Bills Effecting the Delaware State Education Association 3-22-2019 150 th General Assembly Bill Number HCR 5 HB 101 Title Synopsis Prime Sponsors CALLING FOR AN ARTICLE V CONVENTION TO AMEND THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF TO EDUCATION. This resolution places Delaware alongside sister states, including Vermont, California, Illinois, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, in calling for an Article V convention to reverse the decision by the United States Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010) ( Citizens United ) and related cases and events. The Citizens United decision has permitted money to play an unduly influential role in the context of political campaigns. The convention will have the sole purpose of crafting an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to address this situation, based upon data and experiences that have arisen in the wake of these decisions. This Act requires high needs elementary schools, including high needs elementary charter schools, to have school-based health centers. The State will pay the startup costs for each school-based health center at 2 centers per year until each high needs elementary school has a center. High needs elementary schools are defined as any elementary school in the top quartile of 3 or more in percentage of low-income students, percentage of English learners, percentage of students with disabilities, percentage of minority students, or having 90% of its students classified as lowincome, English learners, or minority. This act also allows high needs elementary schools having pre-existing school-based History Rep. Bentz 1/22/19 Rep. K. Williams 3/19/19 Education
health centers to apply for reimbursement of previously expended funds necessary to establish said health center. HB 100 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF TO FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. This Act establishes a mental health services unit for Delaware elementary schools. The unit is at a ratio of 250 full-time equivalent students grades K-5 for a fulltime school counselor, school social worker, or licensed clinical social worker. Additionally a unit ratio of 700 full time equivalent students for grades K-5 for employment of a full-time school psychologist. This Act defines mental health services as prevention, response, and coordination services delivered to students in elementary schools. Mental Health disorders are the most common health problem for school aged youth. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), one in five youth are affected by a mental health disorder. Additionally, 50% of lifetime mental illnesses begin by age 14. Untreated mental illness leads to negative outcomes including increased risk of dropout, homelessness, substance abuse, other chronic illnesses, incarceration, and possibly suicide. According to the National Alliance on Mental Health, ninety percent of people who have taken their own life have had an underlying mental health condition, and suicides are on the rise. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, suicides are now the second leading cause of death for youth ages 10-14. Delaware schools need trained and experienced mental health professionals to provide prevention and support programs and services to students. Currently, as reported by Delaware school Rep. Longhurst 3/19/19 Education
HB 92 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF TO FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. districts, 86% of elementary schools do not employ a school social worker, and ratios of students to school counselors and school psychologists far exceed national best practices. This bill will lower ratios and increase access to mental health services for elementary school students. This bill creates an Expanded Learning Opportunities Council to provide research, recommendations, and coordination regarding before and after school programs and summer learning opportunities for school-age children. The Chair of the Council is also added to the Interagency Resource Management as a non-voting member. The creation of an Expanded Learning Opportunities Council was one of the primary recommendations of the Statewide Afterschool Initiative Task Force, which was created by the 148th General Assembly. The Task Force felt that the design and delivery of services would be enhanced by a standing body tasked with tracking developments across the country and in the State, with a view towards encouraging the development of programs and funding models that maximize positive outcomes. Rep. K. Williams 3/19/19 Education the HB 85 AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XV OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE RESIGNATION OF ELECTED OFFICERS SEEKING ANOTHER OFFICE. This Act is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution requiring an individual elected to an office of this State, or one of its political subdivisions, to resign from the officer's current elected office if the officer seeks to be a candidate for another office of this State, or one of its political subdivisions, if the term of the office sought runs concurrently with the term of the office held Rep. Bennett 3/13/2019
