CATEGORY BILL SPONSOR DESCRIPTION STATUS POSITION

CIVIL RIGHTS HB1 Longhurst Equality Amendment – Final leg of Constitutional Passed H 35-6 and S 16-5. Support
Amendment to provide equal rights on the basis of sex.
ECONOMY HB2 Schwartzkopf Delaware Federal Employees Civil Relief Act – Relief for Passed H 37-4 and S 13-6-1-1. Signed by Support
Federal Employees impacted during the Trump Shutdown Governor Carney on 1/23/19
ECONOMY HB3 Longhurst More Trump Shutdown Relief for Fed. Employees -- Passed H 41-0 but defeated in the Senate Support
authorizes the OMB to partner with financial institutions and 15-6 (3/4th vote needed)
non-profit providers to establish a temporary loan program
for furloughed and unpaid Federal employees.
REFORM HB13 Kowalko Settlement Money to the General Fund – The GA House Administration 12/13/18 Support
constitutionally gets to allocate settlement funds received
into the treasury.
ECONOMY HB20 Vanderwende Raising the Threshold Limit for Building & Loans – Raising On House Floor ready for a vote as of Neutral
the limit from $7M to $10M. 1/23/19
HEALTHCARE HB24 Bennett Banning the practice of Clawback, when the total cost of a On House Floor ready for a vote as of Support
prescription drug to an insurer or a pharmacy benefits 1/23/19
manager is less than a patient/insured’s co-pay, the insurer or
pharmacy benefits manager keeps the difference.
ENVIRONMENT HB25 Matthews Allowing Civic Associations to contract for one waste House Housing & Community Affairs Support
disposal service to reduce wear and tear of neighborhood Committee 1/4/19
roads by multiple heavy garbage trucks.
FISCAL HB27 Briggs King Protecting Voters from Republican Tax Policy – allows Considered and Tabled in Committee as of Oppose
property tax itemized deductions to continue in DE in 3/6/19
contrast to the Trump Tax Law.
CIVIL RIGHTS HB29 Dukes DNA Upon Arrest -- any person arrested for any of these House Appropriations Comm. on 3/5/19 Oppose
specific crimes will now be subject to DNA testing.
FISCAL HB32 Ramone Decreases by 1% the rate of realty transfer tax to be Tabled in Committee as of 3/6/19 Oppose
received by the State, thereby returning to the rate that was
applicable prior to August 1, 2017.
REFORM HB33 Ramone Term Limits – 20 consecutive years in office limit for Senators House Administration 1/4/19 Oppose
and Representatives
FISCAL HB37 Ramone Restores the $500 senior real property tax credit. House Administration Committee as of Neutral
1/10/19
VOTING HB38 Bentz Early Voting – Registered voters will be allowed to vote in House Admin. Committee on 1/16/19. Support
person during at least the 10-day period before an election.
Takes effect in 2022.
VOTING HB39 Viola Same Day Voter Registration House Admin. Committee as of 1/16/19 Support
VOTING HB41 Bolden Earlier Primary – Moving the primary to the fourth Tuesday Passed H 36-5. Now in Senate Elections Support
in April for all state and federal offices. Committee as of 1/25/19
FISCAL HB49 Baumbach Making the Earned Income Tax Credit refundable House Revenue & Finance as of 1/24/19 Support
HEALTHCARE HB52 Collins 20 Week Abortion Ban House Health & Human Development as of Oppose
1/24/19
HEALTHCARE HB53 Collins Forced Ultrasound Bill House Health & Human Development as of Oppose
1/24/19
REFORM HB59 Bennett Transparency in Transportation Funds -- requires the House Transportation Committee as Support
Secretary to publish the transaction history for funds 2/28/19
allocated to each member of the General Assembly under the
Community Transportation Fund
EDUCATION HB60 Hensley DelTech Infrastructure Funding – Allowing Board of Trustees House Admin. Comm. As of 2/28/19 Neutral
of DelTech to issue bonds to finance projects
GUNS HB63 Lynn Gun Storage Law – a crime is committed when a person House Judiciary Committee on 2/28/19. Support
intentionally or recklessly stores or leaves a loaded firearm Hearing scheduled for 3/13.
where a minor or other person prohibited by law, or
“unauthorized person,” can access the firearm, and the
unauthorized person obtains the firearm.
ENVIRONMENT HB65 K.Williams Prohibiting Restrictive Covenants that ban solar panels House Housing & Community Affairs Support
Comm. as of 3/5/19
ECONOMY HB68 Kowalko This Act extends the Automatic Residential Mortgage House Housing & Community Affairs Support
Foreclosure Mediation Program and the Office of Comm. as of 3/5/19
Foreclosure Prevention and Financial Education through
December 31, 2024.
ECONOMY SB8 Walsh Collective Bargaining – makes compensation a mandatory On Senate Floor ready for a vote as of Support
subject of bargaining for any group of employees 1/23/19
VOTING SB10 Townsend 17-year-olds can vote in primary elections so long as they Passed the Senate 20-0-1. Now in House Support
will be 18 by the final general election for the office. Administration 2/28/19
ENVIRONMENT SB12 McDowell Facilitating Electric Vehicles – Requiring Delaware adopt the On the Senate Floor ready for a vote as of Support
Society of Automotive Engineers’ industrial safety standard, 3/6/19
called J3072, which sets safety requirements for electric
vehicles that provide power from their batteries back to the
electric grid.
HEALTHCARE SB15 Lopez Lyme Disease Test -- requires a health-care provider to Senate Health & Social Services as of Support
provide notice to a patient at the time blood is drawn to 1/24/19
 perform a laboratory test for Lyme disease that explains the
limitations of the test and instructs the patient to see their
health-care provider if the patient continues to experience
unexplained symptoms.
HEALTHCARE SB17 Hansen Genetic Discrimination Ban -- ban use of genetic information Senate Banking, Business & Insurance Support
when denying coverage for disability insurance or long-term Committee as of 1/24/19
care insurance.
HEALTHCARE SB19 Richardson Forced Ultrasound Bill Senate Sunset Committee as of 1/24/19 Oppose
HEALTHCARE SB21 Richardson 20 Week Abortion Ban Senate Sunset Committee as of 1/24/19 Oppose
VOTING SB22 Townsend National Popular Vote Interstate Compact Passed Senate 14-7. House Admin Comm. Support
As of 3/8/19
HEALTHCARE SB24 Delcollo Medical Marijuana Access – allows patient to qualify for a Senate Health & Social Services Comm. as Support
valid registry card to purchase and use medical marijuana for of 3/6/19
any condition that a physician certifies that marijuana would
provide a therapeutic or palliative benefit.
HEALTHCARE SB25 Townsend Raising the age to buy tobacco products to 21 On the Senate Floor ready for a vote as of Support
3/6/19
EDUCATION SB50 McDowell DelTech Infrastructure Funding – Allowing Board of Trustees On the Senate Floor ready for a vote, but Oppose
of DelTech to issue a statewide property tax to fund projects due to intraparty opposition, sponsor
McDowell may pull bill