http://www.legis.delaware.gov/ Legislation Passed by Delaware State Senate en-us Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:34:54 -0400 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142862 Delaware Senate - Passed Senate Legislation AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEYS AND OTHER LEGAL PROFESSIONALS EMPLOYED WITH NEW CASTLE COUNTY.

This bill directly responds to New Castle County Council Resolution 26-018 by expressly authorizing New Castle County Council to establish a right of tenure for New Castle County’s Assistant County Attorneys and other professional legal staff by ordinance. Like the similar rights granted to the employees of the State of Delaware Department of Justice and the City of Wilmington’s legal staff, these rights will serve to promote recruitment and retention of high-quality legal professionals, promote continuity of legal services, and further the public’s interest in the provision of independent legal advice.]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:34:54 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142929 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment changes existing language in § 716 of Title 24 and § 2621 of Title 24 to make to make it clear that health insurance plans and contracts are prohibited from placing annual or lifetime numerical limits on chiropractic visits or physical therapy visits for the treatment of the spine and other neuromusculoskeletal structures, including extremities.]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:00:29 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142922 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment removes from the definition of “restaurant” the requirement that 60% of a restaurant's gross receipts must result from the sale of food for the restaurant to be eligible to be granted a license to sell alcoholic liquors for on-premises consumption.]]> Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:48:40 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142959 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This 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. ]]> Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:32:03 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142936 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment removes the limitation that a municipality must have a population of 30,000 or more to permit the rental of low-speed motorized scooters by ordinance or other regulation.]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:29:45 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142921 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment to SB 226 limits the scope of the Act to licensed acute care hospitals and clarifies that a patient or the patient's caregiver must notify the patient's attending physician of the patient's use of medical marijuana.]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:17:41 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142757 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment clarifies that the Council on Agriculture must include at least 1 member from the poultry or livestock producer community and that this requirement is a minimum threshold, allowing for the Council to have multiple members from the poultry and livestock producer community, if appropriate. ]]> Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:32:27 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142837 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment replaces the word "spirit" with "whiskey or whisky” to clarify that alcohol to-go under the Liquor Control Act may include 1 bottle of private label whiskey or whisky. ]]> Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:32:55 -0500 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142807 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment clarifies that the Chief Financial Officer of the Office of Finance of New Castle County is a "county authority" as that term is defined in Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 230.]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:04:12 -0500 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142782 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment does all of the following: (1) Exempts long-term acute care hospitals from the budget submission and review procedures adopted in the Hospital Budget Review Act, House Substitute No. 2 to House Bill No. 350 (152nd General Assembly). (2) Makes technical corrections to lines 52 through 54 of this Act to clarify the intent to require hospitals to report expenditures, revenues, and other financial information for the most recently completed fiscal year to the Diamond State Hospital Cost Review Board, redlined against the fiscal year immediately preceding it. This is consistent with the structure of this Act and reflects the intent of the parties who negotiated the term sheet reflected in this Act. (3) Requires the hospital’s chief executive officer to attest in writing that the hospital is not in breach of any material provision of, has not received a waiver of any penalties during the term of, and the penalties and risk provisions of the Meaningful Cost Containment Arrangement have not been modified during the term of the Meaningful Cost Containment Arrangement. (4) Requires the hospital to report to the Board any breach, receipt of a waiver of any penalty under, or negotiation of new terms of the Meaningful Cost Containment Arrangement during an applicable benchmark compliance year. (5) Makes a technical correction to line 124 of this Act to correct grammar in the existing law.]]> Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:46:19 -0500 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142774 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This amendment places a three-year sunset provision on the act. ]]> Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:55:27 -0500 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142676 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment requires the Department consider the percent of low-income students, the percent of students with IEPs, and the percent of students who are ELL when creating the reports subject to House Bill No. 29. ]]> Mon, 30 Jun 2025 23:50:52 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=141967 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment corrects punctuation errors in House Amendment No. 1 to this Act. Like House Amendment No. 1, this Amendment requires that the information about each school provided on the Department of Education's website include information about sports and other extracurricular activities. The information must include for each sport, if the school has a team for girls, a team for boys, or the team is co-ed.]]