HB 80 HB 73 HB 55 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF TO TAXES ON PERSONAL INCOME. AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO VOTING. AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF TO FINAL AVERAGE COMPENSATION FOR THE STATE EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN FOR RECIPIENTS OF CERTAIN AWARDS. Sections 1 and 2 of this Act raise the eligibility age, from 60 to 65 in one-year increments over a five-year period, for the up to $12,500 retirement income exclusion and the extra $110 age-based personal credit. Anyone eligible for these age-based benefits in the year of enactment would remain eligible under this legislation and eligibility for an up to $2,000 pension exclusion would be extended to persons under age 65. Section 3 of this Act modifies Delaware s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to allow recipients to choose between a non-refundable credit of up to 20% of the value of the corresponding federal EITC or a refundable EITC credit of up to 4.5% of the value of the corresponding federal EITC to be applied against their Delaware Personal Income Taxes. This Act is a first leg of a constitutional amendment that would eliminate from the Delaware Constitution the limitations as to when an individual may vote by absentee ballot. This amendment to the Delaware Constitution provides that the General Assembly shall enact general laws providing the circumstances, rules, and procedures for absentee voting. This Act includes the dollar amount of an Educational Support Professional of the Year award received by a State employee when determining the final average compensation used to compute the State employee's pension. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. Rep. Baumbach 3/12/2019 Revenue & Finance 3/13/2019 Rep. Jaques 3/12/2019 3/20/19 Rep. Jaques 2/28/2019 Education 3/13/2019 Reported out of committee
HB 51 HB 50 HB 48 AN ACT MAKING A ONE-TIME SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2020 TO THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE EXPENSE OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2020; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; AND AMENDING CERTAIN PERTINENT STATUTORY PROVISIONS. AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS This Act appropriates $39,117,700 to provide one-time funded projects through the Office of Management and Budget. This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2020 Appropriations Act. This bill provides State funding to kindergarten through third grade for basic special education. State funding already occurs for intensive and complex special education during these grades. Currently the basic special education funding runs from fourth through twelfth grade. This bill is an effort to promote earlier identification and assistance for basic special education needs which should then mitigate costs over the long term. Pursuant to its terms, funding for K-3 special education will be phased in gradually over 4 years. Rep. Schwartzkopf Rep. Schwartzkopf 1/24/19 Introduced in and Appropriations 1/24/19 Introduced in and Appropriations Rep. Wiliams 1/24/19 Education 3/13/2019 3/21/19 Appropriations
HB 47 HB 41 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF TO MINIMUM WAGE AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF TO PRIMARY ELECTIONS. This bill removes the training minimum wage, which takes effect 90 days after enactment, and youth minimum wage, which takes effect January 1, 2020. Section 1 of this bill moves the date of primary elections for statewide office, county office, and municipal office to the fourth Tuesday in April, which is the date of the presidential primary (in presidential election years). The dates for submitting and withdrawing notification of candidacy have been adjusted accordingly. Section 2 of the bill changes the deadline for a minor political party selecting its candidate at the party s convention. Section 3 of the bill changes the deadline for filing certificates of nomination from September 1st to April 1st. Section 4 changes the closed period in which a voter is not allowed to change his or her political affiliation to match the 60-day limit in 15 Del. C. 3189 for presidential primaries. Rep. Williams 1/24/19 Economic Development/Ban king/insurance & Commerce Rep. Bolden 1/16/19 1/23/19 () 1/24/19 Passed By. 1/25/19 HB 39 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF TO ELECTIONS. This bill provides for election day registration for presidential primary, primary, special, and general elections whereas currently the deadline is the fourth Saturday prior to the date of the election. Moreover, Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Rep. Viola 1/16/19
HB 38 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF TO EARLY VOTING. HB 37 AN ACT TO AMEND VOLUME 81, CHAPTER 58, SECTION 97 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO THE SENIOR REAL PROPERTY TAX CREDIT. HB 36 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 22 AND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIENS REGARDING REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENT TAXES. same day registration at polling places will be permitted with submission of valid government issued identification or other generally accepted proof of identification. This Act establishes in-person early voting in Delaware beginning January 1, 2022. Registered voters will be allowed to vote inperson during at least 10 days before an election, up to and including the Saturday and Sunday immediately before the election at locations determined by the State Election Commissioner. This Act also charges the State Election Commissioner with determining whether such voting should occur by voting machine or paper ballot. All other procedures relating to conducting voting are the same as for general election voting. Further, this Act requires that for statewide elections there must be at least 1 in-person polling place in each county, and an additional location in the City of Wilmington. This act restores the $500 senior real property tax credit. This Act authorizes a county or municipality to treat an unpaid lien as a tax lien against the property subject to the lien and collect the lien in the same manner as other tax liens, including a proceeding under a writ of monition. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the 3/13/2019 Rep. Bentz 1/16/19 3/13/2019 Rep. Ramone 1/10/19 Rep. Brady & Sen. Paradee 1/10/19 Housing & Community Affairs
standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. HB 32 HB 27 HB 26 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF TO DECREASING THE REALTY TRANSFER TAX. AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF TO ITEMIZED DEDUCTIONS. AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE AND VOTING ON THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION ACT, BOND AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ACT, AND ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN GRANTS-IN-AID. This Act decreases by 1% the rate of realty transfer tax to be received by the State, thereby returning to the rate that was applicable prior to August 1, 2017. This bill allows real property tax itemized deductions to continue in Delaware notwithstanding recently enacted changes to federal income tax laws. This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that requires the General Assembly to wait 48 hours from the introduction of the budget appropriation bill, bond and capital improvement act, and act making appropriations for certain grants-inaid bill, or any substantive amendment or substitute bill to such bills before voting on such legislation unless the General Assembly by a three-fourths vote waives this requirement. The purpose of this provision is to allow all interested persons, including legislators, a reasonable amount of time to review the three significant financial legislative acts before voting on such legislation. This restriction can be waived if three-fourths of each of the Rep. Ramone & Sen. Delcollo Rep. Briggs King & Sen. Pettyjohn Rep. Briggs King & Sen. DelCollo 3/5/2019 Stricken 1/4/19 Revenue & Finance 1/4/19 Revenue & Finance 1/4/19
HB 22 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF TO POWERS AND DUTIES. General Assembly agrees to act in a shorter time period. This bill is a companion bill to Bill No. 21 and provides the authority for the Department of Education to prescribe the rules and regulations necessary to implement the prison education program which provides educational services to the Department of Correction. Rep. Briggs King 1/4/19 Education HB 21 HB 19 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF TO CLASSIFICATION AND EMPLOYMENT. AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF TO SCHOOL NURSES. The language set forth in this statute would remove barriers for inmates who are students with disabilities and who have an Individualized Education Program (IEP) under state and federal law, when being considered for parole or a sentence modification. Requiring an inmate with an IEP to complete a GED or State of Delaware High School Diploma is counterproductive to the treatment and programming of this segment of the prison population and prohibits them from seeking the same benefits of parole or sentence modification afforded to those inmates who do not have an IEP. This amendment to the law allows an inmate the opportunity to earn a State of Delaware Diploma of Alternate Achievement Standards upon successful completion of the inmate's IEP This Act seeks to ensure that every public school in the State has a school nurse. This Act provides a mechanism to allow a district or a charter school that currently does not have a school nurse to receive State funds. This Act also permits a district to levy a tax under 1902(b), Title 14, known as a Rep. Briggs King Rep. Jaques & Sen. Sokola 3/6/2019 1/4/19 Education 3/6/2019 1/4/19 Education
HB 17 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF TO STATE TAXES AND PRIORITY OF CLAIMS TO INTERCEPT OR REDUCE FUNDS. "match tax", to assist those districts that hire a school nurse as a result of this Act to pay for the local share of that school nurse. This bill gives school and local government property taxes priority collection status over other claimant agencies when the collection is made by tax intercept reducing refunds. Rep. Short & Sen. Lopez 3/20/19 Tabled in 12/13/18 Revenue & Finance HB 15 HB 14 HB 11 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF TO PERSONAL INCOME TAX AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 30 OF TO PERSONAL INCOME TAX. AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF TO HOURS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS This Act creates the following new tax brackets: at $125,000, with a rate of 7.10% and at $250,000, with a rate of 7.85 This Act creates the following new tax brackets: 1. At $125,000, with a rate of 7.10%. 2. At $250,000, with a rate of 7.85%. This Act also creates a tiered reduction of the otherwise available itemized deduction based on the individual's taxable income Bill No. 363, as amended by Amendment No. 1, of the 149th General Assembly changed the time that polls open for school board and school referendum elections to 7:00 a.m from prior time of 10:00 a.m. There are several sections of Title 14 that govern the hours that polls are open for elections under Title 14 and Rep. Kowalko & Sen. Sokola Rep. Kowalko & Sen. Sokola 3/6/2019 12/13/18 Revenue & Finance 12/13/18Introduc ed and Assigned to Revenue & Finance Rep. Williams 12/13/18 Education
Bill No. 363 did not include a revision to the hours listed in 1907 of Title 14. This Act makes the technical correction to 1907 of Title 14 so that it is consistent with the sections of Title 14 that were revised by Bill No 363. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. 1/23/19 (Education) 1/24/19 Passed By. 1/25/19 Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs 3/6/2019 3/14/2018 Passed by HB 1 AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO EQUAL RIGHTS. This is the final leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to provide equal rights on the basis of sex. There is no Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. While Congress passed the Amendment in 1972, it was not ratified by the requisite number of states by the 1982 deadline. Delaware, however, was one of the first states to ratify the Amendment. About half of the states across the country have passed Equal Rights Amendments to their state constitutions in order to provide Rep. Longhurst & Sen. Hansen Signed by the Governor 12/13/18 1/9/19
