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June 5, 2025
Summary: HB 205 redefines “healthcare services” to include controversial procedures like abortion, IVF, and potentially sterilization related to gender transitions—turning ideological rhetoric into codified law. At its core, the bill removes liability from providers rather than protecting patients, even for procedures that may be dangerous or experimental. Combined with recent
May 20, 2025
Summary: An integration of financial literacy into core high school curriculum. This comprehensive approach Analysis: The Equity and Inclusion in Financial Literacy for All High School Students in Delaware Act, makes financial literacy a required course for high school students across the state. Starting with the class of 2026–2027, all
May 15, 2025
Summary: This bill updates Delaware law to replace terms like "child pornography" with the more accurate term "child sexual abuse material." It applies this change consistently across various criminal statutes, including those related to trafficking, exploitation, possession, and distribution. Analysis: HB 166 is an important is a very important step
May 14, 2025
Summary: This bill dangerously expands the definition of “public accommodation” to include nearly every entity that receives state funds or performs a public function. In doing so, it opens the door to government overreach in faith-based organizations simply for their operation aligning with their deeply held religious beliefs. Using the
April 17, 2025
Summary: Delaware’s HB 119, framed as protecting access to books, reflects a broader trend of mislabeling parental concerns about explicit content as “book banning” by groups like PEN America and the ALA. While the bill may prevent activist-led removals of wholesome material, it risks prioritizing unrestricted access over age-appropriate safeguards
April 8, 2025
Summary: HB 115 dangerously expands anti-discrimination protections to include non-immutable traits like weight and height, blurring the line between personal choice and protected status. By doing so, it risks undermining legitimate safety standards and invites subjective legal challenges that could destabilize workplace integrity and clarity in civil rights law. Analysis:
April 3, 2025
Summary: SB 100 elevates the redefinition of marriage to a constitutionally proected right, a government overreach into deeply rooted religious and social institution. Analysis: The state legalized what is referred to as same-sex "marriage" in 2013 with the signing of HB 75, sponsored by former House Represenative Melanie George Smith.
March 28, 2025
Summary: SB 78 presents itself as an anti-discrimination measure but ultimately reads like a performative checklist of identity categories, lacking a clear definition of what “discrimination” actually means. By protecting an expansive—and at times absurd—range of traits while simultaneously permitting gender-based admissions carveouts, the bill creates legal confusion and undermines
March 27, 2025
Summary: This bill creates a uniform threshold--a 1% or less difference between candidates--for initiating a recount across various elections. Analysis: HB 86 aims to establish a uniform threshold for initiating a recount across various elections, including statewide offices, State Senator and Representative, county offices, the City of Wilmington, and school
March 27, 2025
Summary: HB 36 expands Delaware's non-discrimination laws by incorporating recent changes to the legal definition of sexual orientation, specifically the inclusion of "pansexual" and "asexual" from HB 275 (2024). While framed as a technical update, the bill is critiqued as part of a broader cultural shift toward subjective identity definitions,
