Sen. Eric Buckson

Maddy summaryThis bill designates July 2026 as "American Patriotism Month" throughout the State of Delaware. It does not create new laws or change government operations but serves as a formal recognition of patriotism during that specific month. The resolution was passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives without requiring a vote on the final measure.

Maddy summaryThis bill designates the week of September 13-19, 2026, as "Adult Education and Family Literacy Week" throughout the State of Delaware. It serves as a commemorative resolution to recognize the importance of adult learning and literacy programs without changing any laws or budgets. The measure was passed by both the Senate and the House to formally acknowledge this specific timeframe for educational awareness.

Maddy summaryThis Senate Concurrent Resolution designates the week of June 14 through June 21, 2026, as "Men's Health Week" throughout the State of Delaware. The measure serves as a commemorative gesture to raise awareness about men's health issues during that specific time period. It does not create new laws, allocate funding, or change existing policies, but rather establishes an official state recognition for the event.

This Act adopts the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact (“Compact”). This Compact takes effect on the date on which this Compact is enacted into law in 7 states. As of January 2026, this Compact has been enacted in 5 states and has been filed in 6 other states. This Compact is an interstate occupational licensure compact for respiratory therapists. There are approximately 130,000 licensed respiratory therapists in the United States. Licensees currently face significant barriers providing services across state borders, even when they meet the qualifications to practice in another state. This Compact will facilitate multistate practice by reducing unnecessary licensure burdens and improve public safety by enhancing state information sharing.

This Act adopts the Cosmetology Licensure Compact (“Compact”). The Compact is active because enough states have enacted legislation to adopt the Compact. The purpose of the Compact is to reduce the burdens on state governments and to facilitate and regulate the interstate practice of cosmetology by creating a framework for a multistate licensing program. The multistate licensing program provides increased value and mobility to licensed cosmetologists, including military members and their spouses, and ensures safe, competent, and reliable cosmetology services are provided to the public. The Compact allows individuals residing in a state that joins the Compact (a “member state”) to apply, through the state, for a multistate license. A multistate license allows a qualifying licensee to practice cosmetology in all member states. Applicants for a multistate license must hold an unrestricted license to practice cosmetology in the applicant’s home state and must meet educational, national licensing examination, and background check requirements to qualify for a multistate license. Licensees must meet continuing competency requirements to qualify for renewal of a multistate license. Member states share information related to disciplinary actions against licensees, investigations of licensees, and anything that would disqualify a licensee from holding a multistate license so that each member state is aware if a licensee’s authority to practice is restricted or if the licensee is disqualified from practicing cosmetology.

This Act allows a lienholder that has a lien under § 3901 of Title 25, often called a garagekeeper’s lien, to recover reasonable attorney’s fees from the proceeds of a sale to satisfy a garagekeeper’s lien. If the lienholder is not paid within 30 days after the lien is created, the lienholder may apply to a Justice of the Peace Court to sell the property. Under § 3903 and § 3905 of Title 25, the lienholder may recover the costs of the sale and the lien amount. Applying for authorization to sell property to satisfy a garagekeeper’s lien is a detailed process and many lienholders need to hire an attorney to help. But a court will not grant attorney’s fees without express statutory authority. This Act amends § 3903 and § 3905 to expressly allow a lienholder to recover attorney’s fees from the proceeds of a sale to satisfy a garagekeeper’s lien. This Act also allows excess proceeds from a garagekeeper’s lien sale to be used to satisfy other outstanding judgments against the owner of the property sold. Currently, under § 3905 of Title 25, sale proceeds are first used to pay the garagekeeper’s lien and costs related to the lien sale. Any extra proceeds are deposited with the Court and used to pay other liens on or security interests in the property sold. If there are still proceeds remaining, the Court must give the excess proceeds to the property owner or, if the property owner cannot be found, to the State Treasurer who holds the proceeds for the property owner to claim within 1 year. If the property owner does not claim the excess proceeds within 1 year, the excess proceeds are placed in the General Fund. Generally, money held in custody of the law may not be attached to satisfy an outstanding judgment. But in several cases, including Lowe v. Hulliger, 86 A.2d 749 (Del. Super. Ct. 1952), Delaware Courts have recognized an exception to this rule. Money left over that is due to a defendant or debtor after all legal obligations are paid may be attached to satisfy another judgment against the defendant or debtor. This Act codifies the exception for garagekeeper’s lien sale proceeds by allowing the Court to pay judgment creditors who apply within 30 days of the sale to attach any excess sale proceeds remaining after all other costs, liens, and security interests have been paid and before the excess sale proceeds are paid to the property owner. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

This Senate Concurrent Resolution adopts a rule applicable to both the Senate and House of Representatives to limit the number of bills introduced by members of the General Assembly to 5 bills each regular session. The rule provides for exceptions for certain types of bills and for a process to request a waiver of the bill introduction limit by filing a request with the Senate Rules & Ethics Committee, for Senators, or the House Rules Committee, for Representatives. The rule requires the Secretary of the Senate and Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives to keep records on and issue a report by November 1 of each year containing the following information: (1) The number of bills introduced by each member. (2) The number of bills introduced by a member under each individual exception under subsection (c) of this rule. (3) The number of bills introduced by a member under subsection (d) of this rule. (4) The number of times each member seeks to introduce a bill that is denied introduction under subsection (e) of this rule. For purposes of the application of this Senate Concurrent Resolution to this General Assembly, because this session is nearly complete, bills introduced to date do not count for purposes of determining the limit and each legislator starts at zero bills introduced. This Senate Concurrent Resolution also recommends that the 154th General Assembly adopt a similar rule when it convenes.

Maddy summaryThis bill designates May 6, 2026, as "International Wishbone Day" within the State of Delaware. It directly affects state officials and the public by establishing an official state observance for that specific date. The primary mechanism is a formal declaration that recognizes the day, without creating new laws or imposing requirements. This type of resolution serves to acknowledge a cultural or commemorative theme rather than changing operational policies.

This Act does the following: (1) Makes clear that charter schools and private schools may employ a constable or employ or contract for a qualified retired law-enforcement officer to provide security. (2) Creates an exemption in the Safe School Zone law enacted in 2023, Chapter 175 of Volume 84 of the Laws of Delaware (House Bill No. 201, 152nd General Assembly), for an individual authorized by a private school to serve a “sentry”, an individual authorized by the school to carry a firearm or projectile weapon in a Safe School Zone if certain training and notice requirements are complied with. Not every school is able to afford to hire a constable or a police officer who is a school resource officer. Therefore, the General Assembly finds that it is necessary to permit private schools in this State to employ or contract for individuals to serve as a sentry for these schools. The following states have also provided a similar exemption to their equivalent of the Safe School Zone law for a sentry: Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

Maddy summaryThis bill designates the week of April 20-24, 2026, as "National Home Visiting Week" throughout the State of Delaware. It serves as a symbolic recognition to highlight the importance of home visiting services without altering any laws or government programs. The measure was passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives and does not require the governor's signature to take effect.