protection against discrimination based on sex. Without an Equal Rights amendment, women's rights and protections are limited. This Amendment is necessary to correct a constitutional shortcoming, reduce sexbased disparities and to codify our State's value of equality. Section 1 makes clear the General Assembly's intent in proposing this Amendment to the Delaware Constitution. 1/10/19 Passed By. 1/10/19 Executive 1/16/19 SS 1 For SB 50 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY COLLEGE INFRASTRUCTURE FUND. Delaware's statewide community college system, operated by Delaware Technical and Community College ( the College ), plays a critical role in the State's economy by providing workforce development, vocational training and transfer education that connects Delawareans with good paying jobs within the State and region. This Act gives the College s Board of Trustees the authority to issue bonds to finance the cost of major and minor capital improvements, deferred maintenance, and the acquisition of related equipment and educational technology and establishes the Community College Infrastructure Fund ( the Fund ) to pay the principal and interest on such bonds. This Act is a substitute for and differs from Bill No. 50 by deleting the property tax component and capitalizes the Fund instead by an annual appropriation equal to 10% of the amounts appropriated to public education in the previous year s bond and capital Sen. McDowell 1/16/19 Passed By. Released from Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs on 3/20/19
improvement act, together with such other funds as may be deposited by the College from sources including, but not limited to, tuition and fees, private funds, grants and federal support. This Act also provides a mechanism, but not an obligation, for the state to provide matching funds for minor capital improvement projects consistent with existing matching provisions for public education. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. SB 50 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY COLLEGE INFRASTRUCTURE FUND. Delaware's statewide community college system, operated by Delaware Technical and Community College ( the College ), plays a critical role in the State's economy by providing workforce development, vocational training and transfer education that connects Delawareans with good paying jobs within the State and region. This Act gives the College s Board of Trustees the authority to issue bonds to finance the cost of major and minor capital improvements, deferred maintenance, and the acquisition of related equipment and educational technology and establishes the Community College Infrastructure Fund ( the Fund ) to pay the principal and interest on such bonds. This Act adopts the county Vo-Tech structure to finance the Fund by authorizing the College's Board of Trustees to collect a local property tax, subject to a cap. All money raised in a county must be placed in a segregated account and spent exclusively on projects in that county, thereby eliminating any possibility of applying this Act in an unconstitutional manner. This Act also provides a Sen. McDowell 1/17/19 Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs
SB 22 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE AGREEMENT AMONG THE STATES TO ELECT THE PRESIDENT BY NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE. mechanism, but not an obligation, for the state to provide matching funds for minor capital improvement projects consistent with existing matching provisions for public education. Property taxes raised pursuant with this Act cannot be used to fund any local match. Act enacts the National Popular Vote compact, which changes the Electoral College from an institution that reflects the voters state-by-state choices into a body that reflects the voters nationwide choice. Currently, state statutes require that electoral votes are controlled by the plurality of the voters in the state but this system is not required by the U.S. Constitution or federal law. The National Popular Vote compact requires that each member state award its electoral votes to the presidential candidate who received the largest number of popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The National Popular Vote compact becomes effective when it is enacted by states collectively possessing a majority of the electoral votes. When the National Popular Vote compact takes effect, the presidential candidate receiving the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia would be guaranteed enough electoral votes in the Electoral College to be elected to the Presidency. Specifically, this Act does the following: Section 1. Adopts The Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote ("National Popular Vote compact") and provides for notice regarding when the National Popular Vote compact is in effect and governs a presidential election. Section 2. Revises the wording of 4303(b) so that it correctly addresses how electors Sen. Townsend 2/27/2019 Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs 3/6/2019 Reported out of 3/7/2019 Passed by 3/7/2019 Adminstration 3/13/2019 3/14/2019 Passed by
