| SCR 186 | Passed Senate | Hocker | This Senate Concurrent Resolution proclaims May 2026 "Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month" in the State of Delaware. | PROCLAIMING MAY 2026 AS "CYSTIC FIBROSIS AWARENESS MONTH" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. |
| HA 1 to HB 317 | PWB | Shupe | This amendment requires the Division of Motor Vehicles to additionally review a specific group of Automatic Voter Registrations that have a non-federally compliant driver's license or identification card; and received a driver's license prior to REAL ID taking effect on June 1, 2010; and obtained a driver's license or identification card after Automatic Voter Registration took effect on June 21, 2023. | |
| HB 419 | Committee | Griffith | This Act provides that a child is automatically eligible for Purchase of Care upon placement in foster care. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE. |
| HB 420 | Committee | Wilson-Anton | This Act permits massage and bodywork therapists to obtain pre-licensing education in a hybrid format, as permitted by the Board of Massage and Bodywork’s rules and regulations. Rules and regulations will specify which subjects may be obtained through hybrid education to ensure proper training in the interests of public protection. This change is consistent with initiatives in other states, which have adopted more flexible learning models. This Act also strikes language pertaining to certified massage technicians because the Board no longer issues this type of license. Currently, licensed certified massage technicians may continue their licensure status with timely license renewal. Finally, revisions have been made to specify that licensees are massage and bodywork therapists, not massage or bodywork therapists, as indicated in the statute. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MASSAGE AND BODY WORK. |
| SB 317 | Committee | Lawson | This Act designates the month of May as "Veterans Month" in the State of Delaware. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 1 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VETERANS MONTH. |
| SA 1 to SJR 14 | PWB | Cruce | This Amendment removes the requirement that the report includes a recommended hourly, weekly, and bi-weekly rate. | |
| SA 1 to HB 131 | PWB | Pinkney | This Amendment does all of the following:
(1) Permits a retail pet store that has maintained a retail dog outlet license for at least 1 year before the effective date of this Act to continue to sell, lease, offer to sell, offer to lease, barter, auction, transfer ownership of, or dispose of any dogs if the retail pet store complies with certain requirements, including to provide the Office of Animal Welfare with a list of all the breeders and brokers the retail pet store obtained a dog from in the previous 6 months.
(2) Provides clarification regarding the civil penalties that are to be imposed for a violation of this Act.
(3) Authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services to suspend or revoke the authority for a retail pet store permitted to continue operating under § 4002A(c) of Title 6, as provided in this Act, to continue operating under § 4002A(c) of Title 6.
(4) Makes conforming changes to existing law.
(5) Makes technical corrections to ensure consistent use of terms in this Act. | |
| SB 318 | Committee | Cruce | This Act discontinues the Delaware State Education Association centennial limited edition special license plate and replaces it with an updated special license plate of the Delaware State Education Association. A special license plate supports a cause and is available for purchase by the public at large, including by members the beneficiary organization. The numbers, letters, or both, assigned will be the same as the license plate assigned to the owner’s vehicle at the time of the application for the plate. This Act does not affect the validity of Delaware State Education Association centennial limited edition special license plates issued previously under § 2140G of Title 21; Delaware State Education Association centennial special license plates that are otherwise valid remain valid.
This Act requires a greater-than-majority vote for passage because Article VIII, § 11 of the Delaware Constitution requires the affirmative vote of 3/5 of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly when a new tax or license fee is imposed. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES. |
| SB 319 | Committee | Poore | This Act requires individual health insurance plans, group and blanket health insurance plans, the state employee health plan, and state Medicaid insurance to cover medically necessary diagnostic services and treatment for menopause, perimenopause, and symptoms of menopause or perimenopause, including all of the following:
1. Consultation and diagnostic testing.
2. Hormonal therapies, including hormone replacement therapy and bioidentical hormone treatments, that are approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
3. Non-hormonal treatments, including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, neurokinin B antagonists, and other medications to manage menopause symptoms.
4. All drugs, devices, and combination products approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of menopause and perimenopause symptoms.
5. Therapy to treat menopause induced by a hysterectomy.
6. Behavioral health care services.
7. Pelvic floor physical therapy.
8. Bone health treatments due to hormonal changes related to menopause and perimenopause, including screenings and medications.
9. Preventative services for early detection and treatment of health conditions related to menopause and perimenopause, including osteoporosis and cancer.
10. Counseling and education regarding menopause management.
Additionally, an insurer or carrier must provide clear and accessible information about covered menopause and perimenopause diagnostic services and treatment to each covered individual or Medicaid recipient. Menopause and perimenopause diagnostic and treatment benefits or assistance must be provided to the same extent as benefits or assistance for other medical conditions, but coverage for medically necessary hormone replacement therapy provided under this Act may not be any of the following, except as otherwise provided by federal Medicaid law:
1. Denied or limited, if the use of the hormone replacement therapy is supported by national clinical guidelines, national standards of care, or peer-reviewed medical literature for the treatment of menopause, perimenopause, or menopause and perimenopause symptoms.
2. Subject to prior authorization or step therapy requirements.
The Act provides a religious exemtion for group and blanket health policies. If the coverage requirement conflicts with a religious employer’s bona fide religious beliefs or practices, the religious employer may request a coverage exclusion for the coverage required under Section 2 of this Act and an insurer shall grant the exclusion. A religious employer who is granted an exclusion must give its employees reasonable and timely notice of the exclusion.
This Act applies to all policies, contracts, or certificates that are issued, renewed, modified, altered, amended, or reissued after December 31, 2027. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18, TITLE 29, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COVERAGE FOR DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES AND TREATMENT FOR MENOPAUSE, PERIMENOPAUSE, AND MENOPAUSE AND PERIMENOPAUSE SYMPTOMS. |
| SS 1 for SB 289 | Out of Committee | Townsend | This Substitute differs from Senate Bill No. 289 by retaining the State Treasurer as a member of the State Employee Benefits Committee (Committee) and making the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources a nonvoting member.
Like SB 289, this Act allows the appointed members of the Committee to select designees to attend Committee and subcommittee meetings, as is currently allowed for Committee members serving by virtue of position. This change does not apply to meetings of the Retiree Healthcare Benefits Advisory Subcommittee. The authority that appointed the member must approve the appointed member’s proposed designee and the appointed member must provide that written approval to the Committee chair or subcommittee chair, as applicable.
In addition, this Act makes the Controller General a voting member of the Committee. This Act also adds the Chair of the Delaware Health Care Commission to the Committee and designates that individual as the Chair of the Committee. Further, this Act makes the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, who currently chairs the Committee, a regular voting member.
This Act clarifies that proposal review committees are subcommittees and clarifies that the membership or attendance of a quorum of Committee members on or at a subcommittee meeting does not constitute a meeting of the Committee.
The Act requires that official action by a subcommittee requires a roll call vote. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS COMMITTEE. |