> Mon, 30 Jun 2025 23:45:38 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142659 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation Although tianeptine is added to Schedule I by House Bill No. 21, this amendment is meant to ensure that no civil or criminal penalties are imposed on an individual for possession of a small quantity of tianeptine. The purpose of House Bill No. 21 is to take tianeptine off the shelves, but not to punish an individual who buys a bottle of tianeptine from a gas station or convenience store. ]]> Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:53:40 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142674 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment revises the implementation provisions so that only the feasibility review under § 5410 of Title 25 and the provisions related to the safety of workers performing lead-based paint work under § 2612(d)(6) of Title 16 are implemented immediately upon enactment. The other provisions of this Act must be implemented 12 months after all necessary legislation and appropriations for implementation and enforcement have been enacted and final regulations have been promulgated or by March 1, 2028, whichever is earlier, unless otherwise provided by a subsequent act of the General Assembly. This Amendment also make corresponding changes to the references regarding the implementation date. In addition, this Amendment clarifies that the advocate member of the Lead-Based Paint Remediation Certification Committee must be a lead remediation advocate. ]]> Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:54:15 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142667 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment adds the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to the list of members of the task force. ]]> Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:41:54 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142600 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment makes changes to language to correctly reflect the intent of the paragraphs regarding licensure and remain consistent with current practices. It also modifies an existing definition term to provide clarity in the circumstances the term is meant to apply and makes the requisite change to that term in the relevant statutory section. The Amendment also adds a provision that allows a pharmacist licensed in another state to practice in Delaware under emergency circumstances as determined by the Board and the Secretary of State.]]> Thu, 26 Jun 2025 18:05:26 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142615 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This amendment clarifies language on lines 30 to 34 of House Substitute No. 2 to House Bill No. 116 by reordering paragraphs (4) b. and c. This amendment also adds a definition of the term “low-income residential customer”. ]]> Thu, 26 Jun 2025 17:39:10 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142623 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment to House Substitute 1 for House Bill 203 would allow students to obtain a ½ credit for financial literacy through Social Studies or elective curriculum.]]> Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:44:26 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142622 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment adds an exception to the time required in the district to remain an inhabitant when a school board member’s absence is due to an event that can neither be anticipated nor controlled. This exception mirrors the exception for state legislators under Article II, § 3(d) of the Delaware Constitution.]]> Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:39:24 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142574 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment removes Section 3 of Senate Bill No. 123.]]> Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:18:27 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142448 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This amendment allows qualifying Delaware residents to receive support for energy bills from the Delaware Energy Fund provided that they first exhaust funding options from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).]]> Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:01:21 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142532 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This amendment clarifies the process for a claimant to receive certain workers’ compensation payments by direct deposit.]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2025 15:41:07 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142560 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This amendment makes technical corrections to Senate Substitute No.1 for Senate Bill No. 156. It also adds a section delaying the effective date of the Act.]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2025 15:36:38 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142516 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This amendment clarifies the definition of medical debt created in Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 156.]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2025 15:34:20 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142535 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment to Senate Joint Resolution 11 changes the temporary Chair of the Delaware Juvenile Justice Educational Transitions Task Force to be the State Senate majority caucus member who is appointed to serve on the Task Force by the Senate Pro Tempore of the Senate. This Amendment also makes technical corrections. ]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2025 15:17:46 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142523 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment establishes a right of an individual convicted of an animal abuse offense to file a petition for removal from the public list maintained by the Office of Animal Welfare on their website. An individual convicted of a misdemeanor offense may petition after 2 years from the date of conviction and an individual convicted of a felony offense may petition after 7 years from the date of conviction. The Amendment sets forth factors a Court must consider before removal. Any individual who obtains an expungement of the underlying conviction must be removed from the animal abuse offender list and the public website.]]> Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:07:34 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142492 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment provides greater flexibility for student education about the dangers of sexual extortion by removing a reference to the criminal definition of sexual extortion and helps schools work with law enforcement to report sexual extortion by clarifying that the crime of sexual extortion means as defined in § 774 of Title 11.]]> Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:57:55 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142524 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation Senate Bill No. 178 exempted Level IV and Level V Department of Correction facilities from restrictions on the use of polystyrene foam food service packaging that were created by Senate Bill No. 51 of the 152nd General Assembly. This Amendment removes the blanket exemption for Level IV and Level V correctional facilities and requires the Department of Correction to comply with restrictions on the use of polystyrene foam food service packaging as of July 1, 2026. ]]> Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:52:30 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142507 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This amendment clarifies language at lines 44 to 49 of the bill. This amendment also deletes lines 55 through 64 of the bill, because it was determined that it is unnecessary to make any changes to the existing provision in the Delaware Code. This amendment also adds an effective date.]]> Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:25:21 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142499 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment does all of the following: (1) Clarifies that a probation and parole officer retains the ability to suspend enforcement of special conditions as a graduated incentive. (2) Makes a technical correction.]]> Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:17:54 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142482 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment does the following: (1) Changes the definition of “publicly post” or “publicly display” to require intentional communication. (2) Clarifies that prohibited conduct is limited to those who publicly post or publicly display protected personal information. (3) Removes the section prohibiting a person from transferring a correctional officer’s personal information to any other person through any medium, which would allow for companies that provide services like credit reporting, identity verification, and fraud detection to provide these services to correctional officers and their spouses and children. (4) Clarifies that the private right of action is limited to personal information that is publicly posted or publicly displayed. (5) Makes technical corrections to conform to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. ]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2025 17:44:37 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142465 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This amendment makes a technical correction so that the retroactive effective date of Senate Bill No. 159 coincides with the signing by the Governor of Senate Bill No. 170 in 2023, as intended.]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2025 15:33:24 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=141929 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment clarifies that funeral expenses for deceased volunteer firefighters must be paid from the same self-insurance fund as line-of-duty disability benefits for firefighters under § 6707 of Title 18. This clarification is consistent with current procedure but is necessary because the section providing funeral expenses for deceased volunteer firefighters is in Chapter 67A of Title 18, not Chapter 67. This Amendment also redesignates the section providing funeral expenses for deceased volunteer firefighters to conform to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2025 15:28:25 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142348 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment to Senate Bill No. 138 adds the Delaware Nurses Association to the list of organizations that may make nonbinding recommendations to the Governor for appointments to the Delaware Health Information Network Board (“Board”). The Amendment also provides that representatives of nurses must be included as Board members.]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2025 15:00:28 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142376 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment revises the membership of the Selection Panel so that instead of the Governor appointing the 3 public members, the Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives each appoint 1 public member. This Amendment also makes small typographical changes to how sections of the Delaware Constitution are identified.]]> Thu, 22 May 2025 15:15:59 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142334 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment requires that beginning July 1, 2032, the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee conduct a full review of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and compile a report with findings and recommendations, including revisions to Chapter 90E of Title 29 and if the OIG has sufficient resources.]]> Thu, 22 May 2025 15:13:08 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=141985 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment clarifies that the Inspector General may only contract for an audit if the Auditor of Accounts refuses to perform or contract for a requested audit.]]> Thu, 22 May 2025 15:10:47 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142386 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This amendment removes “elevators” from § 1402(13) and (15) of Title 24 of the Delaware Code.]]> Thu, 22 May 2025 14:43:12 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142356 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment changes the date that school districts and charter schools must post their adopted cell phone policies online from August 1, 2025, to January 1, 2026. ]]> Tue, 20 May 2025 16:31:00 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=141906 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation Senate Bill No. 40 adds a new subsection (c) to § 7005 of Title 25. Under the new subsection (c), a pattern or practice of violations of the provisions of subchapters I through V of Chapter 70, or a pattern or practice by a landlord of a provision of a rental agreement shall be deemed an unlawful practice under § 2513 of Title 6 and a violation of subchapter II of Chapter 25 of Title 6 if certain facts are true, for example: (1) The violation was not the direct result of a condition caused by the want of due care by the tenant, a member of the family, or any other person on the premises with the tenant’s consent; and (2) The landlord had actual or constructive notice of the condition that caused the violation. This amendment removes the language that allows the landlord to be held accountable if the landlord had “constructive notice” of the violation, and preserves the language holding the landlord accountable if the landlord had "actual notice" of the violation. ]]> Tue, 20 May 2025 14:55:19 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142323 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment clarifies that a health-care provider may determine that a covered health-care service delivered on an expedited basis is an “urgent health-care service.” In addition, this Amendment provides that any compensation paid to a health-care provider or consulting healthcare provider for review of a clean pre-authorization request submitted by a health-care provider other than a physician, or of an appeal from an adverse determination of such a request, may not be contingent upon the outcome of the review. ]]> Thu, 15 May 2025 16:40:33 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142296 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment allows a respondent to submit 1 written request per year during the effective period of the order for a hearing to terminate the order.]]