| SCR 159 | Passed Senate | Richardson | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes Christian Holy Week and Passover in the State of Delaware.
| RECOGNIZING CHRISTIAN HOLY WEEK AND PASSOVER IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. |
| SCR 160 | Passed Senate | Brown | This Senate Concurrent Resolution proclaims April 2026 as "Second Chance Month" in the State of Delaware. | PROCLAIMING APRIL 2026 AS "SECOND CHANCE MONTH" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. |
| SR 18 | Passed | Brown | This Concurrent Resolution recognizes March 26, 2026, as Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day in the State of Delaware. | RECOGNIZING MARCH 26, 2026, AS TUSKEGEE AIRMEN COMMEMORATION DAY IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. |
| HB 329 | Committee | Collins | This Act's purpose is to create checks and balances between the Executive and legislative Branches of State government relating to Emergency Orders.
This Act recognizes the authority of the Governor to act in the event of an emergency by allowing the Governor to declare an emergency for 120 days and to renew that order for up to 60 more days, for a total of 180 days.
Thereafter, to extend or renew the emergency order beyond the 180 days, such order will require the approval of the General Assembly.
The Governor may terminate any emergency order or renewal order at any time.
| AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 20 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND EMERGENCY REGULATIONS. |
| HB 330 | Committee | Michael Smith | This act creates an educator and education staff bill of rights relating to their educational work in the course of their employment. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AN EDUCATOR AND EDUCATION STAFF BILL OF RIGHTS. |
| HB 331 | Committee | Michael Smith | Delaware educators identify school safety as a significant issue affecting whether they stay in the profession. This Act demonstrates the General Assembly's commitment to supporting our educators by elevating a recklessly or intentionally caused physical injury to an educator to an assault in the second degree. Under this Act, an "educator" includes an employee, contractor, or subcontractor of a public or private elementary school or secondary school. The injury must occur while on school property or at a school-sponsored event in order for this Act to apply.
This Act may be cited as "The We've Got Your Back Act". | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ASSAULT AND STANDING UP FOR EDUCATORS. |
| SB 267 | Committee | Brown | With only minor modifications consistent with Delaware law and practice, this Act adopts the Uniform Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Act (the “Uniform Act”), authored by the Uniform Law Commission. The Uniform Law Commission “provides states with non-partisan, well-conceived and well-drafted legislation that brings clarity and stability to critical areas of state statutory law.” The Uniform Act was approved by the Uniform Law Commission in October 2025 and, as of March 2026, has been enacted in Nebraska and Utah and introduced in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, and Oklahoma.
Because this Act adopts the Uniform Act with only minor modifications, the “Comments” to the Uniform Act may be deemed to be persuasive authority in interpreting this Act; provided, however, that the second and third sentences of the Comment to Section 2 of the Uniform Act shall instead be deemed to read as follows: “If an asset is not assignable by its terms or under other law, that asset is not part of the assignment estate unless either any required consent is obtained or other law overrides the anti-assignment provision. This Uniform Act does not preclude the assignee from negotiating with any person whose consent is required for an assignment to obtain its consent for the assignment of an asset.”
This Act provides for the use of an assignment for benefit of creditors (an “ABC”), which is an efficient and flexible state law mechanism to wind up a distressed business.
Although the use of an ABC to liquidate the assets of a failing business is rooted in the common law, the various states have significant differences in their statutes or common law of ABCs and Delaware’s statute has few details, was enacted many decades ago, and has not subsequently been revised. This inconsistency and lack of detail leads to significant variance throughout the country in the utility of ABCs and the frequency with which ABCs are used. This Act addresses this gap in the law by cementing the common law in statute and providing updates that modernize the law and provide clarity to assignors, assignees, and creditors alike.
In an ABC, a financially distressed business, called an “assignor,” transfers control of all of its assets to an “assignee,” who acts as a fiduciary for the business’s creditors. The assignee liquidates the business’s assets and distributes the proceeds to the business’s creditors. These proceeds go towards payment of the creditors’ claims against the assignor.
This Act creates a state law alternative to other procedures available to the assignor for winding up its business and provides benefits that are not available through a federal bankruptcy case or a state or federal law receivership. In many cases, an ABC will be more flexible, quicker, and less costly than the other alternatives. An ABC may be an improvement on these alternatives in certain situations in significant ways: (1) it is debtor-initiated; (2) it provides assurances to creditors by imposing fiduciary duties upon the assignee; (3) it aims to maximize the value of the business’s assets for the benefit of all creditors; and (4) it encourages cooperation between the distressed business and the creditors by aligning these parties’ goals.
This Act’s roadmap for ABCs clearly establishes:
(1) The persons eligible to be assignors and the qualifications for assignees;
(2) The relationship between an ABC under this Act and existing federal and state statutes, including the Bankruptcy Code;
(3) The contents of the assignment agreement;
(4) The effect of an ABC on the assignor’s property interests and the procedure for conveying those assets to the assignee;
(5) Procedures for notifying creditors of the ABC and the implications of the opt-out decision;
(6) Duties and powers of the assignor and assignee, including limitations on liability;
(7) A process for allowing and disputing claims;
(8) A waterfall for the distribution of proceeds to secured and unsecured creditors and payment of expenses incurred by the assignee;
(9) Procedures for winding up the assignment estate;
(10) The extent of recognition of out-of-state transactions and appointment of an ancillary assignee for administration of out-of-state assets; and
(11) That a conveyance by an assignor or assignee for the benefit of the assignor’s creditors under this Act is not subject to this State’s realty transfer tax.
This Act is intended to replace Delaware’s current ABC law, resulting in the repeal of the current law under Sections 2 through 8 of this Act and provision, under Section 9 of this Act, for the continued application of the current law for existing ABCs made before the effective date of this Act.
| AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 AND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM ASSIGNMENT FOR BENEFIT OF CREDITORS ACT. |
| HA 1 to SS 1 for SB 3 | PWB | Bush | This Amendment removes permanent absentee status from this Act. | |
| HB 333 | Committee | Morrison | This Act changes the probate dollar limit for administering a small estate without requiring Letters of Administration or Letters of Testamentary from $30,000 to $50,000. This Act also makes changes to conform with the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION OF DECEDENT'S PROPERTY WITHOUT GRANT OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION. |
| HS 2 for HB 246 | Committee | Shupe | This Act removes the 10% increase in school property tax revenue and replaces it with a school district that can demonstrate that it will suffer a loss of projected revenue resulting from the general reassessment being allowed to increase its rate of taxation up to 2% per year for 5 years or until the district's projected revenue loss per year has been fully realized, whichever comes first.
| AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIMITATION ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS' TAX RATE AFTER GENERAL REASSESSMENT. |
| SB 268 | Committee | Brown | This Act provides the following support for federal workers during a government shutdown:
(1) In Section 1 of this Act, interest free loans to provide financial assistance.
(2) In Section 2 of this Act, free transportation on public transit.
(3) In Sections 3 through 6 of this Act, deferral of certain State, county, and school tax filings, payments, and collections. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 2, TITLE 9, TITLE 19, AND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SUPPORT FOR FEDERAL WORKERS AFFECTED BY A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. |
