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Daily Report for 4/15/2025

Governor's Actions

No legislation is Signed by Governor Today

New Legislation Introduced

Bill	Current Status	Sponsor	Synopsis	Title
SCR 52	Passed Senate	Paradee	This concurrent resolution recognizes February 15, 2025, as “Angelman Syndrome Awareness Day” in the State of Delaware.	RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 15, 2025, AS “ANGELMAN SYNDROME AWARENESS DAY” IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.
SA 1 to SB 48	Passed	Sturgeon	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.
HCR 31	Passed	Kamela Smith	This concurrent resolution designates April 10th, 2025, as “Youth Author Day” in the State of Delaware.	DESIGNATING APRIL 10TH, 2025, AS “YOUTH AUTHOR DAY” IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.
HA 1 to HJR 2	Passed	Neal	This Amendment to House Joint Resolution 2 adds to the required reporting requirement that DHSS shall provide a comparison of the costs and benefits of implementing the Restaurant Meals Program in some zip codes as opposed to statewide, and if the decision is that starting with tailored zip codes is preferable, the steps that will be taken to ensure statewide implementation is possible in the future. This Amendment breaks the reporting requirements into 2 clauses for readability and also corrects a typographical error.
HA 1 to HB 125	PWB	S. Moore	This Amendment incrementally increases the number of students who qualify for a free breakfast and lunch based on a student's household income over 5 years. After 5 years, any student, regardless of household income, is eligible for a free breakfast and lunch.
HA 2 to HB 125	PWB	S. Moore	This Amendment provides that, if the funding through the Community Eligibility Provision ("CEP") is eliminated in Delaware, the Department of Education will continue to reimburse public schools for the costs of the Free School Meals Program that the CEP formerly reimbursed.
SA 1 to SB 81	Passed	Lockman	This Amendment clarifies that a valid paraprofessional permit is required for a teacher or specialist to qualify for salary computation pursuant to this section.

Legislation Passed By Senate

Bill	Current Status	Sponsor	Synopsis	Title
SB 75 w/ SA 1, SA 2	Out of Committee	Paradee	This Act limits the restrictions a county may impose on the operation of marijuana establishments as follows: • Requires that a medical marijuana compassion center that was granted a conversion license for a retail marijuana store under § 1335B of Title 4 must be allowed to operate the retail marijuana store as a nonconforming use. • Prohibits the denial of a building permit to a licensee under § 1335B of Title 4 if the improvements comply with the physical requirements for property zoned for that use. The nonconforming use laws for each county, § 2610, § 4920, and § 6920 of Title 9 all prohibit structural alterations if a building is a nonconforming use but § 1335B(a)(1) requires that a conversion licensee continue to operate the location as a medical dispensing location. Thus, it is extremely likely that a compassion center with a conversion license for a retail marijuana store will need to make structural alterations to operate both as a medical dispensing location and as a retail marijuana store. • Requires that a county must allow the minimum hours of operation for a retail marijuana store to be 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. on Mondays through Saturdays and noon until 8 p.m. on Sundays. • In areas zoned for agricultural or industrial use, indoor, fully enclosed cultivation facilities may not be prohibited. • In areas zoned for commercial or industrial use, retail marijuana stores may be prohibited from operating only within a ½ mile of another retail marijuana store and within 500 feet of a place of worship, school, licensed child care, residential treatment facility, park, or library. The limits on county restrictions under this Act preempt and supersede all existing and future county ordinances or regulations regarding the operation of marijuana establishments. Section 2 makes corresponding changes to § 1351 of Title 4 so that section applies only to municipalities. This Act also makes technical changes to use consistent language in subsections (a) and (b) of § 1351 and § 1351A. Under § 1302(17) of Title 4, “‘marijuana establishment’” means all 4 types of entities licensed under Chapter 13 of Title 4.	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LOCAL CONTROL OF RETAIL MARIJUANA STORES BY COUNTIES.
SB 88	Passed	Hansen	This bill will improve customer service by extending the due date on toll violations from the thirty-first day to the sixty-first day, after the date the violation is transmitted. This bill amends the administrative fee by stating that the fee may be "up to" $25.	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RULES OF THE ROAD.
HCR 29	Passed	Ortega	This House Concurrent Resolution commemorates the 50th anniversary of the State Government Affairs Council.	COMMEMORATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COUNCIL.
SA 1 to SB 75	Passed	Paradee	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.
SA 2 to SB 75	Passed	Paradee	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.
HCR 34	Passed	Minor-Brown	This Concurrent Resolution recognizes the month of April 2025 as "National Donate Life Month" in the State of Delaware.	RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF APRIL 2025 AS "NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH" IN DELAWARE.

Legislation Passed By House of Representatives

Bill	Current Status	Sponsor	Synopsis	Title
HB 39 w/ HA 1	Committee	Carson	This Act clarifies how a period of time is calculated under the Manufactured Homes and Manufactured Home Communities Act (Chapter 70 of Title 25), a landlord’s maintenance responsibilities in a manufactured home community, and that business invitees are not a “guest” or “visitor” of the tenant or resident. Under current law, § 7002(c) of Title 25, a designated period of time under Chapter 70 of Title 25 does not include weekends and legal holidays if the period of time is less than 7 days under § 5112 of Title 25. This Act changes how a period of time is calculated so that weekends and legal holidays are not counted if the period of time is 12 days or less. This Act also requires that a landlord maintain all of the following: 1. Bulkheads, streets, and other grounds to prevent the accumulation of standing water, as permitted by law. 2. All utilities and services provided by the landlord up to the physical connection to the home. 3. The root system, limbs, and trunk or stem of trees in common areas. This Act also updates the required standards for tree care to the generally accepted industry standards for tree care, the ANSI A300 Tree Care standards, because the American Association of Nurserymen ceased to exist on January 1, 2014. The ANSI A300 Tree Care standards are voluntary industry consensus standards developed by the Tree Care Industry Association and written by the Accredited Standards Institute. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MAINTENANCE AND TIME COMPUTATION IN MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES.
HA 1 to HB 19	Passed	Osienski	This Amendment revises House Bill 19 to make clear that subsequent criminal history will not be provided with respect to individuals not actively employed or engaged by the Department of Finance.
SCR 47	Passed	Brown	This Concurrent Resolution reestablishes the Port of Wilmington Expansion Task Force ("Task Force"). The Task Force was previously created by House Concurrent Resolution No. 38 in the 148th General Assembly and concluded that port expansion should be pursued by the State and the Diamond State Port Corporation. The General Assembly is reestablishing the Task Force to monitor the port expansion project, to report monthly to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives on the progress of the port expansion project, and to provide recommendations to the General Assembly that ensure the success of the planned port expansion and foster continued growth in Delaware's maritime economy.	REESTABLISHING A PORT OF WILMINGTON EXPANSION TASK FORCE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PORT DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
SCR 51	Passed	Buckson	This Senate Concurrent Resolution designates April 2025, as the "Month of the Military Child" in the State of Delaware.	DESIGNATING APRIL 2025, AS THE "MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.
HA 1 to HB 39	Passed	Gray	This Amendment clarifies the connection point at which the landlord's responsibility ends.
HA 1 to HS 1 for HB 50	Passed	Heffernan	This amendment clarifies that the Delaware Energy Fund will not make a grant of assistance to an individual or family that is eligible for financial assistance from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
HA 1 to HB 34	Passed	Collins	This amendment removes the provision relating to annually adjusting the tax by the Consumer Price Index.

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House Committee Assignments

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House Committee Report

Senate Defeated Legislation

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House Defeated Legislation

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Nominations Enacted upon by the Senate

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