| HB 376 | Committee | Gray | This Act reincorporates the Charter of the Town of Millville. The Act adds a preamble and reorganizes and groups various sections of the Charter into articles. Also, the Act removes sections related to a Town-only assessment process, given the Town’s use of the Sussex County assessments. Additionally, the Act adds a property tax cap of 3% of the total assessed value in the Town. The municipal election process is amended to include an ultimate tie-breaking mechanism. | AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MILLVILLE. |
| HB 377 | Committee | Gray | This Act changes the date by which a person who wishes to be nominated for Town Council in the Town of Ocean View must file their Certification of Intent and $50 filing fee with the Board of Elections from at least 30 days prior to the election to at least 45 days prior to the election. | AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF OCEAN VIEW RELATING TO THE FILING DEADLINE FOR TOWN COUNCIL CANDIDATES. |
| HA 1 to HB 400 | Stricken | Harris | This amendment clarifies that the Secretary’s discretion to set fees is bounded by the maximum amounts set forth in the statute. | |
| HA 1 to HB 349 | PWB | Carson | This Amendment to House Bill No. 349 clarifies that this Act is not retroactive; the change in the Veterans' school tax credit eligibility criteria goes into effect on January 1, 2027, not January 1, 2025. | |
| SCR 176 | Passed | Poore | This concurrent resolution recognizes April 25th, 2026, as "Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Day" in Delaware and encourages all Delawareans, particularly those living with diabetes, to prioritize regular comprehensive eye examinations and screening for diabetic eye disease as an essential part of their health care. | RECOGNIZING APRIL 25TH, 2026, AS "DIABETIC RETINOPATHY SCREENING DAY" IN DELAWARE. |
| HA 1 to HB 306 | Passed | Romer | This Amendment to House Bill No. 306 provides a safe harbor, which provides that a person is not in violation of the Act if, at the beginning of each interactive session, the person states, in a clear and conspicuous manner, “You are interacting with a computer, not a human.” | |
| SS 1 for SB 282 | Committee | Hoffner | This Act amends the Delaware Wrongful Conviction Compensation and Services Act (DWCCSA) in several ways. First, in order to make a prima facie showing of entitlement to compensation, under the Act, a petitioner must show that the petitioner did not commit a felony arising from the same transaction as the crime for which the petitioner was originally convicted.
Second, the Act modifies what attorneys' fees may be recovered for an action to overturn, reverse, or vacate a conviction and an action under the DWCCSA. Under the Act, a petitioner who prevails on a cause of action against the state for wrongful conviction shall be awarded reasonable attorneys' fees, based on hours reasonably expended at the prevailing market rate for similar legal services in the state at the time of an award for damages for wrongful conviction, regardless of when the legal services were actually provided. Attorneys' fees of $300,000 or less will be paid to the petitioner's attorneys in a lump sum; attorneys' fees in excess of $300,000 will be paid in annual installments of not more than $300,000, until the award is satisfied.
Third, under the Act, the Office of Management and Budget takes over tasks and responsibilities that currently belong to the State Treasurer, including the annual adjustment in the amount of damages available under § 7005(a) of Title 10, management of the Wrongful Conviction Compensation Fund will exist with the legal services appropriation within the Office of Management and Budget, and the obligation to report quarterly to the Joint Finance Committee and the Controller General.
The Act takes effect upon its enactment into law.
This Act is a substitute for and differs from SB 282 in that it omits a provision limiting the attorneys' fees a petitioner may recover to 15% of the damages awarded under § 7005(a) of Title 10. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WRONGFUL CONVICTION COMPENSATION AND SERVICES. |