> Thu, 15 May 2025 15:28:07 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142318 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment clarifies that corporations may also donate to the Delaware Volunteer Fire Service Revolving Loan Fund. The Amendment also clarifies that loan funds are received from a county, not by a county. The Amendment adds a section to provide 90 days for the effective date of the Act. ]]> Thu, 15 May 2025 15:05:27 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142281 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment provides clarity that credit for years of experience begins at the date of completion and approval of an application to the employer. ]]> Wed, 14 May 2025 16:59:26 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142130 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment clarifies that a valid paraprofessional permit is required for a teacher or specialist to qualify for salary computation pursuant to this section.]]> Wed, 14 May 2025 16:57:28 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142241 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment clarifies that a general contractor is not subject to debarment for a subcontractor's violations.]]> Tue, 13 May 2025 15:13:30 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142242 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment provides that if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) adopts an MCL that is lower than an MCL established by this Act, the lower MCL established by the EPA will become the MCL for this State. This Amendment also changes the effective date of Senate Bill No. 72 from 90 days after enactment to January 15, 2026. ]]> Tue, 13 May 2025 14:51:32 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142066 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment provides that House Bill No. 38 takes effect 1 year after its enactment into law. ]]> Thu, 08 May 2025 14:52:00 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142110 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation 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.]]> Thu, 08 May 2025 14:34:13 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142141 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment adds 2 forms to the list of documents that qualify as proof that an applicant is a veteran, to ensure that a member of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration can receive veteran designation on the applicant's driver license.]]> Wed, 07 May 2025 17:03:42 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142093 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation Under this Amendment, a county may not prohibit the operation of a retail marijuana store, in an area zoned for commercial or industrial use, because the location is within 500 feet of a place of worship.]]> Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:37:17 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142092 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment adds a reference to § 1335A of Title 4 because both § 1335A and § 1335B of Title 4 apply when a compassion center is granted a conversion license for a retail marijuana store.]]> Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:24:52 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142094 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This amendment makes technical corrections to make § 1799J consistent with the rest of Subchapter XI of Title 17. ]]> Wed, 09 Apr 2025 16:59:57 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142016 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This amendment deletes the provision in Senate Joint Resolution No. 3 that allows Public Service Commission-regulated utilities, which include Delmarva Power & Light Company, to recover all reasonable costs associated with the design, deployment, and operation of the pilot projects involving battery storage systems, including administrative and Information Technology and Operational Technology systems expenses, less any funding received from the DESEU. Furthermore, the amendment requires Delmarva Power & Light Company to develop its battery storage pilot project without passing on the costs to ratepayers, and instead must rely entirely upon the funding received from the DESEU and any available grant funding.]]> Thu, 27 Mar 2025 15:36:02 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=141826 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment changes the amount available for reimbursement to the owner of a retired law-enforcement horse from up to $3,000 to up to $5,000 per year for documented farrier and veterinary care expenses. ]]> Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:20:31 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=141970 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This amendment changes the reporting requirements in Senate Bill No. 61 for the disclosure of voting at meetings of, or matters before, the PJM Interconnection Regional Transmission Organization.]]> Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:51:33 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=141968 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This amendment restricts a public utility from recovering from customers organizational or membership dues but only to the extent that the organization engages in lobbying or similar activities intended to influence the outcome of legislation, rules, ballot measures, or regulatory decisions. With respect to the $125 million dollar cap on annual capital expenses at lines 37 through 40 of the bill, this amendment adds an exception for emergency or extraordinary circumstances, including natural disasters and tariffs, that require the electric distribution company to incur greater capital expenses above the cap.]]> Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:44:36 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=141806 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This amendment makes a technical correction to the definition of State HVACR License and adds the 2/3 vote requirement to the enactment clause that is noted in the bill’s synopsis. ]]> Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:13:53 -0500 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=141805 Delaware Senate - Passed Legislation This Amendment changes the effective date of this Act and Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 174 (152nd General Assembly) to February 9, 2025.]]> Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:15:34 -0500 153