2025 Legislative Accomplishments
During the 153rd Delaware General Assembly (which includes 2025 and 2026), I passed 34 bills and binding resolutions—the second-highest number out of all 41 representatives. Below, please find information about the legislation I passed during 2025, the first leg of the 153rd Delaware General Assembly, and some other information.
Legislation
- HB 36, for fairness, consistency, and to avoid lawsuits against the state, ensures that in all places throughout Delaware code that includes nondiscrimination policy, all of the following are covered: race, color, national origin, religious belief or affiliation, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
- HB 37 mandates that all state non-discrimination laws applying to private entities also apply to all government agencies and all entities receiving state funding.
- HB 43 requires that when Delaware inmates mail appeal forms to courts, the date the mail is sent counts as the date it is received by the courts, to avoid appeals being denied due to slow prison and/or USPS mail.
- HB 53 grants the Delaware Office for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing (DAHH) a full-time director position and modernizes and expands the list of technology/items for which DAHH Delawareans may apply to receive at no cost.
- HB 54 establishes the Delaware Office of Suicide Prevention to address suicide prevention, intervention, and post-mention, making Delaware the last state to have such an office or a comparable full-time position.
- HB 56 requires that all Delaware health insurance companies cover medically necessary excess skin removal, including panniculectomies.
- HB 77, in addition to previous requirements, mandates that school board members must also receive training on the topics of FOIA, best practices regarding the conduct of meetings, and the State Employees’, Officers’ and Officials’ Code of Conduct.
- HB 79 mandates that, annually, school districts report to the Department of Education instances of physical restraint, mechanical restraint, and seclusion, that parents are notified of such instances, that there must exist special procedures and safeguard requirements in place for students with disabilities, and that a related annual report be submitted to certain government individuals and entities.
- HB 140, the End of Life Options Act, ensures that terminally ill Delawareans with six months or less to live have the option to end their lives with as little suffering and as much dignity as possible.
- HB 164 ensures that the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) Transportation Trust Fund, considering various reasons for recent significant revenue loss, continues to have the funding it needs for vital tasks like road construction and repair, maintaining bridges, plowing snow from roads, and assisting municipalities with roads.
- HB 250 establishes a special Delaware license plate celebrating America’s and Delaware’s semiquincentennial, with a portion of purchase proceeds benefiting the Delaware 250 Fund.
- SB 88 establishes that the first notice for an EZ Pass toll violation includes only the toll amount, with no fees or fines, and that DelDOT has the authority to reduce the administrative fee on toll violations.
- SB 155 updates the name of the Delaware Nursing Home Residents Quality Assurance Commission to the Delaware Residents’ Protection Commission, clarifies its mission, and allows it broader powers to carry out that mission.
- SB 202 requires all three counties to submit quarterly reports related to property reassessment payment plans, appeals, parcels sold, and tax revenue collected and distributed to school districts.
- SJR 9 designates August 31, 2025, as International Overdose Awareness Day in Delaware and requires state flags to be flown at half-staff in observance of and to honor those whose lives have been taken by overdose and the individuals and families who love them.
Committees, etc.