---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DONATED LEAVE."
description: "This bill allows for the donation of either sick leave or annual leave without having to do so in equal amounts. Additionally, a person can donate sick leave or annual leave but does not have to donate both."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 258"
citation: "Delaware HB 258 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John L. Mitchell", "Nicole Poore"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-22"
last_action: "2017-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6c4c463-9c61-498e-a117-ef13350b89a3"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26072"
source_hash: "804cdf51a5feb9d50ea01c433f08a2b2944f5b20aa314750f1914631120f66d6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---

# Delaware HB 258 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DONATED LEAVE.

This bill allows for the donation of either sick leave or annual leave without having to do so in equal amounts. Additionally, a person can donate sick leave or annual leave but does not have to donate both.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26072&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB258)

## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-06-22** Introduced in House and Assigned to House Administration Committee `introduction`
- **2017-06-28** Amendment HA 1 to HB 258 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-29** Amendment HA 1 to HB 258 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-09-29** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6c4c463-9c61-498e-a117-ef13350b89a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).