An Act To Amend Title 4 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Alcoholic Liquors. [HB-339]
This Act permits craft distilleries to purchase alcoholic beverages that they do not manufacture to add to products they do produce to sell to their patrons for on premises consumption. For example, this Bill would allow a craft distillery to sell for on premises consumption a Manhattan cocktail using a whiskey it produced and vermouth that it purchased.
HB-339: An Act To Amend Title 4 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Alcoholic Liquors.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis
Signed By Governor on 06/09/2016
An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Department Of Education. [HB-34]
This bill will allow a local school district board to delay new or changed rules, regulations, or administrative procedures from becoming effective during a school year once the school year has started. This will allow the rules, regulations, and procedures to be consistent for the whole school year.
HB-34: An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Department Of Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson
Signed By Governor on 04/20/2016
An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Finfishing In Tidal Waters. [HB-341]
This bill makes a change to the method by which DNREC issues food fishing equipment permits for hook and line. By law there are only 172 such permits available in the State. When the number of permits in use drops below 172 the DNREC is required to issue new permits pursuant to a lottery. Under current law only individuals who have completed an apprenticeship program with an active, licensed commercial fisher are eligible to participate in the lottery. This bill would make individuals who have completed the requirements to receive a Merchant Mariner
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HB-341: An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Finfishing In Tidal Waters.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson
Signed By Governor on 08/03/2016
An Act Establishing A Department Of Elections Voting Equipment Selection Task Force. [HB-342]
At the recommendation of the Joint Sunset Committee (“Committee”), this Act establishes the Department of Elections Voting Equipment Selection Task Force (“Task Force”). The current voting equipment used in Delaware will need to be replaced by 2018 or 2020. The State Elections Commissioner has started reviewing the numerous options available on the market and requested that the Committee form a task force with legislative representation so that the Commissioner may present 3 to 5 options for purchase or lease. The Task Force’s recommendation is
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HB-342: An Act Establishing A Department Of Elections Voting Equipment Selection Task Force.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nicole Poore
Signed By Governor on 06/28/2016
An Act To Amend Title 4 And Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Joint Sunset Committee. [HB-343]
The Joint Sunset Committee has existed since at least 1980 and, over time, it has become clear that the Committee's name does not accurately reflect all of the work that the Committee actually performs. The Committee has "sunsetted" an agency under review only twice in the history of the Committee’s existence: the Unemployment Appeals Board in 2003, which was reformed in 2005, and the Council on Manufactured Housing in 2015. Because "sunsetting" an agency is only one of the Committee’s many functions, the name "Joint Sunset Committee" has also grown
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HB-343: An Act To Amend Title 4 And Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Joint Sunset Committee.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nicole Poore
Signed By Governor on 06/09/2016
An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To State Recognition Of The Lenape Indian Tribe Of Delaware. [HB-345]
Under this Act, the General Assembly formally recognizes the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware ("the Tribe") as an American Indian tribe, not only to acknowledge the Tribe's rich history and culture, but also so that the Tribe may be recognized as eligible for the programs and services that the United States provides to Indians because of their status as Indians. For example, the federal Indian Arts and Crafts Act establishes the Indian Arts and Crafts Board ("the Board") of the U.S. Department of the Interior and authorizes the Board to establish
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HB-345: An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To State Recognition Of The Lenape Indian Tribe Of Delaware.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis
Signed By Governor on 08/04/2016
An Act To Amend Title 4 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Alcoholic Liquors. [HB-351]
The Appeals Commission recently ruled that the Commissioner does not have standing to appear before the Appeals Commission. This means that an appeal of the Commissioner’s decision on an unprotested application would result in the appealing party appearing uncontested before the Appeals Commission. The Supreme Court recently ruled that the Commissioner does not have standing to appeal decisions rendered by the Appeals Commission or the Superior Court. The predecessor to the Commissioner (the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission) was permitted
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HB-351: An Act To Amend Title 4 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Alcoholic Liquors.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis
Signed By Governor on 07/20/2016
An Act To Amend Title 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Property. [HB-353]
This bill eliminates the requirement that a mortgage be under seal in order for it to be enforced through a foreclosure proceeding in the Superior Court pursuant to Chapter 49 of Title 10. The under seal requirement is most prominently described in the case of Monroe Park v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 457 A.2d 734, 736 (Del. 1983) (“[I]t is well settled that unless the seal requirement is abolished by statute, a mortgage must be under seal to be enforceable at law.”). This amendment is intended to supersede that specific holding, eliminating the
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HB-353: An Act To Amend Title 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melanie Smith
Signed By Governor on 06/28/2016
HB-354: An Act To Rescind And Reallocate Certain Settlement Funds To Provide A Supplemental Appropriation Of Such Funds To The State Aid To Local Law Enforcement Committee With Certain Conditions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker
Introduced And Assigned To House Administration Committee In House on 05/03/2016
You have voted HB-354: An Act To Rescind And Reallocate Certain Settlement Funds To Provide A Supplemental Appropriation Of Such Funds To The State Aid To Local Law Enforcement Committee With Certain Conditions..