General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 15, 2026

The big news, such as it is, took place in the committee meetings yesterday.  I also guess it’s worth noting that SB 27 (Brown), which creates the Office Of New Americans, unanimously passed the Senate.  Perhaps of interest only to me is that an amendment was added to the bill calling for a Sunset review of the agency after its first three years.  Two Democrats, however, voted against the amendment–Dan Cruce and Ray Seigfried.  My theory is that both are struggling to define themselves in advance of serious primary challenges, and they each decided that this might somehow help them do so.  Spoiler Alert: It didn’t.  I mean, there’s nothing wrong with a Sunset review after three years to see what changes might be needed.

Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report.

HS1/HB183 (Gorman), which democratizes the Special Election process, cleared the Elections & Government Affairs Committee yesterday.  I would love to see this pass both houses before the JFC recess.  Why?  Because you never know when a special election will be needed.  If something were to happen in the next few weeks, we would have a rerun of the Cruce/Seigfried botches if this new legislation is not in place. 

HB 151 (Gorman), which ‘prohibits the operation of private detention facilities in the State of Delaware’, also cleared committee.

Little of note on today’s House Agenda.  HB 224 (K. Johnson) ‘authorizes licensed Physician Assistants (PA) in Delaware to pronounce death and to complete a medical certification of death’.  Uh, that’s it for notable.

Today’s Senate Agenda features SB 210 (Hansen), which ‘amends the definition of “Community-owned energy generating facility” in Title 26 of the Delaware Code, § 1001(5) by adding the requirement that the point of interconnection be located in the service area of a utility under the regulation of the Public Service Commission.’  When in doubt, I look to the bill’s sponsors.  Both Eric Morrison and Frank Burns are on the bill, so it’s probably a good bill.  The Senate will also consider several nominations.

See ya next week.