http://www.legis.delaware.gov/ Legislation Stricken by the Delaware State Legislature en-us Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:25:28 -0400 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142548 Delaware - Stricken This Amendment changes the effective date of the Act from 180 days after enactment to July 1, 2026.]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:25:28 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142417 Delaware - Stricken This amendment exempts assessments related to the Victims Compensation Fund from the courts’ authority to waive, modify, and suspend fines and fees. It clarifies that the word “fee” as used in the hardship waiver statute does not include restitution. It also clarifies that toll violations, red light, and speed camera violations are not eligible for hardship waiver or modification.]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:25:14 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142230 Delaware - Stricken This amendment removes the added reporting requirement relating to hardship waivers. It also makes a technical correction.]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:25:00 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142359 Delaware - Stricken AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS.

This Act requires that Department of Education employees submit to criminal background checks and are subject to continuous criminal history monitoring. It also authorizes the Department to submit contractors or third parties, that require or may require access to student records, to a criminal background check and continuous criminal history monitoring.]]> Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:57:01 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142640 Delaware - Stricken AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS FOR SCHOOL PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS.

This Act requires that a contract relating to a public works project executed after December 31, 2026, must include a project labor agreement with the Delaware Building and Construction Trades Council if the project is for a school district or charter school, unless there was only 1 bid for the craft under the contract. A project labor agreement is a type of collective bargaining agreement in the construction industry that is generally negotiated before construction begins. Project labor agreements are intended to provide a legally binding and enforceable contract primarily related to labor conditions and labor-management relations.]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:23:51 -0500 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142831 Delaware - Stricken This House Amendment to Senate Substitute No. 1 to Senate Bill No. 228 clarifies that the quality control review parameters articulated in Senate Substitute No. 1 to Senate Bill No. 228 are not limitations on the power of New Castle County to otherwise make revisions and corrections to property assessments in the county and that New Castle County may conduct additional quality control review where it appears that an error or mistake in valuation may have occurred. It clarifies that when school districts set their tax rate or rates in October 2026, the boards should set rate or rates so that overall projected revenue does not increase as a result of any corrections made as part of the quality control review described in this bill, or any other corrections to assessed value. The amendment also adds a whereas clause that references the existing “fair market value” standard for valuation contained in the Delaware Code.]]> Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:02:02 -0500 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142797 Delaware - Stricken AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY OFFICE OF FINANCE.

This Act defines, for purposes of this section, “county authority” as the Chief Financial Officer of the Office of Finance, the Director of the Department of Finance of Kent County, and the Finance Director of Sussex County. This Act expressly authorizes the county authority to compel the production of testimony and documentary evidence whenever a county relies upon, or defends its reliance upon, the income approach or cost comparison approaches to assess the fair market value of real property. This Act permits the enforcement of subpoenas by order of the Superior Court and permits use of the court’s contempt powers. This Act equates a corporate or business entity’s non-compliance with an order enforcing a subpoena under this section to abuse or misuse of corporate powers sufficient to permit the Attorney General to commence proceedings to revoke a corporate charter pursuant to Title 8 of the Delaware Code. ]]> Tue, 20 Jan 2026 21:43:13 -0500 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142753 Delaware - Stricken AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MODIFICATION OF SENTENCES OF INCARCERATION.

Last session, the General Assembly enacted the Richard "Mouse" Smith Compassionate Release Act (Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 10), which revised the process for sentence modifications. This Act makes a change to that Act. Specifically, Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 10 required the Department of Correction ("Department") to adopt regulations to implement the revised sentence modification process. The Department does not believe regulations are necessary for the Department to successfully implement the revised sentence modification process. Therefore, this Act authorizes the Department to adopt regulations, rather than requires it.]]> Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:21:35 -0500 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142393 Delaware - Stricken AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ATTENDANCE AND ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENTS.

