| HB 9 w/ HA 1 | Signed | K. Williams | Section 4 of this Act requires a paid elected official or paid appointed official of this State or any political subdivision of this State (“official”) who is also employed by a state agency or a political subdivision of this State to disclose the dual employment to the Public Integrity Commission (“Commission”). This disclosure will assist the Commission and the State Auditor in evaluating if the official is receiving dual public compensation for coincident hours of work and requires the Commission to report to the official’s employer of any finding of dual compensation.
Sections 1 through 3 of this Act make technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual, including by creating definitions to ensure consistent usage of terms and by redrafting existing law to use active voice to ensure clarity of duties and obligations of officials and state agencies or political subdivisions of this State that employ officials.
Section 5 of this Act makes clear that an individual serving as an official on the effective date of this Act must disclose any dual employment within 15 days after the enactment of this Act.
Section 6 of this Act provides that this Act takes effect 1 year after the Act’s enactment into law. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO GOVERNMENTAL COMPENSATION POLICY. |
| SB 48 w/ SA 1 + HA 2 | Passed | Sturgeon | This Act adds intentional interference with the operation of a school bus to the offense of disorderly conduct. Intentional interference with a school bus may include boarding a school bus and refusing to exit after being lawfully ordered to do so by the school bus driver; wrongfully restricting the movement of a school bus; or threatening the school bus driver, a student, or any passenger entering, leaving, or waiting for a school bus. A student or passenger otherwise authorized to be on the school bus in the ordinary course of business may not be guilty of disorderly conduct for intentional interference with the operation of a school bus.
This Act requires a greater than majority vote for passage because § 28 of Article IV of the Delaware Constitution requires the affirmative vote of 2/3 of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly to expand the scope of an existing crime within the jurisdiction of an inferior court. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISORDERLY CONDUCT. |
| HB 38 w/ HA 1 + SA 1 | Signed | K. Williams | This Act requires an institution of higher education that receives funding from this State to keep and provide records for an elected or appointed official who is employed by the institution of higher education. The University of Delaware and Delaware State University are to comply with this Act for employees who are paid in whole or in part with State funds.
If the State Auditor finds that an institution of higher education is knowingly in violation of this Act, the State Auditor may impose an administrative penalty on the institution of higher education and shall report the violation and amount of administrative penalty imposed to the Public Integrity Commission, Department of Justice, and the Office of the Controller General. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REQUIRING INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO KEEP AND PROVIDE RECORDS AS PART OF THE GOVERNMENTAL COMPENSATION POLICY SUBCHAPTER. |
| SA 1 to HB 38 | Passed | Paradee | This Amendment provides that House Bill No. 38 takes effect 1 year after its enactment into law. | |
| SA 1 to SB 48 | Passed | Sturgeon | This Senate Amendment adds bus attendants as follows:
(1) Identifies that bus attendants may be giving the order to exit the school bus and therefore adds that a person may be guilty of disorderly conduct if they refuse to comply with the lawful order made by the bus attendant.
(2) Adds that a person may be guilty of disorderly conduct if they threaten a bus attendant.
This Amendment specifies that it is not a “threat” for purposes of paragraph § 1301(a)(3)b.3. if a person makes a statement that they plan to hire an attorney, seek a legal remedy, or inform others about concerns.
This Amendment also gives additional protections for the parents of students with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or a Section 504 plan to address a health or safety concern. | |
| HCR 50 | Passed | Gorman | This Resolution honors all mothers in Delaware who have lost a child as a result of gun violence. This Resolution also encourages public awareness of the lasting impact that gun violence has on our communities and residents in Delaware. | HONORING DELAWARE MOTHERS WHO HAVE LOST A CHILD AS A RESULT OF GUN VIOLENCE. |
| HCR 41 | Passed | K. Williams | This Concurrent Resolution commends the 2025 Delaware State Teacher of the Year, Shelby Borst, and all of the District Teachers of the Year. | COMMENDING SHELBY BORST REPRESENTING THE COLONIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR BEING SELECTED AS DELAWARE'S STATE TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR 2025 AND COMMENDING EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR. |
| HCR 46 | Passed | K. Williams | This resolution recognizes the week of May 5-9, 2025, as “Teacher Appreciation Week". | RECOGNIZING MAY 5-9, 2025, AS "TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK". |