SB 20 A BOND AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND CERTAIN OF ITS AUTHORITIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING must vote in any presidential election. This is not a substantive change to current law, which governs when the National Popular Vote compact is not applicable to an election, because the electors nominated by the political party that received the plurality of vote of the voters of this State are the electors who are appointed. Section 3. Corrects a typographical error in 5711. Section 4. Revises 5711 to govern when the National Popular Vote compact governs a presidential election. Both versions of 5711 will appear in the Delaware Code with a note at the top of each version stating if that version governs the next presidential election. Section 5. Revises 7704 of Title 15 regarding the election of delegates to a state constitutional convention to ratify proposed amendments to the U.S. Constitution so that it remains unchanged by the National Popular Vote compact. The statute currently provides that delegates are elected "in the same manner as in the case of the election for electors for President and Vice President." Because the National Popular Vote compact changes how electors are selected, 7704 is revised so that delegates to a national constitutional convention are nominated and elected in the current manner, regardless of whether the National Popular Vote compact governs the next presidential election. Section 6. Clarifies the effective date of this Act and when Section 1 of this Act governs a presidential election. This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2020 Bond and Capital Improvements Act. Sen. McBride 1/24/19 Capital
JUNE 30, 2020; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE STATE; APPROPRIATING FUNDS FROM THE TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS OF THE DELAWARE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY; APPROPRIATING SPECIAL FUNDS OF THE DELAWARE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY; APPROPRIATING GENERAL FUNDS AND SPECIAL FUNDS OF THE STATE; REPROGRAMMING CERTAIN FUNDS OF THE STATE; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; AND AMENDING CERTAIN STATUTORY PROVISIONS. SB 10 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION. This Act is identical to Bill No. 127 from the 149th General Assembly, which was passed by the and reported out of the. This Act corrects an inadvertent error in Delaware law that has permitted people younger than 18 years of age to vote in final-stage elections. People must be 18 years of age or older to be eligible to vote in a final-stage election such as general elections, special elections, school board elections, and school district referendums. However, people younger than 18 years of age can vote in any preliminary election, such as primary elections, if they will be 18 years of age at the time of the final-stage election. Sen. Townsend Improvement 1/15/19 Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs 1/23/19 (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs)
1/24/19 Passed By. 2/28/2019 SS 1 to SB 9 AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO BOND AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ACTS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND CERTAIN OF THEIR AUTHORITIES FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 2018 AND JUNE 30, 2019. This Act amends the Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 Bond and Capital Improvements Acts to (1) authorize the Department of Transportation to use Community Transportation Funds for one-time reimbursements for various projects; (2) allow the transfer of funds between capital projects for the Appoquinimink School District; (3) authorize a transfer of funds from the Office of Management and Budget for other listed projects; (4) revise the fund amount for the Garashes L Project and expand the use of funds for road projects at the Wilmington Riverfront Sports Project; (5) authorize funding from the Delaware Strategic Fund when interest earnings are not available for the New Castle County and Middletown Chamber of Commerce s business incubators; (6) authorize the Delaware National Guard to use appropriated funds for the 198th Readiness Center Facilities and Georgetown Readiness Center; and (7) authorize the conveyance of property between the Appoquinimink School District and the Town of Middletown. 3/20/19 Reported out of Sen. Sokola 1/17/19 was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 9 1/17/19 Passed By. 1/22/19 Passed By. Signed by the Governor
SB 8 SB 7 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE AND CHAPTER 280, VOLUME 81 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR STATE EMPLOYEES. AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF TO THE DELAWARE POPULATION CONSORTIUM. This Act makes compensation a mandatory subject of bargaining for any group of employees who have joined together for purposes of collective bargaining and certified a labor organization to serve as the group's exclusive collective bargaining representative. This Act also eliminates any deadline for reaching an agreement pertaining to compensation. Finally, this Act repeals a portion of Section 8 of Chapter 280 of Volume 81 of the Laws of Delaware, the Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Act, that pertains to the collective bargaining process repealed by Section 2 of this Act. Since 1975, the Delaware Population Consortium has prepared a unified set of statewide population projections each year. These projections are used for a variety of purposes including capital planning, policy analysis, comprehensive planning, and transportation planning. All 3 counties are required by State law to utilize these projections to prepare their required comprehensive plans. However, the Delaware Population Consortium does not exist in State law. This Act formally creates the Delaware Population Consortium, identifies its membership and work products, and requires that all counties, municipalities, school districts, and State agencies use the Consortium s projections for planning and policy purpose SA 1 - This Amendment adds the Sussex County Association of Towns to the Delaware Population Consortium and correspondingly revises the quorum requirement. Sen. Walsh 1/17/19 Labor 1/23/19 (Labor) Sen. Hansen 1/10/19 Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs 1/23/2019 3/5/2019 SA 1 Passed by 3/5/2019 Passed by 3/6/2019