New Delaware laws taking effect July 1, 2025

10 laws take effect July 1, 2025.

Of the 569 bills enacted since 2025, 559 have an effective date and 10 don't yet (listed below). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.

Updated Oct 31, 2026 at 11:20 a.m. EDT.

Budget (6)

  • HB 192 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    LE or Firefighter Pensions/Special Fund/Increase

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Since it does not specify a different effective date, this Act is effective on being signed by the Governor or enacted in another way..

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  • HB 225 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    FY '26 Budget Bill

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Date of action taken by the Governor..

    Parts of this act take effect on other dates.

    How effective dates are worked out

  • HB 226 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    One-Time Supplemental Appropriations Bill

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    Published by the legislature: Date of action taken by the Governor..

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  • HB 230 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN GRANTS-IN-AID FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 APPROPRIATIONS ACT; AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 ONE-TIME SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT; AND AMENDING CERTAIN STATUTORY PROVISIONS.

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Date of action taken by the Governor..

    Parts of this act take effect on other dates.

    How effective dates are worked out

  • HJR 5 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    FY '25 Fiscal Estimate

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Since it does not specify a different effective date, this resolution is effective on being signed by the Governor or approved in another way..

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  • HJR 6 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    FY '26 Fiscal Estimate

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Since it does not specify a different effective date, this resolution is effective on being signed by the Governor or approved in another way..

    How effective dates are worked out

Government (3)

  • HB 146 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    City of Milford Charter Change

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Since it does not specify a different effective date, this Act is effective on being signed by the Governor or enacted in another way..

    How effective dates are worked out

  • SB 153 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Interagency Resource Management Committee/Update Membership

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Since it does not specify a different effective date, this Act is effective on being signed by the Governor or enacted in another way..

    How effective dates are worked out

  • SB 169 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Technical Corrections/Legislative Council

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Since it does not specify a different effective date, this Act is effective on being signed by the Governor or enacted in another way..

    How effective dates are worked out

Crime (1)

  • SB 178 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Correctional Facilities/Polystyrene Foam Packaging/Exempt

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Since it does not specify a different effective date, this Act is effective on being signed by the Governor or enacted in another way..

    How effective dates are worked out

Enacted, but not yet dated (10)

These laws' texts tie their dates to something outside the legislative record (Contingent), or not enough is recorded yet to give one (Unresolved). They may take effect July 1, 2025 too; the record doesn't say.

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  • HB 141ContingentFirearms Responsibilities Notice/DSHS Publication in the Register of Regulations of a notice from the Department of Safety and Homeland Security that a final version of the Firearm Responsibilities Notice has been promulgated
  • HB 165ContingentDry Needling/Requirements and LimitationsTakes effect on the earlier of the listed events (list not included in the passage)
  • HB 37UnresolvedPlace of Public Accommodation/Revise Definitiontwo clauses set different dates for the same provision
  • HB 423ContingentDeferred Comp/Auto Enrollment/State EmployeesTakes effect 10 days after publication in the Register of Regulations of a notice from the State Treasurer that OMB has certified that necessary payroll upgrades have been completed.
  • HB 452ContingentDIAA/Background ChecksEarlier of July 1, 2027 or the date of notice in the Register of Regulations that implementing regulations have been promulgated
  • SB 131ContingentBoard of Dentistry/Local Anesthesia/Dental Hygenists/AllowEarlier of January 1, 2026, or when the State Board of Dentistry and Dental Hygiene publishes final regulations implementing the Act
  • SB 200ContingentFY 2026 Bond and Capital Improvements Acttakes effect in accordance with the provisions of state law
  • SB 335ContingentFiscal Year 2027 Appropriations Act19 months after enactment of a constitutional amendment permitting preventive detention
  • SB 9ContingentState Nontidal Wetlands Program/InstituteImplemented on publication in the Register of Regulations of a notice by the Secretary of DNREC that final regulations to implement the Act have been adopted
  • SS 1 for SB 13ContingentCharity Care Requirement/Certain HospitalsEarlier of notice by the Diamond State Hospital Cost Review Board in the Register of Regulations that final implementing regulations have been adopted, or July 1, 2027