General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, April 16, 2026

Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report.  Pretty much the only thing I noticed was that a lot of bills with lengthy synopses (enough to fry my synapses) cleared committee.  YMMV.  Oh, and ‘Christian’ Sen. Richardson has introduced yet another ‘pro-life’ bill called ‘The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act’.   Well, actually, it’s a Senate Substitute, but I just wanted to keep you apprised of what the Rethugs are up to.

Here is today’s Senate Agenda.  You will note that consideration of nominations that were previously scheduled for Wednesday are on today’s Agenda.

Today’s House Agenda is much more noteworthy:

HS 2/HB 94 (Lynn) ‘restricts State and local law-enforcement from cooperating with federal agencies conducting civil immigration enforcement activities at child-serving entities, institutions of higher education, places of worship, or health-care facilities except in exigent circumstances.’

HS2/HB 151 (Gorman) ‘prohibits the State, a unit of local government, or any agency, officer, employee, or agent thereof, from doing the following with respect to a detention facility owned, managed, or operated by a private entity: (1) Enter into an agreement of any kind for the detention of an individual with; (2) Pay, reimburse, subsidize, or defray in any way any cost related to the sale, purchase, construction, development, ownership, management, or operation of; (3) Receive per diem, per detainee, or any other payment related to the detention of an individual in; (4) Give any financial incentive or benefit to any private entity or person in connection with the sale, purchase, construction, development, ownership, management, or operation of.’  In other words, no private (aka ‘for-profit’) prisons in Delaware.

HB 291 (Morrison) ‘prohibits the Department of Corrections from entering into contracts with any for-profit entity for the use of inmate labor. This Act does not apply to § 6533 of Title 11 relating to outside employment and work release.”