Daily Report for 9/15/2025

Governor's Actions

BillCurrent StatusSponsorSynopsisTitle
SB 80 w/ HA 2SignedMantzavinosThis Act adopts the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act ("the Act") authored by the Uniform Law Commission. The Uniform Law Commission “provides states with non-partisan, well-conceived and well-drafted legislation that brings clarity and stability to critical areas of state statutory law.” The Act was adopted by the Uniform Law Commission in October 2020 and has been adopted in 10 states, including New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and is currently pending in 10 states. The Act protects the public’s right to engage in activities protected by the First Amendment without abusive, expensive legal retaliation. Specifically, the Act combats the problem of strategic lawsuits against public participation, also called “SLAPPs.” A SLAPP may come in the form of a defamation, invasion of privacy, nuisance, or other claim, but its real goal is to entangle the defendant of a SLAPP in expensive litigation and stifle the ability to engage in constitutionally protected activities. While Delaware has an “anti-SLAPP” law (see §§ 8136 through 8138 of Title 10 of the Delaware Code), the law received a score of “D-” from the Institute for Free Speech due to limited types of speech it protects and lack of basic protections provided by the Act.AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM PUBLIC EXPRESSION PROTECTION ACT.
HB 119 w/ HA 1, HA 7, HA 8SignedGriffithThis Act establishes the following principles in regards to public library material: (1) Library material is provided for the interest, information, and enlightenment of all persons the library serves; (2) Library material should not be excluded, removed, or prohibited from a catalogue because of the origin, background, or views of a persons who created the material; (3) Material should not be excluded, removed, or prohibited from a library because of partisan, ideological, or religious disapproval. This Act requires that public libraries adopt a library collection development policy consistent with the foregoing principles. The written policy must include the policy and procedure that libraries will follow when receiving and reviewing objections to library material. It further requires that all library material that is under review due to an objection must remain available for use by library patrons until the review process is concluded. It also prohibits the governing body of a library from suspending, disciplining, or otherwise retaliating against an employee of a library that acts in accordance with the State principles and media content policy. This Act also creates similar requirements for school libraries and requires that public schools create policies and procedures for reviewing objections to school library material that conform to the established collection development policy for school libraries. Within these policies and procedures, school libraries must include: (1) a uniform process to submit an objection to material in a school library; (2) a requirement that material under review due to an objection remain available for use by students and school personnel until the review process is concluded; and (3) a reasonable timeline to conduct and conclude the review process. An appeal of a decision determining whether school library material may remain in the school library may be made to the board of the local education agency. A final appeal from the decision of the board of the local education agency may be made to a School Library Review Committee, which is made up of the following individuals or the individual’s designee: (1) The President of the School Chiefs’ Association. (2) The State Librarian. (3) The Secretary of the Department of Education. (4) The President of the Delaware State Education Association. (5) The President of the Association of School Administrators. (6) The President of the Delaware Association of School Librarians. (7) The President of the Delaware Library Association. AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 9, 14, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIBRARIES.

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Nominations Enacted upon by the Senate

NomineeStatusCommission/BoardReappointment
Anderson, CharlesCommitteeMember, Water Infrastructure Advisory CouncilReappointment
Bell, BeverlyCommitteeMember, Unemployment Insurance Appeal BoardReappointment
Berry, KarenCommitteeSecretary of the Department of Veterans AffairsNew
Dillard, DorothyCommitteeChair, Board of ParoleNew
Donnelly, KevinCommitteeMember, Water Infrastructure Advisory CouncilReappointment
Dougherty, MichaelCommitteeMember, State Board of ElectionsNew
Dvornick, EugeneCommitteeMember, Water Infrastructure Advisory CouncilReappointment
Heaton, DeborahCommitteeMember, Delaware Natural Areas Advisory Council Reappointment
Horsey, TrudenaCommitteeChair, Family and Medical Leave Insurance Appeal BoardNew
Lawhead, DebraCommitteeMember, Unemployment Insurance Appeal BoardNew
Lopez, JoseCommitteeMember, Family and Medical Leave Insurance Appeal BoardNew
Miller, RoyCommitteeMember, Atlantic States Marine FisheriesReappointment
Riemann, J. MichaelCommitteeMember, Water Infrastructure Advisory CouncilReappointment
Spangler, ThomasCommitteeMember, Delaware Natural Areas Advisory CouncilNew