to certified checks or money orders. AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.
HB 231SignedKamela SmithThis Act updates Delaware’s Uniform Health Data laws. This Act corrects the form number of UB-82 to UB-04. This Act provides that emergency department data is included in the data that the Hospital Discharge Technical Advisory Committee studies. Finally, this Act makes technical corrections to conform to the requirements of the Legislative Drafting Manual. AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNIFORM HEALTH DATA.
SA 1 to SS 1 for SB 116PassedLockmanThis Amendment adds language to clarify that the allowed payment restrictions are consistent throughout the Act and also changes the requirements regarding accepting certain payments from any entity to only charitable organizations or government entities. It also makes clear that a judgment vacated under this Act still counts as a judgment for purposes of calculating whether a tenant as had 3 judgments in the previous 24 months to make the tenant ineligible to use the Right of Redemption. It also makes a technical correction on line 31.  

Legislation Passed By House of Representatives

No Legislation Passed By House

Senate Committee Assignments

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Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology
Finance
Health & Social Services

House Committee Assignments

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Health & Human Development
Judiciary
Natural Resources & Energy

Senate Committee Report

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Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology
Corrections & Public Safety
Education
Executive
Health & Social Services
Housing & Land Use
Labor

House Committee Report

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Administration
Education
Health & Human Development
Revenue & Finance

Senate Defeated Legislation

No Senate Defeated Legislation

House Defeated Legislation

No House Defeated Legislation

Nominations Enacted upon by the Senate

NomineeStatusCommission/BoardReappointment
Bautista, Segundo "Sam"ConfirmedMember, Water Infrastructure Advisory CouncilNew
DelFattore, JoanConfirmedMember, State Public Integrity CommissionNew
Smith, Deirdre S.ConfirmedMember, Water Infrastructure Advisory CouncilNew