This Act mandates that all schools receiving approval or financial assistance from the State provide parenting and pregnant students with the following protections: 1. Excused absences for pregnancy related events. 2. Excused absences for health-related needs or illnesses associated with pregnancy. 3. Six weeks of excused absences for students giving birth to a child, immediately following delivery. 4. Excused absences for medical appointments for a student’s child. 5. Excused absences for court appearances related to the student’s child or the pregnant student. This Act further provides for accommodations to a pregnant or parenting student by allowing for the following: 1. For a lactating student, the student must have access to a private, clean, and secure room to express milk and any other associated equipment needed for lactation. 2. Access to equipment or transportation services. 3. Modifications to a student’s schedule or coursework. 4. Reasonable academic supports. 5. Accommodations to assist parenting students. Any accommodations need not be accepted by the student, if they do not wish to receive the accommodation. A student who receives any accommodations may not be academically penalized for it. Furthermore, at the conclusion of a pregnancy, childbirth, or parenting event, the school must allow the student to make up the work and allow the student the same opportunity to do so, as any other student would receive due to an illness. The Act prohibits a school from requiring a student to provide medical documentation for an absence or accommodation, unless explicitly provided for by this Act. This Act will be implemented on July 1, 2026. ]]> Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:20:55 -0500 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=141984 Delaware - Stricken AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION.

This Act prohibits discrimination in public schools, including school districts and charter schools, based on race, ethnicity, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protective hairstyle, body size, pregnancy or childbirth or related conditions, disability, genetic information, socioeconomic status, familial status, immigration status, or housing status. Under this Act, the Department of Education is required to update its regulations to align the protected classes therein with those in the general non-discrimination provision created by this Act. In addition to creating this non-discrimination provision [§ 136 of Title 14], this Act also does the following: 1. Aligns the protected classes in § 506, pertaining to restrictions on charter schools, with the newly created non-discrimination provision in § 136 of Title 14. 2. Amends the definition of bullying in § 4161 of Title 14 to include written, electronic, verbal, or physical acts that target a student, a school district or charter school volunteer, or a school district or charter school employee based on the target’s membership in any protected class under the newly created non-discrimination provision in § 136 of Title 14, or based on the target’s age. 3. Aligns the protected classes included in paragraph (b)(2)f. of § 4164 of Title 14 with the additional protected classes included in the newly created non-discrimination provision in § 136 of Title 14. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.]]> Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:19:34 -0500 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142358 Delaware - Stricken AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT RIGHT TO REPAIR ACT.

