---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNION SECURITY AGREEMENTS."
description: "This Act permits private sector labor organizations and employers to enter into union security agreements to the full extent allowed under federal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 165"
citation: "Delaware SB 165 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Helene M. Keeley", "John Walsh", "Michael Mulrooney", "Robert Marshall", "Sean M. Lynn"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-22"
last_action: "2018-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32a08f23-9d61-4514-b3d1-c5cfaa4ecfb7"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26412"
source_hash: "1a62d154704f049b6c65125b66d061769bda6eb536abdaea584bce5baca4d9d9"
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 SB 165 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNION SECURITY AGREEMENTS.

This Act permits private sector labor organizations and employers to enter into union security agreements to the full extent allowed under federal law.

## 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=26412&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB165)

## Votes

- SM — **25–13** (pass) · lower
- SM — **12–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Helene M. Keeley — primary (person)
- John Walsh — primary (person)
- Michael Mulrooney — primary (person)
- Robert Marshall — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-22** Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 12 YES 8 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-05-09** Assigned to Labor Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-21** Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 13 NO 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-06-30** 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/32a08f23-9d61-4514-b3d1-c5cfaa4ecfb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).