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UPDATE FROM DOVER: e End of the 149 th General Assembly With the budget, bond, and grant-in-aid bills being completed and/or passed prior to June 30 with bipartisan support, the final night was expected to be noncontroversial. However, the contentiousness and rancor that permeated 2017 returned, leaving members, staff, lobbyists, and the general public in attendance with another long last day of session, ending at 8:30 a.m. on July 1. CHAMBER SUPPORTED: • Budget/Budget Smoothing: e $4.27 billion budget passed before June 30 with over $800 million leſt to send to the bond bill. Action stalled on the proposed budget “smoothing,” designed to create a usable rainy day fund, though the Joint Finance Committee did place $46 million in deferred spending for 2019. Governor Carney signed an executive order calling for DEFAC to implement a budget smoothing strategy when providing forecasts, and to determine how the process would impact revenue and spending in the future. • Sexual Harassment Training: Mandates sexual harassment training to employees every two years on a list of provided topics. e State Chamber worked with the bill sponsor so it better reflected training models already provided within the business community. Removing the 120-minute time requirement, removing independent contractors from consideration, and having definitions of harassment follow federal statute were several of many changes we negotiated. • WARN Act: Impacts how companies with over 100 employees notify DE Department of Labor when expecting significant lay-offs or plant closures. Originally lowering the threshold to companies with 50 employees or more, the State Chamber negotiated the bill to mirror federal guidelines, with the implementation of a penalty for non-compliance, along with a series of exemptions based on certain employer action. • Angel Investor: Created a refundable tax credit for those investing in certain Delaware businesses, namely bio-tech and tech startups to become more competitive with surrounding states. CHAMBER OPPOSED: • Minimum Wage: Increases Delaware’s minimum wage $.50 twice in 2019. is bill passed in the early morning of July 1, without the usual practice of a committee hearing and under a suspension of rules in the House. Aſter intense negotiations, it passed with the inclusion of a “training” wage for young adults and new workers. • Marijuana: Legislation allowing recreational marijuana failed to pass the House by four votes. e State Chamber was heavily involved and provided feedback and language to protect employers from liability, and added the right to terminate at will based on marijuana usage, highlighting the fact that no “spot” test of impairment currently exists, along with other employer protections. READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN DELAWARE BUSINESS MAGAZINE! Visit www.DSCC.com/DelawareBusiness REPRESENTING DELAWARE’S BUSINESS COMMUNITY SINCE 1837 DELAWARE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DELAWARE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1201 N. Orange St. | Ste. 200 | P.O. Box 671 | Wilmington, DE 19899-0671 | Phone: (302) 655-7221 | www.DSCC.com July 12, 2018 *OUR MEMBERS’ IMPRESSION OF THE DE GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S EFFECTIVENESS RELATED TO BUSINESS ISSUES: *DSCC’s spring survey took place in April of 2018
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UPDATE FROM DOVER: The End of the 149th General Assembly
With the budget, bond, and grant-in-aid bills being completed and/or passed prior to June 30 with bipartisan support, the final night was expected to be noncontroversial. However, the contentiousness and rancor that permeated 2017 returned, leaving members, staff, lobbyists, and the general public in attendance with another long last day of session, ending at 8:30 a.m. on July 1.
CHAMBER SUPPORTED:• Budget/Budget Smoothing: The $4.27 billion budget passed before June 30 with over $800 million left to send to the bond bill. Action stalled on the proposed budget “smoothing,” designed to create a usable rainy day fund, though the Joint Finance Committee did place $46 million in deferred spending for 2019. Governor Carney signed an executive order calling for DEFAC to implement a budget smoothing strategy when providing forecasts, and to determine how the process would impact revenue and spending in the future.
• Sexual Harassment Training: Mandates sexual harassment training to employees every two years on a list of provided topics. The State Chamber worked with the bill sponsor so it better reflected training models already provided within the business community. Removing the 120-minute time requirement, removing independent contractors from consideration, and having definitions of harassment follow federal statute were several of many changes we negotiated.
• WARN Act: Impacts how companies with over 100 employees notify DE Department of Labor when expecting significant lay-offs or plant closures. Originally lowering the threshold to companies with 50 employees or more, the State Chamber negotiated the bill to mirror federal guidelines, with the implementation of a penalty for non-compliance, along with a series of exemptions based on certain employer action.
• Angel Investor: Created a refundable tax credit for those investing in certain Delaware businesses, namely bio-tech and tech startups to become more competitive with surrounding states.
CHAMBER OPPOSED:• Minimum Wage: Increases Delaware’s minimum wage $.50 twice in 2019. This bill passed in the early morning of July 1, without the usual practice of a committee hearing and under a suspension of rules in the House. After intense negotiations, it passed with the inclusion of a “training” wage for young adults and new workers.
• Marijuana: Legislation allowing recreational marijuana failed to pass the House by four votes. The State Chamber was heavily involved and provided feedback and language to protect employers from liability, and added the right to terminate at will based on marijuana usage, highlighting the fact that no “spot” test of impairment currently exists, along with other employer protections.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN DELAWARE BUSINESS MAGAZINE! Visit www.DSCC.com/DelawareBusiness
REPRESENTING DELAWARE’S BUSINESS COMMUNITY SINCE 1837
DELAWARE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
DELAWARE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE1201 N. Orange St. | Ste. 200 | P.O. Box 671 | Wilmington, DE 19899-0671 | Phone: (302) 655-7221 | www.DSCC.com
July 12, 2018
*OUR MEMBERS’ IMPRESSION OF THEDE GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S EFFECTIVENESS RELATED TO BUSINESS ISSUES:
*DSCC’s spring survey took place in April of 2018
DELAWARE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE1201 N. Orange St. | Ste. 200 | P.O. Box 671 | Wilmington, DE 19899-0671 | Phone: (302) 655-7221 | www.DSCC.com
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the Chamber and its members, Delaware is better positioned for growth today than it has been in years.
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