This bill promotes equipment owner choice and competition for repair and maintenance services by requiring manufacturers of agricultural equipment to make available to owners and independent repair providers, on fair and reasonable terms, the same documentation, parts, and tools used to diagnose, maintain, and repair such equipment created by the manufacturer for the purposes of repair.]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:40:34 -0500 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142771 Delaware - Stricken This amendment places a two-year sunset on the Act. Imposing a sunset will permit the legislature to revisit the efficacy of the Office of New Americans and confirm that it has achieved the economic development impact that is referenced in the Act's synopsis. ]]> Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:53:59 -0500 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142731 Delaware - Stricken This Amendment changes the date that school districts and charter schools must post their adopted cell phone policies online from January 1, 2026, to August 31, 2026. ]]> Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:09:47 -0500 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142720 Delaware - Stricken This amendment adds a sunset for the changes to bonus depreciation in House Bill No. 255, and requires the Department of Finance to present a report regarding the actual revenue impact of this bill, as well as updates on federal law and recommendations for future tax policy at the December 2027 DEFAC meeting. The decoupling from §§ 70301 and 70307, P.L. 119-21, will sunset after the 2030 tax year. This is when the provisions of P.L. 119-21 for qualified production property are scheduled to expire under federal law. Property placed in service during the decoupling period will continue to be treated under the same schedules for depreciation after the decoupling sunsets. Property placed in service thereafter shall be treated under the then-current federal law. The research and development changes in House Bill No. 255 apply only to the 2022 through 2025 tax years, so there is no need to sunset them. ]]> Thu, 13 Nov 2025 12:27:56 -0500 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142712 Delaware - Stricken Upon enactment on June 30, 2022, Senate Bill 317 (151st General Assembly) established new formulas that a community owner must use if increasing rent in a manufactured home community including, under § 7052B of Title 25 of the Delaware Code, that a community owner may increase rent if allowed expenses, including taxes, increase more than the county’s 24-month CPI-U. This Amendment prohibits a community owner from increasing rent in a manufactured home community anywhere in this State based on an increase in school district taxes for a manufactured home community, levied in this State for the 2025-2026 tax year.]]> Tue, 12 Aug 2025 20:24:37 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142701 Delaware - Stricken This Amendment prohibits New Castle County from charging interest and penalties on unpaid property tax bills that are supplemented or adjusted under House Bill No. 242 until after the extended deadline.]]> Tue, 12 Aug 2025 19:59:00 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142698 Delaware - Stricken Upon enactment on June 30, 2022, Senate Bill 317 (151st) established new formulas that a community owner may use to increase rent in a manufactured home community including, under § 7052B of Title 25, that a community owner may increase rent if allowed expenses, including taxes, increase more than the county’s 24-month CPI-U. This Amendment prohibits a community owner from increasing rent in a manufactured home community based on an increase in school district taxes for the 2025-2026 tax year.]]> Tue, 12 Aug 2025 19:58:47 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142697 Delaware - Stricken This Amendment allows the non-residential local school tax rate to be up to 2 1/4 times the residential rate.]]> Tue, 12 Aug 2025 19:58:14 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142696 Delaware - Stricken This Amendment allows a school board to set different tax rates based on real property zoning classifications effective on June 30, 2025, and limits the highest tax rate to 2 times the lowest tax rate. Under common law, Delaware counties and municipalities have longstanding authority to separately tax different classes of real property if the classification is reasonable and, as required under § 1 of Article VIII of the Delaware Constitution, the tax rates are uniform for all property in each classification. See Green v. Sussex County, 668 A.2d 770, 776 (Del. Super. Ct. 1995), aff’d 667 A.2d 1319 TABLE (Del. 1995); Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. v. Smith, 131 A.2d 168, 177-78 (Del. 1957); Phila. B & W R. Co. v. Mayor & Council of Wilm., 57 A.2d 759, 765-66 (Del. Ch. 1948); Conrad v. State, 16 A.2d 121, 125-26 (Del. 1940). However, to err on the side of caution, this Amendment also includes a severability provision because this Act is not amending the Delaware Code and as such, the general severability provision under § 308 of Title 1 will not apply if the language added by this Amendment is held invalid.]]> Tue, 12 Aug 2025 19:56:45 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142709 Delaware - Stricken This Amendment creates § 8701(d) of Title 9 to provide immediate relief for homeowners who have received substantially increased tax bills after the recent general reassessment in New Castle County. For county and school taxes assessed on residential property for the 2025-2026 tax year, New Castle County is prohibited from collecting unpaid county and school taxes from a taxpayer’s real or personal property, if the taxpayer has entered into a tax payment plan and complies with the payment plan.]]> Tue, 12 Aug 2025 19:38:23 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142708 Delaware - Stricken This Amendment includes county, as well as school taxes, in the payment plans authorized by § 8604 of Title 9. This Act also makes technical corrections.]]> Tue, 12 Aug 2025 19:37:16 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142706 Delaware - Stricken This Amendment authorizes all 3 counties to accept tax payments on a quarterly or more frequent basis.]]> Tue, 12 Aug 2025 19:34:18 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142704 Delaware - Stricken This amendment gives the county the option of allowing a payment plan.]]> Tue, 12 Aug 2025 19:30:35 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142699 Delaware - Stricken This Amendment authorizes all 3 counties to accept tax payments on a quarterly or monthly basis.]]> Tue, 12 Aug 2025 19:16:38 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142694 Delaware - Stricken This Amendment to House Bill No. 241 clarifies that if a taxpayer enters into a payment plan for the payment of school taxes and makes payments in compliance with that plan, a county may not undertake enforcement actions to collect the school taxes subject to the payment plan. ]]> Tue, 12 Aug 2025 19:16:27 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142652 Delaware - Stricken AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE RANDOMIZED ASSIGNMENT OF CASES IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY.

