---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE."
description: "This Act creates a training minimum wage and a youth wage that is not more than $0.50 less than the minimum wage rate that becomes effective January 1, 2019. The increase in the minimum wage to $8.75 is also effective January 1, 2019."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 483"
citation: "Delaware HB 483 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Ramone", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 4
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-07-01"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8601b720-e1e5-4d32-af91-c75f332888ab"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=27033"
source_hash: "86024e8daadf5fe223b7894951ce4ea93b76551abd72e40f43fe53e69d512b26"
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 483 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE.

This Act creates a training minimum wage and a youth wage that is not more than $0.50 less than the minimum wage rate that becomes effective January 1, 2019. The increase in the minimum wage to $8.75 is also effective January 1, 2019.

## 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=27033&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB483)

## Votes

- SM — **15–5** (pass) · upper
- SM — **32–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-07-01** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-07-01** Passed By House. Votes: 32 YES 7 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 5 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-07-01** 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/8601b720-e1e5-4d32-af91-c75f332888ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).