This Act requires the Court of Chancery to implement a randomized case assignment process. The implementation of this Act shall occur within 90 days of enactment.]]> Tue, 12 Aug 2025 17:55:54 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142027 Delaware - Stricken This amendment requires the Task Force created by SCR 18 to also explore nuclear fusion energy generation technology.]]> Tue, 01 Jul 2025 01:12:28 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142668 Delaware - Stricken 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 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 21:51:56 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142665 Delaware - Stricken This Amendment adds the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. to the list of members of the task force. ]]> Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:40:31 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142662 Delaware - Stricken This amendment makes technical corrections and adds language referencing excise taxes due on sales to residents of this State as required by § 581(b) of Title 4.]]> Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:37:46 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142664 Delaware - Stricken This amendment exempts an individual from the registry who has been convicted of an offense against law-enforcement animals, under § 1250 of Title 11, if the offense occurred while the individual was engaged in lawful activity protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. ]]> Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:36:34 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142649 Delaware - Stricken This Amendment clarifies that in addressing a motion for sentence modification under compassionate release, the court must consider the underlying circumstances and nature of the offense, the felony classification of the offense, and the length of the underlying sentence in addition to the other requirements contained in Senate Substitute No. 1 to Senate Bill No. 10. This Amendment also requires that the court’s review of an application for for sentence modification filed by a person serving a life sentence for a Class A felony include a review of the applicant’s prior criminal history, including arrests and convictions, a review of the applicant’s conduct while incarcerated, and available evidence as to the likelihood that the applicant will reoffend if released, including a formal, recent risk assessment.]]> Thu, 26 Jun 2025 18:46:54 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142645 Delaware - Stricken This amendment limits the ability of a person convicted of a class A felony and serving a life sentence to those situations where the person's application for a sentence modification is based solely on the person's serious medical illness or infirmity,.]]> Thu, 26 Jun 2025 18:45:25 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142575 Delaware - Stricken This Amendment clarifies that this chapter does not apply to an action: 1) by a governmental unit or an employee or agent of a governmental unit acting in an official capacity to enforce a law, regulation, or ordinance; 2) based on a common law fraud claim; or 3) alleging a violation of either Subchapter II or III of Chapter 25 of Title 6 of the Delaware Code. However, it does apply to such actions when the cause of action is a legal action against a person related to the communication, gathering, receiving, posting, or processing of consumer opinions or commentary, evaluations of consumer complaints, or reviews or ratings of businesses.]]> Wed, 25 Jun 2025 20:26:11 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142581 Delaware - Stricken This amendment clarifies that storm response and restoration costs above the costs set forth in the Infrastructure, Safety, and Reliability Plan filed by the electric distribution company with the Public Service Commission for the year the costs are incurred may be recoverable as costs incurred under emergency or extraordinary circumstances.]]> Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:18:30 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142480 Delaware - Stricken AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOL AND MARIJUANA.

This Substitute to House Bill No. 98 differs from House Bill 98 as follows: -This substitute provides clarification on the taxation of infused beverages, which is set at $0.50 per container. -This substitute removes language pertaining to consumable hemp products. -This substitute specifies that the Act takes effect 90 days after enactment. This Act requires a greater than majority vote for passage because § 11 of Article VIII of the Delaware Constitution requires the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly to impose or levy a tax or license fee.]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2025 18:14:07 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142546 Delaware - Stricken This Amendment clarifies that only subsection (a) of § 2599 is an unlawful practice under § 2513 of Title 6 and subchapter II of Chapter 25 of Title 6. The other requirements of the Act are enforced by private right of action. This Amendment also provides that the disclosure required in subsection (a) and the contract in subsection (d) of § 2599 may be in written or electronic form. However, the transmission of the disclosure or contract must be in physical form if the primary contact between the parties is in person. If the primary form of communication between the parties is electronic, then the document and contract may be an electronic transmission. ]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2025 17:47:08 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142186 Delaware - Stricken AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MERIT EMPLOYEE RELATIONS BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE MERIT SYSTEM.

This Act clarifies that the Merit Employee Relations Board does not have jurisdiction to interpret or apply the Fair Labor Standards Act. Instead, disputes concerning the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources’ interpretation of this federal law as applied to state personnel must be determined as outlined in Title 29 of the United States Code. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. ]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2025 17:06:36 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142381 Delaware - Stricken This amendment seeks to include subsection (4) in Titles 14 and 29 cited in this bill, to clarify that the bill is not intended to restrict the removal of age-inappropriate, obscene, or pornographic material as defined under existing state and federal law.]]> Thu, 22 May 2025 16:47:16 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142380 Delaware - Stricken In keeping with Delaware bill-drafting standards, in subsections (2) and (3), this amendment seeks to replace the term “should” with the term “may.”]]> Thu, 22 May 2025 16:46:58 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142042 Delaware - Stricken AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE OF LICENSED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTITIONERS.

This Act expands the “practice of occupational therapy” to include dry needling, and sets forth requirements and limitations for licensed occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants pertaining to the practice of dry needling. Dry needling may not be performed without a physician referral, and occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants may not hold themselves out as acupuncturists unless they are licensed acupuncturists.]]> Thu, 22 May 2025 14:51:01 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142282 Delaware - Stricken This Amendment changes the date that school districts and charter schools must post their adopted cell phone policies online from August 1, 2025, to September 1, 2025. ]]> Tue, 20 May 2025 16:29:29 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142150 Delaware - Stricken AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 14 AND 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS ACT.

This Act allows an employee organization to file a petition with the Board to become the exclusive representative of an appropriate bargaining unit for the purpose of collective bargaining. In the event an employee organization provides over 50% of the employees’ approval, through their authorized signatures, then the Board may not order an election but must certify the employee organization. This Act also makes technical corrections to confirm existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. ]]> Thu, 15 May 2025 16:47:12 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142107 Delaware - Stricken AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE PRE-AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2025.

This Legislation is the Delaware Pre-Authorization Reform Act of 2025. Section 1 of the Act applies to health Insurance Contracts regulated under Chapter 33 of Title 18. Section 1 provides that changes in utilization review terms for a health-care service, such as the clinical criteria used to conduct utilization reviews for a health-care service, will apply only upon re-authorization of the health-care service. Covered persons must be notified at least 6 months before any changes to utilization review terms, except in certain circumstances such as changes in clinical guideline status In addition, Section 1 sets qualifications for who may make determinations with regard to requests for pre- authorization of health-care services and appeals of adverse determinations; a timeline and required contents for the notification of an outcome of appeal of an adverse determination or a notification that additional information is necessary to make the determination of appeal; and requirements for any utilization review entity used to perform utilization review by an insurer, health-benefit plan, or health-service corporation. Section 1 also shortens the timelines for the determination of pre-authorization requests and notification to the health-care provider of the determination. For requests for pre-authorization of non-urgent health-care services not submitted electronically, the utilization review entity must notify the health-care provider within 5 business days of receipt of the request; for requests submitted electronically, notification must be given within 3 business days of receipt. For requests for pre-authorization for urgent health-care services submitted electronically, notification must be given within 24 hours of receipt. By January 1, 2027, insurers, health-benefit plans, health-service corporations, and utilization review entities must accept and respond to electronic pre-authorization requests through the same platform as the electronic request was submitted. In addition, Section 1 extends the time period that a pre-authorization is valid for from 60 days to 90 days. Finally, Section 1 provides that no more than 1 pre-authorization may be required for a single episode of care, and that if pre-authorization is granted as to a health-care service that is part of a group of services for which a bundled payment is charged, pre-authorization for the other health-care services included in the group is deemed to be approved as well. Section 2 of the Act applies to Group and Blanket Health Insurance under Chapter 35 of Title 18 and makes the same changes to pre-authorization standards and procedures that Section 1 of the Act makes to Health Insurance Contracts regulated under Chapter 33 of Title 18. Section 3 of the Act provides that the State Employee Benefits Committee established under § 9602 of the Title 29 of the Delaware Code must ensure that carriers administering plans for group health insurance comply with the requirements and provisions for pre-authorization set forth in Chapter 33, Subchapter II and Chapter 35, Subchapter V of Title 18. Section 4 of the Act provides that the Act will apply to health insurance policies, contracts, or certificates issued, modified, or renewed after December 31, 2026. Section 5 of the Act provides that the Department of Health and Social Services must, to the extent feasible, assure that contracts awarded to carriers providing health insurance relating to Medicaid assistance comply with the requirements and provisions for pre-authorization set forth in Chapter 33, Subchapter II and Chapter 35, Subchapter V of Title 18. Section 6 provides that this Act is known as the "Delaware Pre-Authorization Reform Act of 2025." ]]> Thu, 15 May 2025 16:46:56 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=141948 Delaware - Stricken AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 RELATING TO ARREST BY A PRIVATE PERSON.

This Act eliminates authorization for a warrantless arrest by a private person in the case of an individual accused in the courts of another state of a felony. ]]> Tue, 13 May 2025 14:24:34 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142017 Delaware - Stricken AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TEACHERS' RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY PENSIONS.

This bill denies former teachers retirement and disability benefits if they were convicted of sexual abuse of a student. It also clarifies that benefits will be denied if an individual is under indictment for such an offense and remains outside the United States for more than one month to avoid prosecution.]]> Tue, 13 May 2025 14:24:00 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142061 Delaware - Stricken This Amendment to HB 79 adds language to ensure that the law conforms to the current practice regarding SRO temporary absences. This Amendment also changes the effective date from August 1, 2025, to August 1, 2026, to provide the Department of Education with additional time to prepare to implement HB 79. ]]> Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:20:35 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142091 Delaware - Stricken AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE PROCUREMENT.

This Act requires that for every public works contract or aggregate of public works contracts relating to a project in excess of $500,000 for new construction (including painting and decorating) or $45,000 for alteration, repair, renovation, rehabilitation, demolition or reconstruction (including painting and decorating of buildings or works) and which is paid for, in whole or in part, with public funds, which requires or involves the employment of mechanics and/or laborers shall contain a provision requiring the payment of the prevailing wage.]]> Mon, 14 Apr 2025 11:22:10 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=141753 Delaware - Stricken AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FREE LEGAL COUNSEL FOR RELATIVES OF CERTAIN CHILDREN IN ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS.

This Act creates a right to free legal counsel for a relative seeking to adopt a child in the relative’s family after parental rights over the child have been terminated and the child is in the custody of the Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families. Relatives of a child for whom adoption is being sought who are eligible for free legal counsel in adoption proceedings include siblings, grandparents, uncles, aunts, first cousins, first cousins once removed, great-grandparents, grandaunts or granduncles, half-siblings, stepparents, stepsiblings, stepaunts or stepuncles, or stepgrandparents. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. ]]> Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:13:28 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142006 Delaware - Stricken This amendment to House Bill No. 67 provides that the chapter created therein does not apply to the towing of motor vehicles by a municipality authorized to tow a vehicle under a municipal ordinance, code, or regulation. ]]> Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:35:35 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=142013 Delaware - Stricken This amendment deletes the provision in Senate Joint Resolution No. 3 that allows Public Service Commission-regulated utilities 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.]]> Thu, 27 Mar 2025 15:30:53 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=141995 Delaware - Stricken This amendment changes the provision relating to the effective date so that the safe harbor provisions of Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 21 apply only to acts and transactions occurring after the Act’s date of enactment and the books and records provisions apply only to demands made after the Act’s date of enactment.]]> Tue, 25 Mar 2025 18:29:13 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=141964 Delaware - Stricken This Amendment mirrors the proposed changes in SS 1 for Senate Bill 21, but provides that the corporation must "opt-in" to adopt them. It adds a new section one, which describes the method by which the corporation may opt in to the changes from the default, existing law. ]]> Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:22:51 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=141731 Delaware - Stricken AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SUSSEX COUNTY VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL.

This bill removes certain limitations placed on Sussex County Vocational Technical High School, thereby allowing the school district the same rights and privileges as Polytech (Kent County) and New Castle Vo-Tech.]]> Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:31:17 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=141909 Delaware - Stricken 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. This amendment also caps an electric distribution company’s non-mandatory spending category, as defined in 26 Del. Admin. C. Ch. 3007, such that it shall not exceed 5% of its rate base approved by the Public Service Commission in its most recent distribution base rate case.]]> Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:37:24 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=141913 Delaware - Stricken AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE FREE SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAM.

This Act builds on House Substitute 2 for House Bill No. 125, enacted by the 152nd General Assembly, which extended free meals to students eligible for a reduced-price meal under federal law. This Act expands the availability of free meals by making them available to all public school students attending schools participating in the federal School Breakfast Program or National School Lunch Program. This Act requires public schools participating in the School Breakfast Program to make available free breakfasts to all attending students, regardless of household income. This Act also requires public schools participating in the National School Lunch Program to make available free lunches to all attending students, regardless of household income. This Act requires the Department of Education to reimburse schools for costs of eligible meals not reimbursed by the United States Department of Agriculture under the School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program. This Act adds definitions for breakfast, lunch, and eligible meal. This Act also removes the provision about the requirement for meals to follow the meal pattern requirements under the School Breakfast Program and the National School Lunch Program because the definitions of breakfast and lunch now include that requirement by reference to federal law. This Act takes effect 30 days following the date of publication in the Register of Regulations of a notice from the Controller General that funds have been appropriated to implement the provisions of this Act. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 18:45:55 -0400 153 https://www.legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=141798 Delaware - Stricken 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 16:12:11 -0500 153